As a friend of mine once said, “I like both kinds of music, Country AND Western”. Somewhere along the way the music powerbrokers tried to nudge the western part of it into the ditch, but it’s still out there.

I mentioned Don Walser in my last post – he was known as the Pavarotti of the Plains – and I realized there may be some visitors out there who haven’t experienced Mr. Walser and his amazing vocal skills. I believe it was my friend East Texas Red who first suggested I listen to this guy quite a few years ago.  I’ll give you just a taste – there is some great material out there on CD. Here’s Rolling Stone from Texas…