LR Mole, good definition. Chicken Charlie, Bob Nolan of the Sons of the Pioneers wrote some incredibly evocative songs (althought Ghost Riders was not one of them - that was Stan Jones) becauase in fact he DID know whereof he wrote. He spent a lot of time in the West, riding the rails, working with horses and cattle, and writing poetry and songs about the way of life, the scenery, etc. I have a tape of an interview with Roy Rogers who described Bob fondly in great detail. I also have a copy of Bob Nolan singing I Think It's Time That They Put Western Back In The Country Sound.

And to pontificate for a moment, modern country is not country - it's pop/rock performed by assholes in hats, who aren't fit to wipe the cowshit off the boots of the likes of Roy, Gene, Rex, Bob Nolan and all of the Pioneer permutations.

There, I said it, and I'm not sorry!

Seamus