"Our weary hearts are yearning for a rest"

Bonnie Owens has left this world behind, where at least a tiny portion of her music was recorded and remains. On the turntable this morning is That Makes Two of Us (I see that this album was mentioned in October 2003). Although that entry mentions some favorites, there really are no bad tracks. I had always thought of her as the former Mrs. Haggard and stalwart backup vocalist with the Strangers. It was only recently that I learned why her name was Owens. This may be a faulty recollection, but I seem to remember that there was a very long piece on Merle Haggard once that included much about Bonnie Owens as well (in the New Yorker?). This album is Pickwick JS-6106 (by arrangement with Capitol; the label actually says "Hilltop"). There used to be several places on Congress downtown selling recorded music, from Woolworth's to the two music stores. This came from one of them, as did most of the conjunto music on vinyl here. The title of this entry is part of the lyric for one of the songs on the Merle / Bonnie album (a song recorded by everybody anybody could think of and some that are a surprise).