Somehow this ain't really all that surprising. American "cowboy" culture is nowadays pretty thoroughly whitewashed; in the actual days of the cow rustling gun

Somehow this ain't really all that surprising. American "cowboy" culture is nowadays pretty thoroughly whitewashed; in the actual days of the cow rustling gun slinging Wild West, cowboys were a lot more racially diverse than in their modern portrayals. Country music itself reflects this, combining elements of European, African, and Native folk styles.