It Wasn’t Hazel Smith’s Story After All
Last week I gushed over a book of fictional stories and “true” recollections by country songwriters called A Guitar and a Pen. I was particularly effusive about the tale of Bill Monroe’s encounter with Frank Sinatra at the White House, which the book — and I, in turn — identified as having been written by CMT.com’s Hazel Smith. Hazel just told me that while the core of the story is true, she didn’t write it. Nor did she accompany Monroe on the trip to Washington, as the story says. These substantial departures from fact call into question all the other pieces presented as real happenings.
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