Lauren's PDX Playlist
Lauren has been keeping a playlist called “PDX” on her computer for whenever she hears a song that feels right for her new show Lauren Weedman Doesn't Live Here Anymore or is simply inspiring. Here’s a peek at her playlist:
"Sweet Side"
Lucinda Williams
"Keep on Singing"
Danny Janssen, Bobby Hart, Helen Reddy
"She’s Single Again"
Peter McCann, Charlie Craig, Janie Fricke
"Stand Up"
Ludacris
"You’re the Reason our Kids are Ugly"
Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty
"Can’t Let Go"
Randy Weeks, Lucinda Williams
"I Just Wanted to See You So Bad"
Lucinda Williams
"I am I said"
Neil Diamond
"Breaking Up is Hard to Do"
Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield
"Nobody"
Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Sylvia
"Harper Valley PTA"
Tom T. Hall, Jeannie C. Riley
"Mrs. Leroy Brown"
Loretta Lynn
"Jolene"
Dolly Parton
"Jackson"
Billy Edd Wheeler, Jerry Leiber, Johnny Cash
"I love the Nightlife"
Alicia Bridges
"The Letter"
Matt Sherrod, Jamie Houston, Macy Gray
"Danke Schoen"
Bert Kaempfert, Kurt Schwabach, Milt Gabler
"Is That All There Is"
Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
"Spirit in the Sky"
Norman Greenbaum
"Rrrrr"
Matias Aguayo
"Boum!"
Charles Trenet
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin’"
Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra
"What’s Up"
4 Non Blondes
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Reviews of "Lauren Weedman Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
"Her fearlessness and imagination are a marvel all their own—a fun-to-watch firecracker. She’s frank. She’s wry. And her pace is spry. She picks up an idea, and as soon as you know where she’s going with it, she drops it like a hot potato."
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Lauren Weedman uses country music to explore heartbreak and love in Lauren Weedman Doesn't Live Here Anymore, but gone are the days when country wives are expected to stand by their man. The message from women in country music today is cohesive and repetitive: we are here and we are not going anywhere.
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