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