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Country western music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. Country western music is a mixture of music from all of these countries.
In the American West,cowboys had to take care of the cattle. They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle were nervous and sometimes ran away. A cowboy's life was loneiy and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert with the cattle,he had to drink strong coffee with lots of caffeine to stay awake at night. He also sang music to the cattle to make them quiet.He sang about the strs and the moon, about his family and friends. The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to sleep. They did not run away if he sang beautiful, peaceful music.
The cowboys also sang music when they traveled to town to relax and have a good time. Sometime they played either guitars or harmonicas. Later they used violins and other instruments.
Country western music describes life. It talks about love,home,and money. It talks about friends and enemies, trucks and highways, farms and crops. People in many parts of the world like country western music because everyone knows something about these ideas. Also, many country western music fans wear western clothes and dance together to country western music. Many bands all over the world now perform country western music. Country western music fans enjoy Patsy Cline, Hank Williams,Loretta Lynn,and Randy Travis.