We’ll be honest, not much Country or Western music is played here at SSD HQ, mainly due to a lack of understanding and exposure.  We simply don’t know the history, the iconic artists, the influential labels, or the coveted producers the way we do for genre’s like punk, indie, classic rock, or soul.

Thankfully, Paul McNeil and Barry Divola, the genius team behind music-obsessed kids alphabet books Nevermind Your P’s and Q’s: Here’s the Punk Alphabet, and M is for Metal!, have returned with ABC&W: The Country and Western Alphabet, available in our shop for pre-order now.

Knowing that the irreverent sense of humor, hysterical illustrations, and heartwarming rhymes would be worth the price of admission, ABC&W presents a unique opportunity for many of us unfamiliar with the history of Country & Western: Teach kids the alphabet while learning about one of America’s most original contributions to the popular music.

Appealing to kids’ sense of the absurd, while tickling the funny bones of adults with in-jokes about boot-scooting, hillbillies, cowboys, Nashville and truckers, this is the latest hilarious installment in the Rockin’ Alphabets series, where parents and children can look at the same page together and laugh, but not necessarily at the same thing.

From Hank and Loretta, to Willie and Johnny, The Country and Western Alphabet is the most country and the most western alphabet book in history.

Nevermind Your P’s and Q’s: Here’s the Punk Alphabet and M is for Metal! are available for immediate shipment in our shop.