everybody wanted a pair of Nudie boots if you were a cowboy singer or a western singer or hillbilly singer George Jones gave me a pair of boots back here in 1987 1987 still stands as probably the worst year of my life was going through a divorce losing a record deal I just could not get anything going in this town but George Jones understood by the end of 1987 they looked a lot like I did they were pretty rough on the bottom worn out when I look at them now I look it might have been rough at the bottom but it always teaches you to look up look up look up