March 18, 2007
Can you wear the pits off a CD?
I purchased this CD back in 2000 based on a review, having never heard a song by the trio. The day it arrived I popped it into the stereo on the way to work. As the infectious harmonies, yodels and fiddle playing filled the car during Wahoo!, I got a grin so big the corners of my mouth damn near met at the back of my neck (which woulda caused the top of my head to slide right off, as everyone knows).
I enjoyed every song so much that I bought another copy for the office -- obviously before I had a computer with a CD burner -- and I've seen Woody Paul, Ranger Doug, and Too Slim perform live three times.
The concerts were heartwarming -- in an era where vulgarity is all around (another blogger recently told of being stuck in traffic with his wife, kids and his parents, staring at a bumper-sticker that said "Orgasm Donor") -- it's hard to express how nice it was to see three generations having a good time with nary an f-bomb in sight. And to borrow from a recent country hit by a singer I otherwise don't like, it reminded me of a time:
Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the fluI miss back when.
Me too, buddy.
I hope I get a chance to take Dad to see them.
Anyhow, the CD's always in the car, to help erase the scowl left on my fizz after an awful day. I defy anyone to resist grinning all the way through Wahoo!
Posted by Mike Lief at March 18, 2007 08:34 PM
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