She always seemed Authentic ... through all the homespun country-tales and rhinestones she just seemed herself ... and that served to endear her on some basic level with Rednecks and Glastonbury-goers alike.
K
Good songwriter too ... always preferred her own version over the vocal gymnastics of most of the more famous covers ... less is more, and it was a personal song for her rather than some generic 'love-song'
Her gifts of millions of books and huge donation to the Covid vaccine research team make her such a stand out kind person in this world of dull celebrities
Love a bit of country music and the odd dolly track. Liked her comment that it takes a lot of money to look this cheap…..
Couple more deaths that I care about . Rod Little, bright and funny bloke but like many didn’t agree with everything he expressed. He did challenge much political sloppy thinking and was a wordsmith. Wondered why his column in the Sunday Times was missing for a few weeks - illness I now understand - I shall miss the pointed humour .
And now Tim Curry. He looked ill recently. Takes me back to my youth when I went many times to see The Rocky Horror Show at the Odeon (?) on the Kings Road …..the satanic machanic, sweet transvestite now gone home ! Had fun watching the film over the years especially once lying on bean bags in a cinema in Monterey or was it Carmel, California, a long time back.
Another close rugby friend, news today no improvement, probably in his last weeks and I hope to get home in time to see him, Makes you value each day especially when you are in the fourth quarter. MM
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You know it makes sense! 
