{"id":6867,"date":"2016-01-28T07:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=6867"},"modified":"2016-01-27T12:45:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T18:45:19","slug":"back-to-her-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2016\/01\/28\/back-to-her-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to her Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_0269\"<\/a>I come from a Texas sized family who for over 7 generations have owned a South Texas cattle raising and farming ranch. I have grown up going down there my whole life for hunting trips, family reunions, rodeos, or just a free weekend to get away. The most obvious thing to do while your driving down a country road with nothing in sight but mesquite trees and brush piles is listen to country music. For that reason alone I clearly associate my favorite place in the world with my favorite kind of music. My dad grew up on the ranch and dreamt only of being a cowboy for the rest of his life (that didn\u2019t stick, he\u2019s an investment manager now\u2026) but either way South Texas is what makes him happy. I love my dad. I love my whole family. We are all very close and we spend a lot of time together down there with country music always playing in the background of our constant conversation. Country music, you could say, bonds my number one community that is my family. From Robert Earl Keen to Jerry Jeff Walker to Big George to ole Willie, we probably know every lyric to every last \u2018real\u2019 country song. A 7 hour trip from Fort Worth, where we\u2019re from, to Kingsville, Texas makes for a lot of hours of music and it is always country.<\/p>\n

I am the youngest of four kids and I look up to all of them. What they think is cool, I think is cool. If my family listened to techno music, let\u2019s be real, I probably would too. They liked Alan Jackson, so I liked Alan Jackson. They thought Brad Paisley was a tool so I thought Brad Paisley was a tool. Not to say I don\u2019t have my own opinion about country music, I definitely do, but country music has just always been what I\u2019ve listened to from day one. My very first concert, which I will never forget, was with my family and it was Brooks and Dunn. I was 7 years old and have had Neon Moon<\/a> stuck in my head on repeat ever since. Country music brings back good memories, happy memories, and that is why it will always be my favorite. Country songs never get old. I have listened to My Maria<\/a> no less than 400 times and it still is the best. What better thing to do with your favorite people than listen to the best kind of music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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