{"id":361,"date":"2011-08-03T13:26:59","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T20:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.wordpress.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2011-08-03T13:26:59","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T20:26:59","slug":"my-god-im-a-country-girl-08022011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=361","title":{"rendered":"My God…I’m a Country Girl -[08\/02\/2011]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This is the part o the blog where I make a confession, which might \u2013 quite possibly \u2013 cause my father to disown me (\u2018m sorry dad, I never meant to break your heart).<\/p>\n

I begin by saying this; It\u2019s all Z\u2019s fault. All of it.<\/p>\n

Well, maybe not all of it \u2013 I think this might actually have started during the World Cruise, when \u2013 because I was event staff \u2013 I had to take part in the line dancing classes that we ran in the crow\u2019s nest every other night. Somewhere in the laughing, teaching and singing along to words we didn\u2019t know \u2013 I discovered that lo and behold I was actually having a good time.<\/p>\n

For most of my life though, I\u2019ve hated country music. Hated it<\/em>. With the sole exception of a few country pop tunes that were far more pop than they were country and so I allowed myself to like them as a guilty pleasure and the occasional karaoke indulgence and Johnny Cash \u2013 because Johnny Cash is in a class by himself and that\u2019s just the way it is. But actual blue-grass 3-chord-only country? No way, never, never ever, not on your life \u2013 not in a million years.<\/p>\n

Um\u2026<\/p>\n

Maybe if I say it faster it won\u2019t be as painful? Like taking off a band-aid?<\/p>\n

Looks at the floor, kicks at the dirt, and speaks very fast<\/em><\/p>\n

Istartedtoreallykindoflikecountrymusic<\/p>\n

The thing is, when you work in an area of the ship that features a solo guitarist every evening and when that solo guitarist\u2019s specialty is blue grass country, you learn to either tolerate the style or you go home with a headache every night.. I\u2019m a musician\u2019s daughter, I was trained \u2013 blood and bone trained \u2013 to appreciate music, and to never ever ignore another musician. \u2018Professionals never ignore other professionals\u2019\u00a0 – so try as I might, I couldn\u2019t maintain my carefully bred dislike for long\u2026<\/p>\n

The truth is this; I hated country music because of the stereotype of it. Because all I really knew was bad<\/em> country music\u2026<\/p>\n

Let that be a lesson to you\u2026stereotypes can be wrong. For every country tune that runs along the line of \u2018my best friend slept with my wife then took my dog and shot my horse\u2019 etc etc\u2026there\u2019s one out there like The River<\/em> (and if you haven\u2019t listened to it\u2026do)\u2026or (prepares for the backlash) Thank God I\u2019m a Country Boy<\/em>\u2026which I\u2019m almost ashamed to say I\u2019ve gotten totally addicted to\u2026<\/p>\n

I am however\u2026slightly nervous about the effect this revelation might have on my dad\u2026.<\/p>\n

gulp<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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