Canadian Country
This past weekend I got the pleasure to visit Canuck country. I sing in a gospel quintet and we performed a series of concerts around the Beamsville area. We got to the see the Niagara Falls and taste the local fare. We got into a discussion with the promoter, a friend of ours, about country music. She was a huge fan of modern country, but wasn’t really that familiar with classic country. I was happy to find out that she was not a Shania Twain fan. Shania is about as country as a bag of toenail clippings. I brought up Hank Snow, and she said, “Hank Snow, who?”. I told her about the song “I’ve Been Everywhere.” She thought it was just another Johnny Cash song, but I told her it was originally sung by Hank Snow. She was surprised. I am sorry that it’s sound like I am rambling, but country music is in this world’s blood. You can’t escape it. Rock and Roll could never bridge the gaps that country music has.