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Someone's killing country music stars
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| December 23, 2007
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Posted on 12/23/2007 3:13:45 PM PST by ovrtaxt
K-Paz de la Sierra |
They sing of romance, lost love, violence, drug smuggling and cartel hitmen, and now, for some of Mexico's country music stars, their art has brutally forced itself into their lives.
In the past year and a half, 13 musicians – three since Dec. 1 – have been violently killed in attacks that bear the signs of Mexican underworld killings, reported Scotland on Sunday. None of the cases have been solved.
The motives for the murders are unknown and no evidence links them to a single killer. Love triangles, links to organized crime, reprisals for narcocorridos – ballads about drug dealers – that offended someone, and a slow drift into the criminal culture celebrated by their music have been suggested.
The murder of Sergio Gomez, founder and lead singer of K-Paz de la Sierra, early this month, doesn't fit any of the speculation, friends and family said.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: countrymusic; cwsux; heeeeeeeehaw; ihatecountry; mexico
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To: ovrtaxt
To: ovrtaxt
Hell, I don’t like country music either, but I don’t run around Branson, MO killing people!
To: don-o
Murder on Music Row is the truest country song ever written. Larry Cordle I think wrote it; George Strait and Alan Jackson performed it at an awards show, but never released it.
To: don-o
LOL. That's King George.
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posted on
12/23/2007 4:16:10 PM PST
by
Sue Perkick
(And I hope that what I’ve done here today doesn’t force you to have a negative opinion of me….)
To: MichiganWoodsman
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posted on
12/23/2007 4:18:53 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Merry Christmas! When you hear "holidays," emphasize the CHRISTmas in return!)
To: MichiganWoodsman
It was on George’s “Latest Greatest Straitest Hits”.
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posted on
12/23/2007 4:20:20 PM PST
by
Sue Perkick
(And I hope that what I’ve done here today doesn’t force you to have a negative opinion of me….)
To: MichiganWoodsman
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posted on
12/23/2007 4:23:34 PM PST
by
don-o
(Do the RIGHT thing. Become a monthly donor. End Freepathons forever)
To: ovrtaxt
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posted on
12/23/2007 4:24:24 PM PST
by
OldEagle
To: Sue Perkick
You’re right, it was on the Strait album, but it was never released to radio. But, it shot up on the charts despite its non-released state until country radio demanded it not be played.
To: MichiganWoodsman
Here's Larry Cordle's version. Thanks for giving that info!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cS0cGQ6k2mQ
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posted on
12/23/2007 4:29:36 PM PST
by
don-o
(Do the RIGHT thing. Become a monthly donor. End Freepathons forever)
To: ovrtaxt
Sounds like an episode on CSI.
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posted on
12/23/2007 4:31:22 PM PST
by
rabidralph
(Go, 'Skins--Beat the Vikings!)
To: rabidralph
Sounds like an episode on CSI.Season 5, episode 12, "Snakes." The team investigates a murder that's connected to Meixcan narcocorridos glamorizing drug crime and violence with a spicy latin rhythm. Anglo-American country music also has a history of setting tales of violence to music, called murder ballads, which come from old British songs used as cautionary tales for young women.
To: Sue Perkick; don-o
Yer right!
There's only one KING!:-P
To: MichiganWoodsman
They still play it in a few markets. One of the most honest songs in years.
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posted on
12/23/2007 5:11:17 PM PST
by
Sue Perkick
(And I hope that what I’ve done here today doesn’t force you to have a negative opinion of me….)
To: uglybiker
LOL. Hard to argue with that.
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posted on
12/23/2007 5:12:00 PM PST
by
Sue Perkick
(And I hope that what I’ve done here today doesn’t force you to have a negative opinion of me….)
To: ovrtaxt
Allowing illegal immigration is going to change our culture drastically. It is long past the time to totally crack down.
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posted on
12/23/2007 5:12:06 PM PST
by
TheLion
To: ovrtaxt
On the other hand, a night with Sarah Evans would probably contribute to MY untimely death. The undertaker would have to work overtime to make my smile look normal. Alison Kraus could achieve the same by just singing me a bedtime story.
To: Sue Perkick
They still play it in a few markets. One of the most honest songs in years.
I hear it on 680 KKYX in San Antonio.
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posted on
12/23/2007 5:18:48 PM PST
by
jy8z
(From the next to last exit before the end of the internet.)
To: ovrtaxt
Very sad.
But if I was required to pick one genre of music ....
To: uglybiker
Stay away from my wife. I have a hard of enough time trying to keep her in line.
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posted on
12/23/2007 6:04:03 PM PST
by
Haddit
(Duncan has at least 1 vote, mine.)
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