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The song I have sent you this week has a tale attached to it which you couldn\u2019t write\u2026.It\u2019s called \u201cSmall Town Cowboy\u201d and I was commissioned to write and record this for a guy called Brian \u201cSundance\u201d Brooks back in the day\u2026he had a shop which sold cowboy gear in Birmingham called \u201cUrban cowboy\u201d and I was informed he was going to put on a huge western show in one of the arenas\u2026bringing over all sorts of stuff over from the States\u2026.so I came up with this song\u2026the original title being Urban Cowboy\u2026.and on the label it was \u201csung\u201d by Mr.Brooks\u2026.there were all sorts of big companies involved but after meeting \u201cSundance\u201d I requested my money upfront (a habit of mine)\u2026got paid and sorted out the record\u2026.only to be informed that Brian had absconded with a few million in his hired Rolls Royce. I gave the 500 records I had pressed to a local charity and that was that\u2026.I think I was the only one who got paid\u2026..hence the change of title\u2026that\u2019s showbiz.\n \n.I watched the news coverage of the Britains Got Talent show\u2026.apparently the winner had a dog act and used TWO dogs\u2026OH NO\u2026.this could be the end of the world\u2026and of course everyone jumps on the bandwagon\u2026but she got to keep the winnings,,,and the guy who came second did a card trick (which I saw and was well impressed} but all the knowalls were ringing in saying they saw a hole in the bottom of the lemon he used in the trick\u2026IT\u2019S A TRICK MORONS !! just go along with it. I know several good card tricks and when you do them there is always someone who has to try and be clever\u2026just enjoy the trick.\n\nAlton Towers has been in the news with a nasty accident on one of the rides\u2026.these things happen\u2026fortunately there were no fatalities but it wont do business any good\u2026and why they have to have endless news bulletins from outside the closed gate is beyond me,,,.I once wrote a song about Alton Towers and sang it with my session singer Sue Young\u2026I took the completed job to them and they bought it from me lock stock and barrel,,,it was used on their radio and TV adverts with Terry Wogan doing the voiceover. This was shortly after they opened.\n\n There is a big increase in the number of pubs closing down\u2026.there are many things getting blamed but you have to move with the times if you want to survive\u2026drinks are to expensive in pubs and personally I prefer to drink at home\u2026and when I do go out I go to Wetherspoons which has great food and drinks and is CHEAP\u2026.that\u2019s why it is always full. Maybe the average pub can\u2019t compete I don\u2019t know but if one pub charges \xa32.80 for a pint and another charges \xa31.99 where am I going to go?\n\n...... along with good quality Wetherspoons have free wifi\u2026.it really is no contest\u2026sad but that\u2019s business.\n\n.....and finally\u2026.the FIFA saga is all over the news and is very entertaining\u2026old Sepp has decided to stand down..I wonder why\u2026and Jack Warner is going to blow the gaff\u2026he has done very well since Dixon of Dock Green\u2026Evnin\u2019 all\u2026.what is a disgrace is this has been going on for years with no-one doing anything about it\u2026including us lot\u2026and it takes the FBI to intervene\u2026..and suddenly all the sponsors are pretending to be shocked\u2026as if they didn\u2019t know.\n\nThe amount of money these crooks make is obscene\u2026especially when there are those starving in the world\u2026I hope they all get life sentences.