Gettin’ Close with Pat Porter, By FAYE WHITBECK, Staff Writer

Faye Whitbeck — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:41:21 -0500

Local country musician Pat Porter says he feels lucky, and that “life is good, real good.”
Still, the veteran musician favors sad, lonesome country songs.
And he agrees with his favorite country artist, George Strait, when the star sings “Murder on Music Row,” a ballad about how the old authentic country music has become watered down and stripped of its character to make it more palatable to pop culture ...
“For the steel guitars no longer cry
And the fiddles barely play
But drums and rock 'n' roll guitars
Are mixed up in your face
Ol' Hank wouldn’t have a chance

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Gettin’ Close with Pat Porter, By FAYE WHITBECK, Staff Writer