Welcome to this country life. I'm your host, Brent Reeves, from Coon Hunting to Trotlining and just general country living. I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences and life lessons.

This country life is presented by Case Knives from the Storemore Studio on Meat Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcasts that Airways have to offer.

All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate.

I've got some stories to share.

The Soundtrack of our lives.

Music has been accosted for me as far back as I can remember.

I enjoy the details and the meanings behind the songs and the folks who play them.

Some tunes are just filler and enjoyable noise, while others,

they take on a whole different level of importance to the listener.

I'm going to talk about that today, so let's get to it.

Welcome to the grand old opera.

Let her go, boys.

I remember here in that most Saturday nights

when my dad and I were down on the potlatch timber company roads

and Celine River bottoms of rural Cleveland County, Arkansas.

We'd sit in the cab of the truck listening intently to Porter Wagner, Roy Aikov, Bill Monroe,

and hoping to hear Charlie Pride or a story from Jerry Clower.

We'd sing along with the ones we knew and weighed impatiently during the square

dancing segments to finish so we could hear who was singing next.

Sometimes during the dancing, the announcer would read a commercial for Tobacco,

Martha White Flower, and that would trigger a memory of a story from my dad.

He dialed back the volume on the AM-only radio in his truck a bit to tell it to me.

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