Country music legend Lee Greenwood, best known for his inspiring song "God Bless the USA", came to the defense of singer Jason Aldean on Thursday during ongoing liberal backlash over his "Try That in a Small Town" music video.
"I am a Jason Aldean fan. He is the biggest patriot, like a lot of us. This has nothing to do with racism," Greenwood said on "Jesse Watters Primetime." "This is about people trying to take away the freedom of expression. It is a great song, and I wish I had it… I love Jason’s approach. He is a great artist and always does the right thing."
Country Moog (Switched On Nashville)
"Now there's more to do
Than watch my sailboat glide
But every day can be
A magic carpet ride
A little bit of courage is all we lack
So catch me if you can, I'm goin' back"
It seems like we are living in the smoggy future, where we can observe the smog from satellites, so some futuristic music seems appropriate.
I bet there was a time you couldn't drive across the country without hearing this song every few hours on nearly every small town radio station ...
You know, a lot of folk stop at truckstops,
They just naturally think they should.
Well, they figure any place that a truck driver eats,
The food's just gotta be good.
It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day
I was out choppin' cotton, and my brother was balin' hay
And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
And mama hollered out the back door, y'all, remember to wipe your feet
And then she said, I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
Today, Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
And papa said to mama, as he passed around the blackeyed peas
Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense; pass the biscuits, please
There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow
And mama said it was shame about Billy Joe, anyhow
Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge
And now Billy Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
This song, the third most popular song of 1967, fitting for it's lyrics about June 3rd, is considered an anti-war song that discusses the cruelty of war and the general apathy of the public towards it.
As Gentry told Fred Bronson, “The song is sort of a study in unconscious cruelty. But everybody seems more concerned with what was thrown off the bridge than they are with the thoughtlessness of the people expressed in the song. What was thrown off the bridge really isn’t that important.