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It was a ghost town of three people. So how did Luckenbach rival Nashville as the heartland of country music?
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In 1971, self-appointed mayor Hondo Crouch turned the Texan town into a rural respite for country stars. Soon it was immortalised in chart-topping songs – and became a symbol of a simpler American life
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