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Sunset on the Rhinestones
DIR By: hailtotheking
Date: November 21, 2025, 7:40 am
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_____ is an aged but still in the limelight country star.
Despite the changing tides of music tastes, he and his troupe
are as popular as ever. It can't be explained but even those
that are wandering off to new music pastures still love them.
For some reason, that pisses off the people in power in the
music industry. They're dead set on having their "Sunset Tour"
but someone is dead set on sunsetting them before their final
show.
"Now son, we had an agreement on how this here sunset would play
out."
'Things have changed ____, and quick. I see how that would be
beyond you ...'
"Shut your lip son. I gave you my word and you gave me yours.
Now your daddy put a whole lotta salt in the bag that bares your
last name.
You telling me you ain't worth your salt boy?"
'Get as mad as you want, I don't give a ****. This is how it's
going to go.'
"heheh, sure ... sure it is. All you city slicks and fancy suits
are exactly the same. Ya cain't see the horns till the bull done
run ya through.
You don't understand just what it is that you're thinking your
pushing to the side. I'm just the last public face of it all.
These Rhinestones
are mined deep, DEEP down in these parts. And I'm tellin ya boy,
you fall down that hole you ain't ever to be seen again."
"Oh, you're threatening me are you?"
"No son, I'm telling you what the facts will be if you keep on
keeping on with this.
Now get the **** out of my house before Mr Colt makes a mess all
over my wall."
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"A celebratory drink, and a peace offering before you play the
set of your life and ride off into the sunset"
"Just like you offered Bob Tingle (Bob Tingle and the Silver
Belle Jingles) before he went out and croaked on stage for his
final act?"
"A very unfortunate coincidence I admit. But no, simply and
admission on my part for all the mess on the road here."
"Right ... go on then, pour"
[out on stage]
"Ya know, some folks feel that tonight we're simply going to
ride off into the sunset ... but that ain't how we do things, no
is it?"
"Heh, that's right folks. We're going to lasso that big ball of
fire in the sky and ride on through the night burning everything
down behind us! The sun may be setting on the Rhinestones
tonight but we sure as all heck ain't gonna go to bed quietly!
Let's raise hell one last time while the flames dance around
us!"
Chlorpyrifos (a chemical in one of the insecticides used on his
dad's farm)
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