tracks on repeats: hippies and cowboys

this tune is a bop for many reasons— but i think the number 1 reason is it’s lyrics that bash on big nashville labels. jinks writes about his EXPERIENCE getting ignored by mainstream music executives while pursuing his music career in Tennessee. As a result of his success in the indie-outlaw country scene, jinks writes about the feeling of identity he gets with the hippies and cowboys— those who aren’t solely driven by units sold and money made, but more about the music being created.

“Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
They don’t care about no trends
They don’t care about songs that sell
Yeah, tomorrow I’ll be gone
So tonight everybody just sing along
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys”