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Linda Martell Opens Up About Her ‘Cowboy Carter’ Spotlight — And Her Bittersweet Time In Nashville
Linda Martell reflects on collaborating on Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter', her own 'Color Me Country' album, her songs as a country artist and more.
Sitting in her favorite spot — a gray reclining lounger in the living room — and wrapped in a black and red blanket, she is quick to respond and even quicker to laugh and smile, despite some of the painful memories that clearly still sting. After her first manager sued her (over his commission) and Singleton and his label switched their focus to Jeannie C. Riley (who had a huge hit with “Harper Valley, PTA”) but tried to prevent Martell from recording elsewhere, she eventually got “tired of it” and left Nashville. In 2020, Thompson began work on Bad Case of the Country Blues: The Linda Martell Story, a documentary about her grandmother featuring interviews with Palmer, songwriter-author Alice Randall and others.
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