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Just heard this song today. Love it.

Music country, Music, video

On my way home this afternoon, I had a chance to listen to a lot of XM Radio and my iPod. A song that I have heard over the past week has been “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” by Darius Rucker. If any of you have heard the song, you’ll notice Darius has a very familiar voice. He was the lead singer for Hootie and the Blowfish. It took me a week to figure it out until I finally looked it up. I really like the song, and he has an amazing singing voice. Take a listen to his new release!

Music country, Darius Rucker, Hootie and the Blowfish, radio, video

I went home this weekend for family pictures in Wichita, KS. Of course, I also had to enjoy Sunday lunch with my family at my grandmother’s and eat some wonderful food! Every time I return home to Winfield, it’s about a 3 hour drive from Kansas City. I get a chance to listen to a lot of music, and look at a lot of fields and rolling plains. But there is one thing that I thought about on the way home…

Growing up in the country, you will know what I am talking about, especially if you drive a truck. It’s an unspoken bond between farmers, and people of the country to be friendly. Of course, this is during the day before the whiskey comes out a night, which is another story. For the most part, country folk are friendly people. When you’re driving outside the city in any rural part of Kansas, you’ll find that total strangers will wave at you from their vehicle in passing. By wave, I mean the two or three finger wave with their wrist still on the steering wheel, somewhat nonchalant. Whether or not you know them, they just do. I’ve noticed it a lot more since I have driven a truck for every vehicle of mine from the time I was able to drive. For some reason, it doesn’t happen quite as much in cars. Either way, it’s something I think is pretty cool. So, on my way home, I followed suit, and waved right back to those that waved at me, hand on steering wheel, with two fingers.

So, next time you are in a rural part of Kansas, be friendly, you may just get a wave or two without even trying.

General country, friendly, truck

I haven’t updated the site in a while, and I have been on my computer all night monitoring some work stuff, so I figured I could write an update.

I’m watching the CMT Awards, and realize that no matter how many of my friends want to make fun of me for liking the music, I am truly a country music fan. Even though I’m a fan of all types of music, I grew up with country, and I think it will always stay with me.

I will say one thing, Billy Ray Cyrus is lucky that he got into acting with his daughter, Miley, who has recently become pretty popular. Billy Ray is really not that bad of an artist, just famous for a pretty corny song Achy Breaky Heart.

I listen to country every day on my way to and from work on XM Radio, mainly Highway 16. I don’t really listen to much of the radio commercials and talk any more, it’s pretty nice.

Music cmt, country, Music