Country music culture wars are here...and the rest of us can just sit back and enjoy the shit show.

[RoryN]

Source: Rolling Stone

The Culture Wars Are Tearing the Close-Knit Country Music Community Apart​

"From less personal interaction backstage to public online feuds, country music is slowly being pulled into the same battles that have infiltrated nearly every aspect of American life and entertainment. 'It really is weird right now,' says one leading country manager, who spoke on the condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the moment. 'Country music has aways been this kind of neighborhood where everyone gets along. We had everyone’s back. But it doesn’t feel that way anymore. The heels are dug in more than ever. It’s pretty heavy.'"

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/culture-wars-tearing-close-knit-132658359.html

 

[spegil]

 

[RoryN]

This thread is already triggering nicely.

 

[coati]

It's mostly a RINO-MAGAt fight, right? Let 'em fight and then lick their wounds with sad songs about how they lost their spouses to someone with intellectual capabilities.

A lot of the best artists left "country" and went "Americana"

 

[spacekowboy]

This will separate the true artists from the bro-country hacks.


To quote the great Kris Kristopherson when asked to retell a story about Waylon Jennings altercation backstage with Toby Keith "So Waylon says to him, you do for country music what pantyhose did for finger fucking..."

 

[phrodeau]

It’s like you can’t hardly make a living any more strutting onstage in makeup and glittery clothes.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

George Strait and Alan Jackson raised the red flag years ago. Murder was committed down on Music Row.

 

[dkovic77]

Forget to login to your picsonly account?

 

[Chobham]

George Strait and Alan Jackson raised the red flag years ago. Murder was committed down on Music Row.

Fact. This is nothing new.

 

[RoryN]

Fact. This is nothing new.

True.

 

[Bray123]

I remember Country before it was compulsory to wear a fake cowboy hat.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

RIP Jimmy Buffet. Jimmy began his career in Nashville, blending country with tropical tunes. He often performed with popular country artists including Alan Jackson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kenny Chesney, and Donald Trump.

https://x.com/trump_history45/status/1697919866119090547?s=46&t=D4wPadUSm31flBzHVSwUxA

 

[schism666]

RIP Jimmy Buffet. Jimmy began his career in Nashville, blending country with tropical tunes. He often performed with popular country artists including Alan Jackson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kenny Chesney, and Donald Trump.

https://x.com/trump_history45/status/1697919866119090547?s=46&t=D4wPadUSm31flBzHVSwUxA

you think this post belongs here.

 

[icanhelp1]

I remember Country before it was compulsory to wear a fake cowboy hat.

I was country before country was cool.