Patsy Cline "I Fall to Pieces" due to her hospital stay, Cline sought another recording to re-establish herself. When introduced to "Crazy", a song written by Willie Nelson, Cline expressed dislike because of the narrative on Nelson's demo recording. On Thursday, August 17, 1961, with Cline on crutches, the session was the rare time that Cline couldn't complete a recording in one take. Working in a Quonset hut (where the original Bradley's Barn Studio was located before moving to Opryland), she tried to follow Nelson's idiosyncratic narrative style. Cline claimed this was too difficult. Her ribs, injured in the crash, were making
Patsy Cline In 1965, he married singer Jamey Ryan, who signed a brief contract with Columbia Records before giving birth to a son. They divorced in the early 1970s. In the film "Sweet Dreams", Ryan provided the vocals for one song, "Blue Christmas," a tune Cline never recorded. Daughter Julie has four children. One, Virginia, named for Cline, was killed in an automobile accident in 1994. Six grandchildren survive. Julie represents Cline's estate at public functions. In the 2003 book "Remembering Patsy", guitarist-producer Harold Bradley said of Cline, "She's taken the standards for being a country music vocalist, and raised the bar.