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I don't understand why you removed the comment about the "honey rock" era. This is a well-established understanding of the soft rock, country rock popular in the early to mid 1970s..

Do you have a citation from somewhere? As per WP:Cite ?--CanadianLinuxUser (talk) 15:23, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Meaning of "Rhinestone Cowboy"[edit]

It would be handy of the article explained what a "rhinestone cowboy" actually is. Is it a kind of "pretend cowboy"? Someone who dresses up in all the fancy clothes but is not for real? 86.160.87.95 (talk) 00:57, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think the meaning is a double reference to the Singing Cowboys of film who often toured wearing rhinestone suits tailored for them by the famous Nudie Cohn's Nudie's Rodeo Tailor shop in North Hollywood ( sadly, now closed but Nudie's top assistant still has a shop in Nashville). Nudie outfitted Elvis with those rhinestone capes and western suits he wore in his later years as well as the singing cowboys of decades earlier. However, there is also a tradition of rodeo performers, the stars, wearing resplendent rhinstone trimmed outfits as they parade around the ring before the performance. I believe in context, this is referring to the songwriter's memory of the great singing cowboys of film, such as Gene Autry, who were both film stars and recording stars. Campbell's recording is especially poignant because his career seemed to be winding down. He wasn't as bad off as the guy in the song; he still had a recording contract and a decent touring schedule but had not had a top hit in some time, at least nothing as popular as "Wichita Lineman" or "Galveston". It would be nice if we editors could find some good quotes or referenced commentary to add to commentary on WHY this song touched people so much and what it meant to Campbell's career in the immediate afterward. I'll try and work on that. LiPollis (talk) 06:17, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Release dates and " Notable Covers"[edit]

By actual fact, the Glenn Campbell release is in fact a cover of this song. The song was written by Larry Weiss and recorded by him also in 1974, a year prior to Glenn Campbell recording it. Also, i cannot fond the actual date, but, Chris Ledoux released this song on his 1975 album, " Life As a Rodeo Man", the same year Glenn released his version. 2600:100A:B11B:AD60:DCA5:A01C:5153:6038 (talk) 00:34, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like this fact should be in the lede rather than in the second paragraph. Such a style is used for other songs where a cover version became much more popular than the original (see: 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine', 'Nothing Compares 2 U' and others) AJC3fromS2K (talk) 00:27, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]