The Sky Above and the Mud Below

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Scott Tschirhart
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The Sky Above and the Mud Below

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Great ballad. Tom Russell says he wrote that song after visiting a cowboy museum in Alberta. In a display case were horsehair bridles and ropes "woven by Mexican horse thieves, Montana State Prison, 1910."
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I was kinda hopin' they got away. I don't have a lot of sympathy for backslidden preachers, having been one. :lol:
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The most pitiful fellow since Job in the O.T. is said to be an important influence on Russell. Townes' parents had him chemically lobotomized for behaviour unbecoming of a van zandt.....

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I had to look up braided horsehair. I knew my h.s. education lacked something . . . I could saddle and ride a horse, and ride bareback, but never learned a thing about tack. Thanks to the www I found this excellence > https://www.customhorsehairandwoolcreat ... shop/tack/ I am the last to know...

thanks for the music link

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JimT wrote: Fri May 26, 2023 8:20 am I was kinda hopin' they got away. I don't have a lot of sympathy for backslidden preachers, having been one. :lol:
It’s a dangerous breed.
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