Elizabeth Cook Is One Heck Of A Clogger And Women Sing About Revenge

“She started it last year,” Ronnie says. “We were at dinner and she said, ‘I’m gonna do a duets record,’ and I said, ‘Well, all right.’ She goes, ‘And I want you to sing one with me,’ and I went, ‘That’s cool, I’d love to do that,’ and she goes, ‘But I want you to write it,’ and I went, ‘Only if you write it with me.’

You’ve said in an interview that Country Music is still about “loving, losing, leaving, and drinking.” Do you have—or plan—any off-the-wall songs, like about food, or anything of that nature?

That’s a good question…like Guy Clark, who has that song “Texas Cookin’ ”; he’s a legendary Texas singer-songwriter…[I don’t write any lyrics that are] off-the-wall, like I said earlier in that story you read. I keep things similar to traditional things that people can relate to. I can’t think of a topic I could write about that someone wouldn’t be able to relate to.

Spanning everything from church-bred soul to barnyard rap to metallic twang, Big & Rich’s new album isn’t likely to sway their critics. Their fiddle-and-steel-ripened cover of AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long” certainly won’t earn them points, even if early reports from the road suggest that the group’s fans love it.