Nathan refers both to an English singer and a Canadian band. The Canadian band: “Lift me out of this dustbowl and hand me a champagne" Key Principles, Nathan What is western music? Is it the sound of the wide open plains or a smoky saloon? Tales of taciturn men and long-suffering ladies who cry tears in their beer? Or has that tradition been replaced by something more complicated, where horses have become fast cars and saloons are now strip malls, but even in the most urban setting, there's the restless, rough-and-tumble feel of a frontier town, and everyone still yearns .