| This is a personal opinion and therefore, I | | | | to people like him, it goes like this:You start with a |
| don’t want any hate mail from CW fans, | | | | sad premise. You’ve lost your: (fill in the |
| which I know are fanatical and omnipresent. I do | | | | blank) i.e., girl, dog, pickup truck. They were your |
| have my favorites, from a chauvinistic | | | | first: love, companion, way of freedom. You |
| man’s point of view. I think that Shania | | | | remember their: smiles, wagging tail, leather seats. |
| Twain and Faith Hill are sexy and I enjoy a few | | | | You wish you could, once again, feel their: hair, |
| of their videos plus some of their songs. But is it | | | | fur, gun rack. You really miss their: smell, smell, |
| because they’re big country western | | | | smell. You would do anything to get them back: |
| stars? No way. I have a problem listening to most | | | | tell her you love her, rub her cute little tummy, |
| of the CW stuff because it all is beginning to | | | | (or did I have those reversed?) hose her engine |
| sound the same. I can’t tell a Randy | | | | compartment. While you’re waiting for |
| Travis, Tim McGraw, Toby Keith or Alan Jackson | | | | them to return, you’ll have to: do your |
| song apart if my life depended on it.I grew up on | | | | own laundry, fetch your own paper, walk to the |
| the Jersey shore and many of you may, | | | | liquor store. In other words, it’s not a |
| therefore, think I’m unqualified to make | | | | pretty sight.So that’s my gripe with CW. |
| such a judgment. But hold on. I’ve spent | | | | They change the harmony, the lyrics and the |
| the last 30 years in Arizona. Does it get more | | | | tempo, but the message is clear. I yearn for a |
| country or western than that? You know, the | | | | total change of pace where I can get my |
| home of Tombstone, Wyatt Earp, and where the | | | | ‘Satisfaction’ or ‘Light My |
| ‘Little House on the Prairie’ was | | | | Fire.’ But I also have troubles with Hip-Hop, |
| filmed.So I’m a transplant with an attitude. | | | | Rap, and Grunge. So, let’s say I’ve |
| Don’t get me wrong, because I’ve | | | | got issues and be done with it. And, to all you CW |
| given it a try. My late wife was from West | | | | lovers out there, stick with your music and |
| Virginia and, during her mid-life crisis, began playing | | | | don’t let a basher like me change your |
| CW music continuously for five years. We had all | | | | tune, pardoning the pun. And did I mention the |
| the CD’s, radio stations on preset, and | | | | two things I do like about Dolly Parton?Jeffrey |
| even watched the CW awards on tv. I could | | | | Hauser was a sales consultant for the Bell |
| recognize all the big names, the latest hits, and | | | | System Yellow Pages for nearly 25 years. |
| who was new to the scene. Through it all, I really | | | | He graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in |
| tried to enjoy the sound, for her sake. But, | | | | Advertising and has a Master's Degree in teaching. |
| eventually, I wandered back to my classic rock | | | | He had his own advertising agency in Scottsdale, |
| and roll, jazz, or blues.I play the harmonica and | | | | Arizona and ran a consulting and design firm, ABC |
| keyboard and have oodles of sheet music. | | | | Advertising. He has authored 6 books and a novel, |
| I’ve attempted to play a few of the | | | | "Pursuit of the |
| recent CW popular numbers, but to no avail. I | | | | Phoenix." His latest book is, "Inside the Yellow |
| have several of the older CW classics that have | | | | Pages" which can be seen at his website, |
| crept into mainstream by Johnny Cash and Ernie | | | | Currently, he is the Marketing Director for |
| Ford, but they are few and far between. The | | | | thenurseschoice.com, a Health Information and |
| current songs have become a formula that is | | | | Doctor Referral site. |
| fodder for Jeff Foxworthy and his ilk. According | | | | |