Red Neck, Red Flag - Left Wing Country
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hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Speaking of which, perhaps an obvious one, but this thread would definitely be incomplete without:
He was a Christian Zionist
deeyo
hurled unheard to this world.
my daughter asked me, smiling, why i was listening to lil nas x ...
hm, i think not, although it's clear he's trying, what with rodeo and old town road ft brc...
- maybe later?
both got exellent country credentials, mr charles finally got induced into the hall of fame this year. dunno much bout his politics, renowned civil right activist but played in south africa during the boycott.
as for mr presley - of course he was a rebel, & unofficially, comrade aaron is still doing important work for the posadists, travelling in his pink spaceship, making contacts with the intergalactic anarcho-communist society.
our day will come.
but apart from short lapses like 'in the ghetto' & the brilliant allegory of capitalist society that is 'suspicious minds' he kept his official apolitical front perfectly, though it took a heavy toll on his body...
back to the thread.
deeyo
hurled unheard to this world.
countrys roots are full of socialists & union activist, woody, pete seeger, joe hill, sarah ogan gunning, aunt molly jackson...
barbara dane is still alive, 94 years old.
emmylou harris, alabama & kathy mattea, kentucky gets to represent the next generation, with songs about growing up poor & capitalisms destruction of nature
courtney marie andrews, arizona wonders what the fuck happened to her country.
barbara dane is still alive, 94 years old.
emmylou harris, alabama & kathy mattea, kentucky gets to represent the next generation, with songs about growing up poor & capitalisms destruction of nature
courtney marie andrews, arizona wonders what the fuck happened to her country.
deeyo
hurled unheard to this world.
that's a bit defaitist, isn't it?
listen to mojo nixon (& skid) , he's got a dream & a plan.
never seen him live, seems like good fun.
deeyo
hurled unheard to this world.
good one, well within the limits of the thread.
i know he was deeply religious, and the internet tells me he made several trips to israel & that he got a 'peace price' from the jnf- tell me more?
willie nelson:
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Found this article today, which feels quite relevant:
Main names I got from it were the Wooden Shoe Ramblers:
And Tom Breiding. Not listened to either yet so dunno if they're any good or where they stand on the folk-country-bluegrass spectrum.
The Singing Left | Kim Kelly
At a recent commemoration of the Battle of Blair Mountain in West Virginia, songs of struggle took center stage.
thebaffler.com
And Tom Breiding. Not listened to either yet so dunno if they're any good or where they stand on the folk-country-bluegrass spectrum.
deeyo
hurled unheard to this world.
everybody's working for the man again - kane, welch, kaplan (2004)
dunno much bout these guys really, country journeymen couple of levels below the really big names, but this one is a brilliant song from a brilliant album - 'you can't save everybody.' (the follow-up, lost john dean, is almost as good)
song's written by kevin welch, who seems a good guy, cowboy hippie/longhaired redneck, born in california, raised in oklahoma. talented children as well, dustin welch, musician too & savannah welch musician (the trishas)& actor (barbara gordon in the titans)
kieran kane wrote the anti-war song (& history lesson) 'just like that' , another explicitly political song on the same album. he's recorded with emmylou harris & lucinda williams, so he's gotta be a good guy...
fats kaplan plays a mean fiddle.
dunno much bout these guys really, country journeymen couple of levels below the really big names, but this one is a brilliant song from a brilliant album - 'you can't save everybody.' (the follow-up, lost john dean, is almost as good)
song's written by kevin welch, who seems a good guy, cowboy hippie/longhaired redneck, born in california, raised in oklahoma. talented children as well, dustin welch, musician too & savannah welch musician (the trishas)& actor (barbara gordon in the titans)
kieran kane wrote the anti-war song (& history lesson) 'just like that' , another explicitly political song on the same album. he's recorded with emmylou harris & lucinda williams, so he's gotta be a good guy...
fats kaplan plays a mean fiddle.
Found this article today, which feels quite relevant:
The Singing Left | Kim Kelly
At a recent commemoration of the Battle of Blair Mountain in West Virginia, songs of struggle took center stage.thebaffler.com
Ralph Stanley II gets a mention there.
deeyo
hurled unheard to this world.
shit, that kid's 17 years old & thats his own song, bout his home town. cool.
earle was 20 in heartworn highways..
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Oh, maybe a bit over on the country-rock side of things, just remembered when the Dils went country and became Rank and File:
Sadly the Rank and File version of "Sound of the Rain" changed the line about the cops, but they still put a picket line in the music video:
Sadly the Rank and File version of "Sound of the Rain" changed the line about the cops, but they still put a picket line in the music video:
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