Mimi Roman First Of The Brooklyn Cowgirls 10/04/2010 "Across the Border

"Across the Border

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while the crushing "Side of a Bullet" is dedicated to Pantera's Dimebag Darrell

singer Bon Scott had already died of alcohol poisoning and the band had emerged from the tragedy with new singer Brian Johnson and the stunning BACK IN BLACK

Mimi Roman First Of The Brooklyn Cowgirls 10/04/2010 "Across the BorderA door would open up and I would just go through it, and I just kept doing that for all my life. Mimi Roman A door would open and I would just go through it. . . . That is how Mimi Roman, at 87, tells us of her life, including her time as a successful country singer in the 1950s and early 60s. But it took talent and a strong, beautifully distinctive voice for those doors to open, and to go far once on the other side. It also took guts and plenty of