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In 'Down the Dust Pipe' by Status Quo http://www.hiplyrics.com/lyrics/down-the-dustpipe-by-status-quo-lyrics.html , was there any significance to the term 'kosher cowboy' as I don't think any members were Jewish, or was it about someone else?

Question #123243. Asked by satguru.
Last updated Aug 06 2021.

misstified

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misstified

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I don't know a definite answer but 'kosher' can be used to mean 'genuine/real' so maybe the lyric just means a 'real cowboy'.

Aug 24 2011, 1:06 PM

CmdrK

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CmdrK

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It may refer to the song's writer, Carl Groszman, who may have sung the song with the group "Man" before Status Quo got ahold of it. I'm just speculating.

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Response last updated by gtho4 on Aug 06 2021.
Aug 24 2011, 1:21 PM

satguru

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satguru

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That's a good one. The very fact the song was not their own (which I certainly didn't know) has now taken the search away from Status Quo altogether and will now investigate the original singers/writers, who may well have had a good reason to mention it.

Yep, Carl Groszman was indeed the 'kosher cowboy' in question, solved!

http://www.manband-archive.com/forum/index.php?topic=301.0

Aug 24 2011, 6:52 PM

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