On the Lonely Side of Love
On The Lonely Side Of Love – Buck Norris sings “On The Lonely Side Of Love” by Patty Loveless. Loveless was born Patricia Lee Ramey in Pikeville, KY, in 1957 and spent most of her childhood in nearby Elkhorn City, where her father worked in the coal mines. Her immediate family loved music, and two of her distant cousins later found fame as Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle. Unfortunately, her father contracted black lung disease, forcing the family to move from their rural home to Louisville for the sake of convenient medical treatment. Patty found escape from the culture shock in music, and her father gave her a guitar when she was 11. Soon she was singing and writing songs with her older brother Roger, and the two started performing at local country jamborees. At one such show, the Wilburn Brothers caught their act and gave them a standing invitation to Nashville. Roger and a 14-year-old Patty made the trip on a weekend when the Wilburns were out of town, but managed to talk their way into Porter Wagoner’s office instead, impressing him with a performance of Patty’s original “Sounds of Loneliness.” Wagoner took Patty under his wing, inviting her to perform with him and Dolly Parton on the weekends. In 1973, after finishing high school, she became a featured vocalist with the Wilburn Brothers’ band (a post once held by Loretta Lynn) and also signed with their publishing company. She later married the band’s drummer, Terry Lovelace, and moved to his hometown near Charlotte, NC, in 1976. There she sang …
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