I love nothing better to write about great songwriters for Sometimes a Song. So today I am purely delighted to bring you an American classic song performed in a genre which in its own day was designated by no specific name, except as a sub-set of country music called “hillbilly song.” “Bluegrass,” which we now recognize as an utterly distinctive musi…
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