Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music
Have you always thought there was something special about 80s and 90s country music that you've never been able to put your finger on? Why does this music stand out? Well, let's don our cowboy hats, adjust our oversized belt buckles, tease that hair, and see if we can get the bottom of it, by picking apart one song at a time.
Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music
Dissecting "I Let Her Lie" by Daryle Singletary
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Daryle Singletary lets life happen to him in this mid-90s gem: 1995's "I Let Her Lie". No one can deny the Randy Travis influence in the vocals, but how does the fruit of that influence align with the passive lyrics and common chord progression, to give us a taste of irrevocable loss due, at least in part, to our own refusal to act?