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From Emmylou Harris to Willie Nelson and Charley Pride to Hazel Dickens, a dozen must-hear country albums from 1980

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From Emmylou Harris to Willie Nelson and Charley Pride to Hazel Dickens, a dozen must-hear country albums from 1980

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