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Dream Walkin ' is the fourth ___MASK58___ from American ___MASK17___ artist Toby Keith . His last ___MASK58___ for Mercury Records before signing with ___MASK99___ , it was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of 500 , 000 copies . The tracks " We Were in Love ", " I ' m So Happy I Can ' t Stop Crying ", " Dream Walkin '", and " Double Wide Paradise " were all released as singles . Respectively , these reached # 2 , # 2 , # 5 , and # 40 on the Hot Country Songs charts , making this the first ___MASK58___ of Keith ' s career not to produce any Number One hits . Recorded history or written history is a historical narrative based on a written ___MASK9___ or other documented communication . Recorded history can be contrasted with other narratives of the past , such as mythological , oral or archeological traditions . ___MASK17___ is a genre of United States popular music that originated in the southern United States in the 1920s . It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of United States , such as folk music ( especially Appalachian folk music ), and blues music . Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history . ___MASK17___ often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos , electric and acoustic guitars , dobros and fiddles as well as harmonicas . According to Lindsey Starnes , the term " ___MASK17___ " gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term " hillbilly music "; it came to encompass Western music , which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots , in the mid - 20th century . The term " ___MASK17___ " is used today to describe many styles and subgenres . The origins of ___MASK17___ are the folk music of working - class Americans , who blended popular songs , Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes , traditional English ballads , and cowboy songs , and various musical traditions from European immigrant communities . In 2009 ___MASK17___ was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute , and second most popular in the morning commute in the United States . `` Courtesy of the Red , White and Blue ( The Angry American ) '' is a song written and recorded by American ___MASK17___ artist Toby Keith . The song was written in late 2001 , and was inspired by Keith ' s father ' s death in March 2001 , as well as the September 11 , 2001 attacks on the United States later that year . It was released in May 2002 as the lead single from the album , Unleashed . The song topped the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart becoming his biggest solo hit on that chart . Fiddle is another name for the bowed string musical instrument more often called a ___MASK14___ . It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres , including classical music . Fiddle playing , or fiddling , refers to various styles of music . Fiddle is also a common term among musicians who play folk music on the ___MASK14___ . The fiddle is part of many traditional ( folk ) styles of music which are aural traditions , taught ' by ear ' rather than via written music . Fiddle is normally the term used for Irish Traditional Music . " Should ' ve Been a Cowboy " is a song written and recorded by American ___MASK17___ artist Toby Keith . It was released on February 8 , 1993 as his debut single , and was served as the first single released from Keith ' s self - titled debut ___MASK58___ , " Toby Keith ". On June 5 , 1993 , it reached number one on the US Hot Country Songs chart and the Canadian " RPM " Country Tracks . It also peaked at number 93 on the " Billboard " Hot 100 , making it a minor crossover hit . The harmonica , also known as a French harp or mouth organ , is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres , notably in blues , American folk music , classical music , jazz , country , and rock and roll . There are many types of harmonica , including diatonic , chromatic , tremolo , octave , orchestral , and bass versions . A harmonica is played by using the mouth ( lips and tongue ) to direct air into or out of one or more holes along a mouthpiece . Behind each hole is a chamber containing at least one reed . A harmonica reed is a flat elongated ___MASK30___ typically made of brass , stainless steel , or bronze , which is secured at one end over a slot that serves as an airway . When the free end is made to vibrate by the player ' s air , it alternately blocks and unblocks the airway to produce sound . The word Dobro is , in popular usage , the generic term for a wood - bodied , single cone resonator guitar . It is also an American brand of resonator guitar , currently owned by the Gibson Guitar Corporation . The Dobro was originally made by the Dopyera brothers when they formed the Dobro Manufacturing Company . Their design , with a single inverted resonator , was introduced in competition to the patented Tricone and biscuit designs produced by the National String Instrument Corporation . The Dobro name appeared on other instruments , notably electric lap steel guitars and solid body electric guitars and on other resonator instruments such as ___MASK25___ resonator mandolins . ___MASK10___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK10___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , ___MASK10___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK10___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK10___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . ___MASK57___ is an American - based record ___MASK73___ owned by ___MASK87___ Music Group . In the United States , it operates through ___MASK44___ Records ; in the UK , it is distributed by Virgin EMI Records . Toby Keith Covel ( born July 8 , 1961 ) is an American singer , songwriter , actor and ___MASK9___ producer . Keith released his first four studio albums  1993 ' s " Toby Keith ", 1994 ' s " Boomtown ", ___MASK35___ ' s " Blue Moon " and 1997 ' s " Dream Walkin '", plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of Mercury Records before leaving Mercury in 1998 . These albums all earned Gold or higher certification , and produced several chart singles , including his debut " Should ' ve Been a Cowboy ", which topped the country charts and was the most - played country song of the 1990s . The song has received three million spins since its release , according to Broadcast Music Incorporated .