Quote Originally Posted by neloon View Post
If some farmer from Auchnagatt or a fisherman from Buckie who has never been near the States composes a song about his forty-tonner thundering across the prairie (or whatever), can that be regarded as in any way authentic C&W?

Dang it all Neloon, you are making me think and I am not good at that this early in the morning. I think, for the first time, I understand more fully how the native Scots feel about those, like myself, outwith Scotland wearing the kilt.
I am a huge fan of C&W music, have been all my life, and although I might enjoy the song the farmer from Auchnagatt or the fisherman from Buckie wrote, I would know in the back of my mind that it was not truly authentic. But then not all of our USA C&W music is what can be called authentic. Much of it being written by people that have never come close to experiencing what they have written about.
And I have to add that I don't think most Americans think of a Utilikilt as being scottiish.