Show 1998 17 July Friday The 14 Page Cory puts on his bools whin on the phone traddng down Mend Jake Rtoy DAY IJtfTHEUFE OF SOME SERIOUS IKS J STORY: NANCY BODILY PHOTOS: S JOHN WILKIN FROM 13 Cory enplaned “Country these days hai (one placet and some of die places it’s gone isn't good Lots of folks singing country these days ain't really country" Ginger said with her southern Idaho drewl thick as white gnvy “Now George Strait he's country-westeHe tides” Jake piped in Country-wester- n it appears is the closer link to dm truth about country trays Not not glitz and glamour but the roots of country music “Coumry-weste- rn singers are more about a country wtitude that's in your heart your mind your soul and its ofta have that country twang" concluded the girl who’s worn cowboy boots since she was 2 years old Ginger is very secure in her definition of what true country should be country-wester- n" rn Hoi-lywo- Ginger leaven toe Defta Center with Core's aim mound har and a immnnlo of Mr evening with Gailh Brooke Is he 'Shameless'? So is Garth country or country-wester“He’s definitely country" Cory confirmed “His music attracts all kinds of people" Ginger added They were right Few in the audience at Thursday night's concert boasted cowboy hats Some even wore tank lops and Levi’s 501s 1 bet one out of two people here don’t even know who George Strait is" Ginger boastedasshe walked the corridors of the Delta Center “You wouldn't see people dressed like this at one of hid concerts It’s 1 not right” And the theatrical leaps and bounds Garth n? puf himself and his band through hardly riedjhe same tone as a koe nunhad his guitar on stage country-weste- car- - rn But the Smedleys love him jiut the same “Garth's a freedom fighter Hesings about how the world should be good instead of how R is” Ginger said “Yeah and if all I wanted was to listen lo music Td listen to the radkx Garth really puts ou a show The best you’ll see” the oftea-qui-et Cory added t Meat and potatoes u Six pjn dinner at the Siazler didn’t disappoint Ginger knew just what she wanted — steak Ginger picks out at Slater new rin salad bar The "You can have yos ain’t meat and potatoes I came as no real surprise I has aright complain Dinner proved to belli and more and whatever a ate Plenty enough food I dut |