Favorite Left-Wing Country Artist

[Radical Activist]

Poll question: Favorite Left-Wing Country Artist

Yes there are some! Let me know about any big ones I left off the poll.

[On the Road]

1. Johnny Cash Was Not Stereotypical Left Wing

but he was strongly anti-authority and stood in solidarity with the dispossessed. To me, that qualifies him.

[Radical Activist]

4. I think so too

But I didn't include him in the poll since he passed on.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

2. I voted for Willie Nelson,

but I also like the Dixie Chicks.

[mac56]

3. Dwight Yoakum and Rodney Crowell

nm

[the Princess]

9. Dwight Yoakum! YUMMY!

:)

[Z_I_Peevey]

5. Bonnie Raitt is country now? Well, shut my mouth.

I had to go with Willie. What a songwriter.

[Radical Activist]

7. Depends on the album

she switches around a lot doesn't she?

[Beaverhausen]

16. Bonnie is never country - maybe you are thinking folk?

I like the DCs myself.

[joebascemy]

22. If Bonnie is country,

it is the strangest sounding country I have ever heard. I guess her one huge hit, written by Mike Reid, an actual country songwriter, puts her now and forever in this pigeonhole. Her albums prior to that breakthrough period were a mixture of blues, rock, folk, and even countryish songs, but hell, I LIKE eclecticism. And good singing.

But, to get on topic again, I have say Steve Earle, whose talent survived rehab.

[Radical Activist]

27. She does several genres

Some people would call modern country a mixture of blues, rock and folk. I think it's fair to say she has done country, even though most of her music doesn't fit into one category.

[Magrittes Pipe]

6. The Man in Black.

Not a left-winger per se, but nonetheless committed to the struggles of the forgotten, of the abused.

[indepat]

8. Those vivacious chicks, hands-down

[chaska]

10. Tim McGraw???

Sorry, I'm gonna need see some evidence of that.

[Radical Activist]

11. Here you go

Check out the article linked
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1439563

[chaska]

12. Yeah, I've seen that before. I count that as a maybe....

Pretty slim case. He likes Big Dog (himself no liberal) and he's friends with Kid Schlock. Sounds like he is, though, but can't admit to it for business reasons.

[dolo amber]

15. Tim McGraw "I miss back when"

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when

Again, I must point out that a hoe is in fact still a hoe...the proper spelling of the slang is "ho". Regardless...don't sound so leftie to me. :shrug:

[hollywood926]

18. Why doesn't that sound lefty?

I miss all that, too!

But Tim McGraw is probably a fairly moderate Dem, anyway.

[Jack_Dawson]

24. That's...a reach

Because he says "hoe" and not "ho" he's a rightie?

:shrug:

[dolo amber]

32. That's not at all what I said/meant

That is merely an aside. I was just pointing out that those lyrics don't sound so *progressive*...smacks a bit of "I miss when certain elements of society knew their place", if you will. Maybe it's just me. :shrug:

[Mixxster]

28. Someone recently posted somewhere that Tim McGraw and...

his wife, Faith Hill, were two of the very few country artists that publicly defended the Chicks. However, I can't vouch for that info.

[Shakespeare]

13. Roseanne Cash!

Her name should be on that poll instead of Bonnie's (love her, but she's NOT a country artist).

Check out her website--she writes regular "columns" which frequently talk politics. She's a hardcore, Bush-hating lefty. My kinda woman.

[Fleurs du Mal]

14. I'll take the Chicks

Though I don't listen to any of them I liked their appearance on Maher.

[Radical Activist]

17. I like their appearance as well

in general.

[ghostsofgiants]

19. Steve Earle

Yep.

[Joe Power]

20. Lucinda

Only three votes for Lucinda Williams? Too bad!

Not only is she one of the greatest songwriters going these days, she makes my kids run screaming from the room whenever I pop in one of her CD's. What could be better?

[Radical Activist]

26. I'm listening to World Without Tears right now

Great CD. I voted for Steve Earle though.

[jbane]

21. Emylou Harris and Roseanne Cash.

Like choosing between fresh air and sunshine! I love em both.

[stranger_with_candy]

23. Toby Keith apparently claimed to be a Dem

in a recent interview. i find it a little hard to believe.

[Jack_Dawson]

25. So does Zell

If you hear TK interviewed, he shares a lot of Zell's beliefs.

[Hobarticus]

29. Thanks but no thanks TK...

No country singers who sound like cows, please.

[Mixxster]

30. Although I'm a big fan, I don't consider Bonnie Raitt country so...

I went with the Chicks.

[bigwillq]

31. The Chicks

I also love Tim McGraw.

[VOX]

33. Steve Earle. His songs/lyrics are the most up-frong left wing...

Rich Man's War
Condi, Condi
The Revolution Starts Now
Amerika v. 6.0
John Walker's Blues

And so on...:thumbsup:

[flamingyouth]

34. Neko Case