Barbequed with a hint of barley smoke could describe Sony Music’s new Western tunesmith and vocalist Trent Willmon. But whatever you do, don’t call him a cowboy. Having grown up with the Real McCoy on a ranch in West Texas, Trent reveres that special breed—the guys who don’t have a retirement plan and work dawn to dusk for $60 a day. “My heroes have always been cowboys,” says Trent, matter-of-factly. If not cowboy, then how to describe this new kid who’s found himself on Sony’


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