Kitty Wells and the art of the noble retort

That Kitty Wells was a great cook, with a stable family life and a good husband doesn’t make her any less of a revolutionary. In fact without these attributes it is unlikely that she would have been able to kick down the many barriers that she did. That she firmly suggested that the gates of hell should be opened up just a tad, and didn’t kick them down screaming like a banshee doesn’t make her any less important. “It wasn’t God who made honky tonk angels” is arguably the greatest retort on music history, and one whose importance is still felt to this day.