"There is a long history in country music……" — Chet Atkins
"There is a long history in country music of songs celebrating drinking and lamenting drinking. Country songs for the most part have always been heavily rooted in reality. The first artists were the people next door. They would sing on their porch or in their living room or at a barn dance. They sang about what they knew, and a lot of that was drinking."
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Chet Atkins
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18 Quotes by Chet Atkins
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