This is the first line of Chris LeDoux's wiki page:
"Chris LeDoux was a Rodeo Cowboy who sang and recorded songs in his spare time and sold his albums from the back of his truck."
That is serious country street cred. I'm interested.
Title: This Cowboy's Hat
Artist: Chris LeDoux
Year: 1991
Quick take:
This is a simple song about not touching a man's hat. Everyone knows not to touch a man's woman, a man's car, or a man's hat. This song is simply a reminder not to disrespect a fella.
Make Country Count:
Cars - Nope, but one old boy said, "Hey Tex, where'd you park your horse?"
Baby - Nope. This song is strictly about his costume hat. One reference to a husky fella though, if you are into the bear thing.
Dirt - Nope, but props for several rodeo + weather references: Riding black tornadoes, roping a Blue Norther', and bulldoging the Mississippi River. I had to look up most of the rodeo terms.
Small Town - This took place in a coffee shop. I like to imagine one in Austin.
Guitar - Nope. All hat, all the time.
Good ol' days – Not really. Just sipping some coffees and some swapping of rodeo stories before the motorcycle riding asshole wanting to touch another man's hat came in.
Best Part:
There is a whole verse on where the hat came from.
Worst Part:
Sure the hat meant something, but you also don't touch a man's shitty hat either. He could have saved that whole hat history verse.
Did I Download It?:
No, but I'm not just into cowboy and rodeo culture. I like this song though.
What I’d Rather Be Listening To:
This song sounds like a what would happen if Beastie Boys "Paul Revere" and Tenacious D's "Tribute" had a tough, uneducated simple baby.
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