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Country music is known for storytelling, much more than other genres of music. And over the years, there have actually been some pretty good short tales in those ditties. So when the news broke a few days ago that Clint Black is looking to produce an anthology series with the stories of country music adapted into hour-long dramatic presentations, I was actually too stunned with how obvious it was to react at first.

As someone who grew up on rock, hip-hop and pop music primarily, it took me several years to open up to country music. When I was exposed to it, the first thing that stood out was that there was more than just booty-shaking and sex going on. Long before Ty Pennington was manipulating the heartstrings on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, country music was doing it every four minutes or so.

I don't have the country music background or expertise to immediately list off all the songs that would make great short stories, but I know enough to say that this might be the best shot at succeeding an anthology series has had in a long time.