These are rugged, blue-collar men.
The liberal-minded Laven, as producer-director-writer, had earlier shown more sympathy for the redskins over the palefaces in Geronimo (1962), starring the rugged, blue-eyed Chuck Connors as the famous Apache chief.
It's a convincing band that jumps from rugged blues to Memphis soul to Muscle Shoals to Motown, full of technical savvy meted out judiciously.
Last year, the singer took on a new, tougher persona as the frontwoman of a rugged blues and soul band, and also tackled themes including racism, poverty and life on the margins in a new album, Currency Of Man.
James lacked the waifish androgynous appeal that made Richey and Nicky band pin-ups - "I haven't got the bone structure," he shrugs - but his puppydog eyes and rugged blue-collar looks ensured he won over more than a few female fans that like a bit of meat on the bones.
Simple, bright-colored plaids give a very rugged, blue-collar impression.
But with few attractions aside from the rugged Blue Mountains, most will not make it this far.
Its most northerly portion lies within the rugged Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalachian chain, and the remainder is in high piedmont hills.
It begins just over the state's western border, entering from Tennessee through the rugged Blue Ridge Mountains, and ends at Lumina Avenue in Wrightsville Beach, one block from the Atlantic Ocean.
David and two companions descended into a deep, sheltered canyon in the rugged Blue Mountains.
I openly fret (to Tally's bemusement) as we navigate potholes and loose kid goats nursing from nannies tethered to guardrails through the rugged Blue Mountains to the Rio Grande River.
