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Dennis Linde

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The Resume

    (March 18, 1943-December 22, 2006)
    Born in Abilene, Texas
    Recorded the albums 'Linde Manor,' 'Surface Noise,' 'Dennis Linde,' 'Trapped in the Suburbs' and 'Under the Eye'
    Notable songs written include 'Burning Love,' 'Long Long Texas Road,' 'The Love She Found in Me,' 'Walkin' a Broken Heart,' 'Then It's Love,' 'I'm Gonna Get You,' 'What'll You Do About Me,' 'In a Letter to You,' 'Bubba Shot the Jukebox,' 'It Sure Is Monday,' 'Callin' Baton Rouge,' 'Queen of My Double Wide Trailer,' 'Bubba Shot The Jukebox,' 'John Deere Green' and 'Goodbye Earl'

Why he might be annoying:

    His trademark was naming the undesirable characters in his songs Earl.
    His song 'What'll You Do About Me' was recorded by multiple artists, despite the song's content about a man stalking a woman (The Forester Sisters recorded a gender-reversed version of this song though).
    He lost his driver's license as a result of earning excessive speeding tickets.
    He refused to attend awards shows or take part in songwriting functions.
    His recording career never took off the same way his songwriting one did.
    He was considered a reclusive figure in Nashville, as he refused to do interviews or be photographed.
    He was known in music circles to have had a map of a fictional town on his wall, that depicted where all the characters in his songs lived.
    His song 'Goodbye Earl' drew criticism for endorsing murder as a way for ending spousal abuse.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a self-taught musician.
    He had over 250 songs recorded by other artists.
    He often would challenge himself to keep sharp with songwriting, such as writing a song title that started with every letter in the alphabet.
    He served in the Missouri Air National Guard after high school.
    He worked as a delivery driver for a dry cleaning business, prior to landing in the music industry.
    Despite his reclusive nature, he was considered a jovial friendly man by his peers.
    He succumbed to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 63.

Credit: Ricky


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