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Tucker Jackson
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Bill McCloskey wrote:Is Louie Louie linear narrative or abstract expressionism?
It's not an either/or. Probably a third category, for things written in Esperanto (or other gobble-de-gook where we can only decipher one out of seven words).
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I think it is impressionism. It made an impression on me first time I heard it.
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Articles like this seem to perpetuate the idea that Country Music never expected itself to evolve, or never even wanted to. It’s ridiculous.
Absolutely Fred.
This is from the mid-seventies, if you want to hear great chord changes, lsten to this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=789gh2Awbhc
Another one from the same composer done by the Judds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFuAbb_deZ8
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