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Okay all I know about this song is that it seems that it's pro redneck and subtly racist with strong suggestions of "I'm a fraud of the big city because scary". Also I hear the Iowa governor quoted it.
Anything else I'm missing?
Jason's also from Macon, GA. Population 150,000. Small town country boy my arse. To quote Shooter Jennings:
I get home from a long day, put on the radio Lookin' for some country soul, but I don't find it, no It's a dirt road free for all, some old boys sayin' they're outlaws, They dress the part and they talk the talk You know they've been taught to walk the walk These boys think they're tough like they been robbin' banks Cause they name drop Johnny Cash and they name drop poor old Hank
And Jason Aldean was onstage during a shooting at one of his concerts, and do you know what Mr. "Try That In a Small Town" Big Britches did? Ran offstage and hid. Which like, I don't blame the guy, but don't release a song cosplaying as some big tough guy that will stand up to bad gunmen when there is literally evidence that you won't.
These are the kinds of guys who like their jeans like they like their women: bought distressed.
Damn, that's a great one! Gonna be using it for sure!
lol, I'm from a town of 9000 people, and in my state that still wasn't a "small town". We had a pizza joint! People drove to our town because we had a pizza joint. Douche has no idea what it's like being in a small town.
My town of 3,000 had the only Walmart and a grocery store around lol.
Nobody acted tough I never even saw a single fight. People mostly avoided eachother when they weren't doing activities or shopping. Mostly just a bunch of introverts.
You had a walmart? Damn look at you and your fancy high falootin' society over here.
And no, no one ever got in fights in my town, there was a lot of tough toxic masculinity brovado, but everyone was too afraid to get in fights. No the real thing is what I alluded to, small towns like to say they're nice but really everyone is gossiping behind everyone's back because there's nothing else to talk about.
Yeah, I don't think Hank done it this way.
Waylon Jennings sure knew how to jam. Damn that's a great song. Also one of my favorites from him was written by Kris Kristofferson, loving her was easier than anything I'll ever do again.