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RICK MORANIS

RICK MORANIS

The Agoraphobic Cowboy

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A nerd on the range, fit for socks but not boots

Even after Golden Throats, we're still tortured by Hollywood's musical horrors: high-drama hard rock (Keanu Reeves's Dogstar, Russell Crowe's 30 Odd Foot of Grunts) to negligible alt-country (Bacon Brothers, Billy Bob Thornton). So why should a B-list comedy star's country record be any different? Maybe it's because Rick Moranis knows that he shouldn't be doing this, which makes for a good punchline. He applies a talky baritone and keeps the production low-key, from honky-tonk to rockabilly chug. True to the title, his persona is a cowboy nerd not ...

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