Pride of Country

From Mississippi to Barmah, the music and power of Charley Pride

There would have been times in my life when the Fine Young Cannibals, the Proclaimers and 1927 would have ranked ahead of Charley Pride in my tables of musical taste. I guess I was that typical shithead kid that rebelled against aspects of their parent’s musical taste just for the sake of it. Country music when I was a child was tainted by the waft of d…