Remembering Patsy Cline

Virginia Patterson Hensley aka Patsy Cline aka Patsy Ginny September 8, 1932 - March 5, 1963

When I was a child Patsy Cline was a staple in that music enjoyed by my biological father. His was a rural raising and the country music scene was part and parcel of his musical enjoyment ...

'Shit-kicking music' as he called it. Others know the genre as 'the Nashville sound'.

Having been eight or so when she died in a tragic plane crash at age 30, Patsy Cline has been well known to me over the years and I once could belt out a couple of her standards in the best redneck tradition of such audiophiles.

She was also a "crossover" success in the realm of popular music.

Hers was a professional life of live performances and black and white television venues and I have met so many over the years who love her music for the clarity, range, and rich contralto tonality she imparted to her numbers.

She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame a decade after her death and the accolades have continued thereafter as well.

Rest in peace.