Fact #17660
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Short story:
After receiving death-threats, revered Nashville session guitarist Hank Garland is seriously injured when he crashes his 1959 Chevy Nomad station wagon on Route 41 near Springfield, Tennessee, USA. Two local residents claim to have heard gunfire immediately before the crash, and bullet-like holes were later seen on the vehicle. The man whose guitar can be heard on hits by Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers and Patsy Cline, will never work again.Full article:
Billy Garland (brother of Hank Garland] : I think there was a group behind it. I can't say nothing about no names. I know who they are, of course I do, but I can't tell you.
Somewhere along the way, they wanted to get rid of him. He was too big. He grew up in the business from the get-go and he was part of it. He was getting too powerful, too big. He was playing jazz music. They did not like jazz music in Tennessee - and he had publishing companies. That was another no-no.
The music business is about as corrupt as anything on this planet. It's the most vicious business in the world.
(Source : not known)
Brad Paisley : I can't even imagine what he would have become had he not been in that accident. You're talking about 40 years of lost innovation that could have come only from him.
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Somewhere along the way, they wanted to get rid of him. He was too big. He grew up in the business from the get-go and he was part of it. He was getting too powerful, too big. He was playing jazz music. They did not like jazz music in Tennessee - and he had publishing companies. That was another no-no.
The music business is about as corrupt as anything on this planet. It's the most vicious business in the world.
(Source : not known)
Brad Paisley : I can't even imagine what he would have become had he not been in that accident. You're talking about 40 years of lost innovation that could have come only from him.