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It seemed like after the ’90s were long gone and out of sight, nobody really talked about Country music too much; the ’90s–especially early in the decade–was truly the last where Country Western was even an “in” thing, and after the Garth Brooks generation there was a long flat spot that was void of “cowboys and Cadillacs,” unless of course you counted “Big & Rich” as being tough.

After the likes of Garth and “old Dwight,” it seemed hard to find a “new guy” who could fill the Harley Davidson and construction boots of the “urban cowboy” or the “bar room brawler.”

The whole “Save a horse, ride a cowboy” motif that became the “Country-Western” of the early-to-mid 2000s was just too cotton candy for someone who spent their days under a car or on top of a building, making a dollar by day and enjoying a brew by night just to make America better.

There was hope around that part of the new Millennium with Toby Keith, as his “I don’t care what you think about me” attitude garnered quite a following for the Western song-singer.

This rough yet modern image of the high-tech cowboy is further reinforced by the likes of contemporary Country artist, Trace Adkins, and his “Chrome” celebrates one of our favorite mid-sized muscle entries, the Chevelle.

Because Bowtie muscle has been at the heart of so much Country songwriting, it only made sense that Trace Adkins, with “Chrome” pay tribute to the Chevy sedan that made an afternoon at the drag races just a little more enjoyable for all of us!