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It amazes me sometimes, how the social fabric of this world can spin on a dime. And for the record, IMHO it's not just MADD, the government had a large hand in it as well. When I first moved to Wyoming in 1986, the minimum drinking age was 18 or 19 (can't remember) and when the big push began, the Feds threatened to cut off our highway funds if we didn't change it to 21. I'm not saying it was a bad thing, just that this whole evolution had a lot of players, and the whacky thing about it is, the effects trickled down and had a devastating impact on performers, musicians, and songwriters. That's the sad thing to me, and I don't have a clue how it could have gone down any differently.