"It kind of came to the ultimatum: either fight bulls or play music."
Country singer Lane Smith is no stranger to hard living and hard work-raised just north of San Antonio in Spring Branch, Texas, he grew up rodeoing, specifically as a bullfighter. He chose that piece of the equation because it was the part he could control, and it was a bit less scary than riding bulls. As an outsider, admittedly, it's a little hard to grasp the nuance.
The overlap between country music and rodeo culture is strong, and well -documented. Chris LeDoux and Garth Brooks told us all about it-the sport isn't for the faint of heart. It's stretches away from home, from loved ones, with long, dirty hours and no guarantee of a payoff.
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