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Singer Lynn Anderson Charged With DWI
Kansas City Star ^ | 12/03/04 | AP

Posted on 12/03/2004 6:14:46 AM PST by SerpentDove

DENTON, Texas - Lynn Anderson, who won a Grammy for "Rose Garden" in 1970, was charged with drunk driving Thursday after police found her passed out in her car on the shoulder of a highway.

Police received a report Thursday morning of a car weaving and driving onto the shoulder on Interstate 35. The caller followed the car until it pulled over and stopped near Denton, about 35 miles north of Dallas, police said.

Anderson, 57, was arrested after officers woke her and conducted a field sobriety test. She was released on $1,000 bond, police said.

Anderson, who lives in Taos, N.M., was the Country Music Association's female vocalist of the year in 1971. She released a bluegrass album this year called "Pure Country," her first album in 12 years.


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1 posted on 12/03/2004 6:14:46 AM PST by SerpentDove
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To: SerpentDove

Sorry Lynn Anderson, I am absolutely against DRUNKS on the Highway.

2 posted on 12/03/2004 6:18:15 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
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To: SerpentDove

I take it they won't promise her a "rose garden" when they sentence her.


3 posted on 12/03/2004 6:18:54 AM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: SerpentDove

But, did you do a pat down?

Sounds like a dangerous criminal to me. (sarcasm)


4 posted on 12/03/2004 6:19:21 AM PST by wizr (Love. Take some, pass it on. John 3:16)
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To: SerpentDove

Wouldn't you love to be the cop that walks up to the door and says "I beg your pardon..."


5 posted on 12/03/2004 6:21:02 AM PST by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: dfwgator

Well, she did say in that song "smile for a while and let's be jolly." Maybe this is what she had in mind.


6 posted on 12/03/2004 6:21:16 AM PST by speedy
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To: AmericanMade1776
Here is a more current photo of Lynn. She's on the right.


7 posted on 12/03/2004 6:23:58 AM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs (Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps.)
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To: SerpentDove

There's got to be a little rain, sometimes.


8 posted on 12/03/2004 6:23:59 AM PST by 50sDad ( ST3d - Star Trek Tri-D Chess! http://my.oh.voyager.net/~abartmes)
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To: AmericanMade1776

How about a "Nick Nolte/Diana Ross" type pic?


9 posted on 12/03/2004 6:26:34 AM PST by donozark (UMA PEMMARAJU HAS HER EYE(S) ON ME!)
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To: SerpentDove
police found her passed out in her car on the shoulder of a highway

I think alcoholics refer to that as "taking a nap."

10 posted on 12/03/2004 6:28:41 AM PST by Casloy
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To: dfwgator
I beg your pardon...

Better look before you leap still waters run deep...and there won't always be someone there to pull you out, and you know what I'm talking about...

...

So smile for awhile and let's be jolly, love shouldn't be so melancholy, come along and grab the good times that we share...

Had no idea til now who sang that song. Wonder who wrote the tune. I like it - it must have every single CW hook there ever was written.

Hope she gets some help.

11 posted on 12/03/2004 6:30:06 AM PST by bd476
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In this photo released by Denton (Texas) Police Dept., Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, country singer Lynn Anderson, who had a Grammy-winning hit with ``Rose Garden'' in 1970, is shown. Anderson was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, after police found her passed out in her car on the shoulder of an interstate highway in Texas, according to police. (AP Photo/Denton (Texas) Police Dept via Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

12 posted on 12/03/2004 6:30:36 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
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To: bd476

I remember a few years back somebody sampled that song in a techno version, it was weird to say the least.


13 posted on 12/03/2004 6:31:37 AM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: countrydummy; Txslady; sweetliberty; agitator; PeaceBeWithYou; Scutter; eabinga; uglybiker; onyx; ..

Rose garden ping.


14 posted on 12/03/2004 6:31:37 AM PST by bd476
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To: AmericanMade1776
Welcome to the club, Lynn!

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15 posted on 12/03/2004 6:32:01 AM PST by silent_jonny
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If they convict her is she going to.........Sing Sing? :o)


16 posted on 12/03/2004 6:32:07 AM PST by BigCinBigD
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To: silent_jonny

Rhinestone Cowboy Bump.


17 posted on 12/03/2004 6:33:27 AM PST by bd476
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To: dfwgator

LOL, that would be fun to hear.


18 posted on 12/03/2004 6:35:52 AM PST by bd476
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To: AmericanMade1776

She needs to do something with her hair.


19 posted on 12/03/2004 6:35:58 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

Nah, she just woke up from a little side of the road nap and hadn't had her 10th cup of coffee yet.


20 posted on 12/03/2004 6:37:54 AM PST by bd476
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