Mindy McCready, who has died aged 37, was in many ways the personification of the country song – there was trouble with men, alcohol and sex – but in other ways, she was exactly the opposite of the country cliche – her first hit was a post-country song which rejected the traditional image of the downhearted woman done wrong by her man and presented a new, assertive role model for country music fans.
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Mindy McCready
Country singer;
Born: November 30, 1975; Died: February 17, 2013.
Mindy McCready, who has died aged 37, was in many ways the personification of the country song – there was trouble with men, alcohol and sex – but in other ways, she was exactly the opposite of the country cliche – her first hit was a post-country song which rejected the traditional image of the downhearted woman done wrong by her man and presented a new, assertive role model for country music fans.
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