Crossover Craziness In Country Music
Posted on 06.23.09 by Danny Glover @ 7:44 pm

I’m a child of the ’80s, so yes, I listened to Def Leppard. The one-armed drummer shtick was enough to keep my interest in spite of the head-banging music and indecipherable lyrics. These days, country music is more my middle-aged speed — and those two worlds should never mix.

Unfortunately, in its attempt to be cool, Country Music Television decided that teenage country star Taylor Swift should sing the Def Leppard songs of her parents’ era and vice versa. The end result is some of the most unenlightened redneck music I’ve ever heard.

Rolling Stone thinks Taylor Swift is cool because she raps and rocks, and that rag’s endorsement alone would have been enough to scare me away from her crossover album with Def Leppard. Now that I’ve actually heard it, I’m less inclined to buy any of Swift’s music. Sometimes you can judge an artist by the company they keep.

It’s not just Swift, though. The whole crossover trend in country music is wearing thin.
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A ‘Redneck Woman’ On Capitol Hill
Posted on 04.30.09 by Danny Glover @ 7:57 pm

Although I like the concept behind Gretchen Wilson’s hit anthem “Redneck Woman” and the music, I don’t care for many of the lyrics.

The song is full of curse words and promotes some of the worst stereotypes about rednecks. That’s why I’ve never embedded the video on this blog even though it’s a perfect fit in many ways.

But I do think it’s pretty cool that Wilson has been invited to testify to Congress. I worked as a redneck journalist on Capitol Hill almost every day for my first four years in Washington, so I’m always happy to see another redneck getting some time up there.

“She’s going to get about five minutes to sum up why adult education and family literacy are so vital,” Country Music Television reported. “And she should know. Wilson received her GED at age 34 after dropping out of high school when she was a teenager.”


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A Song For ‘Intelligent Rednecks’
Posted on 04.01.09 by Danny Glover @ 9:41 am

As the father of two young daughters, I love the country tune “Cleaning This Gun,” where the father cleans his gun and lectures his daughter’s date as the boy waits for her to finish getting ready. I love it even more after reading singer Rodney Atkins’ description of the song:

“Cleaning [This] Gun” is like a funny joke that is true. That could have been really just a dumb redneck kind of song, but the songwriters — Casey Beathard and Marla Cannon — took a very intelligent approach to that idea.

You know, dad’s out there joking — “I’ll be cleaning my gun when my daughter goes out there on her date.” They took the intelligent approach about it, with the speeches that you go through — the speeches that we really all should remember, but we don’t. They’re all very important things, but yet when it comes to your little girl, you’re going to remember that speech.

My audience, I think, is intelligent rednecks, so that’s who I was singing to.

“Intelligent redneck” — sounds kinda like “enlightened redneck.” Works for me.

I’d never actually try an intimidation stunt like cleaning my gun before my daughters’ dates, but I do love the message of the song: Mess with my daughters, and you mess with me. Enjoy the video:


Filed under: Family and Redneck Music and Redneck Musical Interlude and Rednecks and Video
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Rodney Atkins: ‘It’s America’
Posted on 03.13.09 by Danny Glover @ 7:56 am


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The Biggest Loser In Country Music
Posted on 02.05.09 by Danny Glover @ 8:13 pm

My wife is a big fan of “The Biggest Loser,” a reality show that features morbidly obese contestants who live on a ranch for months and compete to see who can lose the most weight. I’m a big fan of country music. Now those two worlds have merged.

Recent contestant Dan Evans stretched his 15 minutes of fame from “The Biggest Loser” into a budding musical career. I never like Dan as a contestant, but his music doesn’t sound half bad.

Incidentally, I’m only moderately interested in “The Biggest Loser.” I typically get a lot of blogging done from my recliner while it’s on the television. I do enjoy seeing the contestants’ amazing transformations from start to finish of the show, and I love watching trainer Jillian Michaels browbeat the players on her infamous black team.

But sadly, I can’t say the show has been all that inspiring to me. More often than not, I can’t resist the urge to snack while watching the contestants shed their pounds and develop will power. Ironically, “The Biggest Loser” has been one of the biggest explanations of my recent weight gain.


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Rascal Flatts: ‘Life Is A Highway’
Posted on 01.30.09 by Danny Glover @ 4:42 pm


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‘If We Had Some Global Warming’
Posted on 01.23.09 by Danny Glover @ 8:50 pm


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Luke Bryan: ‘Country Man’
Posted on 01.23.09 by Danny Glover @ 10:12 am


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Joe Diffie: ‘Pickup Man’
Posted on 01.17.09 by Danny Glover @ 7:34 pm


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Sheila E. Has Gone Country
Posted on 01.17.09 by Danny Glover @ 12:04 am

I loved Sheila E.’s song “The Glamorous Life” and, like many other high school boys, had a huge, hormone-inspired crush on her. Now comes word that she is a fan of country music and has a role in the latest installment of the Country Music Television series “Gone Country.”

I’m in love all over again.


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Little Big Town: ‘Boondocks’
Posted on 01.13.09 by Danny Glover @ 7:42 pm

I could listen to this song over and over again even after hearing it repeatedly when it was popular last year. It reminds me of my home and the way I was raised (minus the hypocrisy of playing five-card poker on Saturday night before I went to church on Sunday morning).


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Grandpa Tumblebug’s Banjo-Playin’ Days
Posted on 01.12.09 by Danny Glover @ 3:32 pm

A friend just posted a status update that involved the banjo and it reminded me of a story about my maternal grandfather, the one I lovingly called Grandpa Tumblebug.

Days after his heart surgery, Grandpa asked a nurse, “Will I be able to play the banjo?” She assured him he would. “That’s wonderful,” Grandpa Tumblebug answered. “I’ve always wanted to play the banjo.”

He was such a fun-loving man. I miss him.


Filed under: Family and Redneck Music
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Craig Morgan: ‘Redneck Yacht Club’
Posted on 01.10.09 by Danny Glover @ 12:21 pm


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Resolve To Listen To Redneck Music
Posted on 01.01.09 by Danny Glover @ 4:00 pm

Listen to country music and you’ll get some great ideas for New Year’s resolutions — something better than the old standby “lose weight.” Here are some examples from song titles:

  • “Pray About Everything” and consider being baptized in that “Muddy Water.”
  • Always ask for “Good Directions” to the nearest “Redneck Yacht Club,” so I don’t have to take “The Long Way Around.”
  • Remember that “Home Is Where the Heart Is,” especially in “My Next Thirty Years.”
  • And “Be More Like Her.”

The blogger for Country Music Television has more ideas here.


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Brad Paisley: ‘Celebrity’
Posted on 12.27.08 by Danny Glover @ 12:20 pm

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