Although I’m not a big fan of the genre, one thing I do enjoy about country music is how closely the songs and lyrics imitate real country life. You know, everyday things like driving down a dirt road in your pickup truck with your blue jeans on while kissing your cousin or whatever.
Knowing that, I have to say I was a bit surprised when I learned Coal County Sheriff Jason “Cadillac” Smith’s debut country album doesn’t have one song about shoving his wife or punching a deputy’s husband. Via Yawn Doc:
Criminal indictments against Coal County Sheriff Jason Smith and Undersheriff Jesse Yother were unsealed today by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s office, with Smith facing two misdemeanor assault charges for allegedly shoving his own wife and punching a deputy’s husband July 26.
Smith, 48, is also accused of habitual drunkenness and sexual harassment of employees in a removal proceeding approved by the state’s multi-county grand jury, which issued the indictments Nov. 21…