One of the cities where I lived during my earlier adult years was well-known for the many small "Mom & Pop" type bars and taverns that dotted the neighborhoods throughout the city's residential areas. These were typically clean little establishments like the one depicted in the old "Archie Bunker's Place" TV sitcom. Since these were some of my lonelier days, I was known to frequent one of these bars with a good deal of regularity. I remember it as the place where my love for Haggard & Jones songs was cultivated. The jukebox was loaded with the good old drinkin' & cheatin' songs made popular by so many classic country artists of the day. I wasn't above crying a tear in my beer at times, although the times were relatively good as I look back.