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Tuesday, April 27, 2004
There's hope for Nashville yet Following on my earlier post about Dolly Parton, I have always had a hard time making the mental separation between my love of country music and the artists' political bias... Nashville is the GOP's Hollywood, and country artists tend to skew republican. From WMCStations.com: A new group calling itself the Music Row Democrats is trying to shake the perception that country music is a bastion of political conservatism aligned with the Republican Party. Bush is a country music fan who has invited several Nashville acts to perform at his inaugural parties, including Brooks & Dunn, Travis Tritt and Hank Williams Jr. Others, including Reba McEntire, have contributed to his re-election campaign. When the Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines criticized Bush before a London audience last year, some country stations dropped the band's songs from their playlists and fans destroyed their CDs. "A lot of us felt bad that we didn't step up and defend them - their right to say whatever they wanted to," said Don Cook, a music producer and founding member of the Music Row Democrats. "I think it's terrible, and it's one of the things that motivated me to get this organization together." Membership has swelled quickly to more than 700 people. A few recording artists are involved too, including Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris. [The full article]  | private feedback | |
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