Reply #42: Guess it depends on what you mean by "country music" [View All]

Hank Williams Sr, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson - That's just some of the best music ever written.

Merle Haggard - hard to say exactly where he's coming from sometimes, but recently he had a song that was unquestionably against the Bush Crime Family's foreign policy called "Let's Rebuild America First".

Garth Brooks - some would argue his place among the true country greats, but "We Shall Be Free" was one of the greatest songs of the 90's from any genre.

Dixie Chicks - They're ashamed Chucklenuts is from Texas. I'm ashamed he's from America.

No love here for the Toby Keith/Lee Greenwood/Sara Freeperslut types though. If you're first TV appearance is on FAUX News, and not CMT, you have an agenda other than making music. And that's where the radio stations come in. It's not that people want to hear that crap, it's that Clear Channel WANTS you to hear that crap. And the Nashville establishment has never been exactly liberal, so they aren't much help.

I've always looked at music this way: Either it's good, or it ain't. The hell with the labels.