THEME = duets: T Graham Brown & Tanya Tucker, Willie Nelson & Lee Ann Womack

This edition features a pair of country duos….

#1
This song debuted 06/23/1990, spent 21 weeks on the charts & peaked at #6. For the Atlanta GA-native Brown, it was his last Top 10. During his singing career (mid 1985 to late 2003), he notched 11 Top 10s, including 3 chart toppers: 1986’s “Hell & High Water”, 1987’s “Don’t Go To Strangers” & 1988’s “Darlene”. For the Seminole TX-native Tucker, this came in the midst of a run of 4 straight Top 10 songs. During her singing career (early 1972 to early 2003), previously featured here, she had 40 Top 10s, 11 of those after this single, including 10 #1 tunes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xR7KI5lYYU

#2
While this is a relatively new tune, I rarely hear it on the radio anymore. This poignant song hit the airwaves 01/26/2002, spent 20 weeks on the charts & peaked at #22 on the country charts; it crossed over, but barely registered, notching at #113 on the Billboard Hot 100. Despite that, it won the Vocal Collaboration Grammy & the Vocal Event CMA awards. I remember hearing it on the radio 07/04/2011, near Sacramento CA, as I traveled just north of there to spend the night during my Coast-to-Coast Road Trip. For the Abbott TX-native Nelson, this song came at the end of a colorful career which featured 20 chart toppers, including several duets. A notable singer, he also wrote, played the guitar & acted; his career started in the Air Force & then he was a DJ in Fort Worth TX & Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. For the Jacksonville TX-native Womack, it came in the midst of her career, which spanned early 1997 to early 2010. With 1 chart topper in 2000’s “I Hope You Dance” (5 weeks), she also had 6 other Top 10 tunes.