An Unexpected Trace of Mountain Music

At 13 years of age, Tanya Tucker was extremely self-possessed. She still had that mountain quaver in her voice, even though she had come from Seminole, TX. That just goes to show how big an influence mountain music and bluegrass -- Carter Stanley and early Keith Whitley are the best examples -- had on their more commercial country cousin.

In any case, Ms. Tucker has always been able to put a story across. Here she is with one of her greatest story-songs, “What’s Your Mama’s Name?”