country and western
Example Sentences
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“I was in this country-and-western musical in the East Village,” she told The San Francisco Chronicle in 1990.
From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2022
When they asked him what he heard in corny country-and-western — seemingly at odds with his avant-garde, big-city bebop — he’d tell them he liked the stories.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2021
Their break came when a record executive, Charles Spurling, heard them play and enlisted them as the band for blues and black country-and-western acts such as Bill Doggett, Hank Ballard and Arthur Prysock.
From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2020
More recently Bridges took on a role originally played by John Wayne in the Coen Brothers’ version of “True Grit” and finally won an Oscar as a country-and-western singer in “Crazy Heart.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2016
I knew I sounded snotty, but like the first notes of a country-and-western tune, these days the mere mention of Fang gave me an uncomfortable twang.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
