Country radio still isn't ready to make nice with the Dixie Chicks.
The awards might have the opposite effect, sparking another radio backlash against the group. Country broadcasters said Monday that the group's five Grammys show how out of touch the Recording Academy is from the average country fan.
"I think (the listeners) are outraged," said Tony Lama, program director for KXNP in North Platte, Neb. "This is rural, conservative America. They are just disgusted."
And this boys and girls is why I don't listen to country western music. That and steel guitars. I hate steel guitars!
My father was an old cowboy and when anyone would ask him what kind of music he liked he would always respond with; "I like both kinds of music. Country and Western"
And it is this type of inclusiveness that makes me feel that these listeners are just trying to stay stubbornly provincial and old fashioned as the world continues to become more complex and homogenized around them. They are in essence, simply dinosaurs. And they are absolutely proud of that fact.
It may be time for the Dixie Chicks to move into an arena more suitable to their politics and courage. Techno pop anybody?
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