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It doesn't really get more country than a banjo, until the piano chords come in ... It's really a hard rock song through and through, but the opening guitar riff sounds like an electric banjo ...

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Many artists will go above and beyond for their fans, but that didn't mean it got any easier trying to play these songs in and out of the studio.

"She’s the most charismatic human being alive," said Merle Haggard of Dolly Parton. "She’s Marilyn Monroe with a guitar. She’d make Marilyn Monroe take the dirt road." ...

15. She learned to play guitar around the age of 12 after learning a few chords from a technician who was fixing her computer. She then went on to write her first song, "Lucky You." 17.