If I cared it would be interesting to do some research to see when exactly country music (and many country musicians) became so reactionary because some of the older country music was about the downtrodden and/or the working class.
We are really going to have some interesting discussions going forward in this country regardless of who wins the election. The intense feeling that some have of having "lost" something because Obama is President is quite telling.
Hank Williams Jr. spews more lies But even Hank Sr. might have been gagging on his bourbon in the great beyond Sunday night after hearing the bigoted comments his little Bocephus made at the Stockyards Music Festival.
“We’ve got a Muslim for a President who hates cowboys, hates cowgirls, hates fishing, hates farming, loves gays, and we hate him!” Williams said, as the crowd let out a loud but less-than-unanimous cheer.
The 63-year-old singer began his anti-gay commentary a few songs earlier, mocking “queer guitar pickers” in the middle of “All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down” before moving on to his next target: Liberal politicians, who he told to “move to Mexico” at the end of “We Don’t Apologize For America.”