absolutely not true, i grew up right on the line. Everyone played music, Saturday night in the summer it was a non stop music jam out in the grove. Songs like Flop eared mule and granddad's waltz ...

No one ever thought about making a living playing music. But there are many that did. I remember Tex Lamb .. His country music band played all over the area and indeed every small venue in several states. People were amazed and delighted and use to say Tex was pretty well known in his day and made a living doing that.

I never knew anyone who ever commented that music was not an option. Most however never did it for a living because they were too busy in the mines or in the fields or factories