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From: byker@do~rag.net

"Greg Carr" wrote in message news:fac6a23d-59a7-497f-8db3-112e421669f3n@googlegroups.com...

Charley Pride died of it.

Ah, Charley Pride. He was always being asked the same question: "What was it like to be the FIRST black country-western singer?"

By the late 60's the question changed to ''what was it like to be the ONLY black country western singer?'', but by the 70's Charlie achieved new relevance, and the question became, "Why was he the ONLY black country
western singer in the whole history of country music?''

And Bro' Charlie wanted to keep it that way. In the mid-70's he heard that
R&B singer Bobby Womack was working on a C&W LP, and Pride let Womack know
in a very nasty manner that he didn't like his turf being intruded upon. Released in 1976 as "BW goes C&W," it wasn't until its rerelease on CD in
1990 that Womack revealed that its working title had been "Step Aside,
Charlie Pride, And Give Another Nigger A Chance"...

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