Attitude is a crucial to a good performance, but how do you get it?

What if you just want to get up and sing a song but you can't prove that you or a close relative have suffered injustice / discrimination / chance repossession of a girlfriend by the friend you stole her from in the first place?

I am slightly jealous that so many Nashville citizens are struggling to come to terms with the death of a pet, the unreasonable departure of a spouse, or even the persistent presence of a spouse who treats them so bad.

Of course you could always try inflicting something on yourself - turn to drink, have an affair with a girl from Texas or develop an unhealthy interest in voodoo, but that might boost your credibility at the expense of your ability to perform.

Spare a thought then, for those rebels not yet inspired by a cause, niggaz deficient in attitude, and those unfortunate enough not to have been born under a bad sign or to have been seduced by a "black magic / devil woman".

I for example, long to play Appalachian mountain music but was born, darn it, not in a cross-fire hurricane nor raised, tragically, by a toothless bearded hag - but in Mill Road maternity hospital to genetically distinct parents.

But that's my problem...