Patty Loveless's self-titled first album, released in January 1987, earned considerable press acclaim, with the "Tennessean" newspaper calling her the "foremost female new traditionalist." In addition, older artists, including George Jones and Willie Nelson, rallied behind her, taking her on tour and inviting her to join them onstage. She established a career-long trait for finding good material from young, as yet unheralded songwriters—including Karen Staley, Steve Earle, and Harry Stinson—and
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Patty Loveless's self-titled first album, released in January 1987, earned considerable press acclaim, with the "Tennessean" newspaper calling her the "foremost female new traditionalist." In addition, older artists, including George Jones and Willie Nelson, rallied behind her, taking her on tour and inviting her to join them onstage. She established a career-long trait for finding good material from young, as yet unheralded songwriters—including Karen Staley, Steve Earle, and Harry Stinson—and
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