"we have both kinds of music... country and western"

That's the famous line from the Blues Brothers movie when the boys pull up to the roadhouse and steal a gig. As we are travelling through the countryside in Vietnam, I started to think about the difference between city life and countrylife and began to wonder,

is there country and eastern music?

Apparently there is. But from what I can make out of the language, no dogs die, no train whistles blow in a lonely night, the wife doesn't leave you  and you aren't broke. You are likely to find that your fishing net breaks, the water buffalo gets sick, the rice crop has a drought and you have lost your inner harmony.
Go figure...

Heading out to the countryside today. If I come across a roadside karaoke bar I will stop in and have a tea for the boys...