Well, you know, I mean, Im a huge fan of old-fashioned country music, like Kitty Wells and that sort of thing, but Im not sure why I get pigeonholed into country music because I have always had a very energetic rock band.

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Mr. COLEMAN: Well, I happen to be (unintelligible) and it has all kinds of qualities I deal with human emotion like hillbilly music, blues, country and western, classical, oh, I grew up in all those kinds of environments.

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And that let me know that I wasn't the only cowboy that like rap music as well as country music.

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