I don't find them boring.

Who was it who said open her heart and you find written Calais.

I think part of me will always be a little boy hiding behind the sfa with his woolworths sixgun shooting at the bad guys on the the tv.

I suppose when Sam Larner came home from a fishing trip, there were nothing but Norfolk accents all around him. When my Dad came home form work, there was Hugh O'Brian on the telly as Wyatt Earp. Sam had one model of manhood to define himself, I had different ones. Folk music is about a sense of self.

I have in fact written quite a lot about how I relate to westerns on my website - if anybody's interested. And why it finds its way into my songs occasionally.

heres the relevant webpage

http://bigalwhittle.co.uk/id4.html