Would Patsy Cline make it now?

Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 10 Mar 2004 12:18 pm

Hey Jim,
You're right about Roy Clarke. I have the CD that Roy cut with Joe Pass doing some Hank Williams tunes. You ought to check that one out. It's just those two with no band.......Have a good 'un...JH

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Drew Howard · Post by **Drew Howard** » 11 Mar 2004 8:18 pm

Would Patsy be a big country star today?

Hmmm, maybe if she dyed her hair purple, pierced her nose, tongue, belly, eyebrow, tattooed her stomach and back, showed lots of skin, had a boob job and other plastic surgery. Oh, and wore a floppy cowboy hat.

:>)

cheers,
Drew

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Alvin Blaine · Post by **Alvin Blaine** » 12 Mar 2004 2:16 am

Would Patsy Cline make it now?

YES
She played the game back then and that's what it take to make it now.
She sang songs she didn't like with arrangements she didn't care for, while dressing in cloths that she didn't feel like wearing.
She did everything that her Producer and manager told her to do to become a star, from how to phrase a note to how she combed her hair, and that's 80% of what Nashville is today. Playing the game!

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 12 Mar 2004 2:36 am

Alvine that's what it ALWAYS was.

If you have quality AND will play the game you can make it.

There are plenty who will play the game and invent new ones too, but they ain't got the talent.

But still even some of them make it because they are well packaged.

Patsy could be packaged for today and make it no problem.
She was a pretty lady with incredable talent and a will to succede.

Nicholas Dedring · Post by **Nicholas Dedring** » 16 Mar 2004 9:47 am

Theresa,

I don't mind one way or another about her personal decisions, and I wasn't judging her for that... the reason I mentioned it was that the question of physical attractiveness as a necessary ingredient for success was a major theme above...

I do think she can sing, and whatever my taste may be, that's clear... all I meant by the mugshot thing was that she looked pretty ragged without a couple of hours of hair and makeup on her; so clearly there are people who aren't Cosmo cover girls making it in the business now. That's all I was trying to get at.

If you look at the thread on her incident, you will find plenty of stuff much less charitable than I was above...

Franklin · Post by **Franklin** » 23 Mar 2004 7:47 am

The majority of Patsy's CD sells (6 million plus) were sold in the late 80's and 90's. Everytime one of her songs is used in a movie her sales rise.

So, yes, she made it in todays scene....Timeless music always survives...Check out Elvis and Beatle sales.....Paul