Sunday Morning -- July 8, 2018 -- Our Town (With A Real Treat) -- Nothing To Do With The Bakken

I would have to say this makes my day.

Part 4. I was going to quit with Part 3, but dots led to more dots and then a dot led me to this song. I will post the connecting dot some time later -- the lyrics to the song at the connecting dot might be a bit much for Sunday morning. LOL.

But here's the last song for the morning. Then I'm on my way home for the day. Time to finish the notes on The Quiet American.

Our Town, Iris Dement Lots in that song; and a surprise in that video. A huge surprise.

By the way: at 0:47 at the video above: limerence.

Of course, this makes my day, also:

One last one,

Seven-Year Ache, Rosanne Cash

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How Did Iris Ever Keep That Arkansas Twang? 

DeMent was born near Paragould, Arkansas, the youngest child of Pat DeMent and his second wife, Flora Mae.

As the baby of the family, she was Pat DeMent's 14th child, and Flora Mae's eighth.
Iris's mother had harbored dreams of going to Nashville and starting a singing career. Although she put those plans on hold to get married, her singing voice was an inspiration and influence for her youngest daughter Iris.

DeMent was raised in a Pentecostal household. Her family moved from Arkansas to the Los Angeles area when she was three. 

While growing up, she was exposed to and influenced by country and gospel music. Singing at age five as one of "the little DeMent sisters", Iris had a bad experience when she forgot her words during her first performance, which caused her to avoid performing in public for some time.

And more:

DeMent was inspired to write her first song "Our Town" by a drive through a boarded-up Midwest town, at the age of 25. The song lyrics came to her "exactly as it is now", without need for re-writing, and she realized then that songwriting was her calling in life.

"Our Town" was played during the closing scene for the final episode (July 26, 1995) of CBS's television series Northern Exposure.