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haha, well that depends on WHICH rich and poor family raise them.... I think it'd be an interesting expirement to take a couple of identical twins, raise one of 'em where i grew up (Seedtick Texas), and one in New York city, and I think there'll be more than educational differences lol

  ... anyway to get back on topic,srry i can't really be more help, what I do know is that from hearing Jimmy play, he has a sound thats similar to SRV, but tends to be more classic bluesy and less rockish, using a cleaner sound than Stevie Ray's stuff.
I don't know about the rest of the country, but being from Texas people like SRV and ZZtop, Bob Wills (king of western swing; not well known in other parts), are pretty well known. Texans are real big on state pride so when we turn out a Texas based musician we're usually pretty supportive....
hence the huge number of waylon and willie fans

i think you have some really good solid lines here to build off of, and its a nice idea too.

Everybody's staring at the floor as if they were all in the war,

AND

But now the grass is brown and we're fighting to the ground

  Especially those two, they're the ones that are sticking out to me. As you go through the process of polishing, editing, adding (and omitting), I think these especially shouldn't be changed. Good luck with finishing it, I'm tyring to finish a couple myself and it can be very frustrating.

I strum a little with my thumb, seems there are some rythyms you just cant pick up using a plectrum. I do a lot of pick AND finger stuff too and Yes I have experienced this problem too. I think this happens when we try to get volume out of the strings, probly the greatest disadvantage to playing without a pick. I know a guy who never uses a pick, and he's an really good player. His thumb is really calloused (did i spell that right?), and he keeps right up on strumming and everything.

practicing scales, and learning them quickly will build up finger strength, as will any simple little licks, like the boogy woogy or something. I like to set aside a time every day (not usually very long, around 15-20 minutes, and you probly wouldn't need that long at first) to doing my scales ONLY, or (I alternate days usually) looking at a chord chart and starting at the beginning, make every chord I can untill I get to the end.... then of course you have to remember to have fun playing too. In fact the majority of time you spend playing oughta be playing songs you know, or just strumming around, kind of kick back and have a good time, its very relaxing.
The main thing is to keep on trying, the more you do it the easier it gets. Looking back now its almost funny that I used to complain that my fingers hurt after hitting something simple like a G, or a C, so hopefully one day I'll laugh at complaining about barre chords lol

I've been listnin' to my Waylon Jennings- Essentials alot lately, and Shooter Jennings Put the O back in COuntry

lol maybe thats a good thing you changed it if you were drinking when you wrote them down.... once again looking forward to hearing it. The madolin would sound awesome with this song, (and the fiddle too but like you i dont know anybody who plays one )

... i think the large worn places speak for themselves. He's good, at what exactly im not sure, but he aint touchin' my guitar

if he's trying to kill himself, then he's not serious. If he were serious he would be dead by now...
Nobody is worth that kind of drama, if he wants to die I'd tell him to head out. What he wants is for everybody to have a big emotional breakdown, so I just wouldn;t ablige him.... and i'm not just talking cuz i've had to deal with people like this before.
Jerome,
I think children do have different personalities, but because the majority of behavior is learned, most people just pick up on what everybody else at school is doing. Deep down I think they have different tastes, they're just too ashamed to admit it because they've learned what is and isn't "cool". I don't like to think of myself as a herd animal,  but even I'll admit I'm no grown up yet.... even if for circumstances beyond my control i had to grow up a little faster than most kids these days.
Being 'unique' these days also seems to be a form of following the crowd. You either do everything everybody else is doing to look cool, or you automatically NEVER do what anybody else is doing because you think it makes you cool....people should just do what they want, and if somebody else does it thats cool, but if they dont thats ok too. SOme things everybody does because its a fad, but some things are done by everybody because it just makes sense....like chocolate ice cream.

yeah it was pretty late and i finally nearly fell asleep while i was writing it so i decided to wait till later to finish it up. I think it needs a nice fiddle or stell guitar and some smooth easy pickin'.... but it'll probly end up with some waltzish type strumming and maybe a minor chord here and there.