Raven asked toward the beginning of this series for some "libertarian country." I don't think they were thinking in exactly those terms, but they often did sing about the independent capabilities of the country-born man.
They didn't much care for welfare:
...or affirmative action...
...or government regulations imposed on their business activities.
Some of that's libertarian, but a lot of it's just outlaw.
Oh what memories the Welfare Caddilac video brings back. The black Caddy is the exact same one of which I've talked about lying in the back window and looking up at the stars. My Mom also owned a couple of the other model year Caddy's from this vid.
ReplyDeleteThe music brings back memories, too, as my Pop loved every one of these guys.
Thx, Grim.
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Johnny Cash apparently refused the President's request that he play "Welfare Cadillac" when Richard Nixon invited him to perform at the White House. My guess is that, however he felt about welfare, he wasn't going to be used as a tool -- and he wasn't afraid to tell the President of the United States "no."
ReplyDeleteHe did "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" instead.
I'm glad you've been enjoying this. I think I'm going to do one more in this series, with just the fun songs that don't necessarily mean anything, but that belong to the Outlaw genre. You'll like that one too, I bet.
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ReplyDeleteI am coming to believe the intent of our current gov. is to encourage dependency. All to the Gov., all from the Gov. Or as Marx said,
"From each the maximum we can extract by force,to each whatever scraps we feel like handing out to our stray dogs." ,
Anything that encourages an cultural alternative to the serf state is welcome.
"A country boy can survive"
ReplyDeleteRural folks are very adept at fixing and improvising- the farther back in the sticks, the more generalists there are.
I would love emulate Heinlein's ideal human, but am way behind the curve!
The edge to the outlaw songs- it is a far cry to what seems to be the trend on a lot of "New Country" on the radio, where the "country" seems to be pop singers with a twang and a cowboy hat. Maybe they should call it
drugstore country ....!
Depending on how much edge you want, you might check out Hank Williams III. As the name would imply he's the grandson of Hank Williams, Sr. Edge he's got.
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