Russ,
The first red flag that the song might be suspect was that it was recommended by my friend Eddie. Things are mighty slow for him during the summer down in God's waiting room.

Seriously there is no accounting for taste when it comes to performing for the public. If I had a dollar for every time our band played "Alley Cat", "Proud Mary" or "Please Release Me" I'd be rich. They all suck but man were they popular. One night during a jam weekend I was sitting in a very fancy restaurant "Earnests" in Shreveport listing to Don Mason play. He broke into David Allen Coe's "You don't have to call me darling darling". Everyone in the place was singing along with him. Who would have thunk it? What makes a song popular is a mystery to me. Your public wants what you play and Don's public wants what he plays, different strokes.

BTW not all country has only three chords. I heard Don play some that used four. He even used a passing chord once or twice. Sorry Don I couldn't resist, you know how we Yankees are.

Tom