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You might be a redneck-music lover
Jim Beal Jr.
San Antonio Express-News
Nashville has discovered rednecks. Stop the presses! Ah, don't bother. As usual, Nashville is a day, or two, or hundreds, late.
Acts such as Gretchen Wilson ("All Jacked Up"), Craig Morgan ("Redneck Yacht Club") and Big & Rich ("Save a Horse [Ride a Cowboy]") are selling bazillions of copies of CDs. That commercial action is sending some pundits and some social observers into deep swoons as they search for the real meaning behind what appears to be a stunning rise of interest in all things redneck.
Yeah, well, here's the deal: Despite what's happening in Nashville, on sales charts and in retail outlets, there long have been, and long will be, songwriters and singers who are going to tout trailer parks, trucks and other trappings of life outside the confines of urban skyscrapers and manicured suburban lawns. Of course, the latest purveyors of redneck culture are raking in some cash, so Nashville is not a dollar short.
If you're interested in listening to redneck, etc., music unfiltered by Nashville, here's a selection of songs that fit the bill. Forget the Mason-Dixon Line. Some of these selections are by Southerners, some aren't.
"Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother," Ray Wylie Hubbard: He's become an acclaimed songwriter and a mentor to other writers, but this one remains an anthem.
"When, Exactly, Did We Become White Trash?" Fred Eaglesmith: Eaglesmith is a Canadian, for crying out loud, but redneck culture is close to universal.
"My House Has Wheels," "Dirt Track Date," "White Trash," Southern Culture on the Skids: SCOTS has built a career on redneck anthems, and they all ring true for more than a few.
"Pantalon Blue Jeans," "El Bingo," Flaco Jimenez, Yes, Virginia, there's redneck culture in conjunto.
"Loser's Gumbo," Ponty Bone: The rooster loses the fight. The rooster goes in the pot — for supper, not dinner.
"White Trash Girl," Candye Kane: Kane sings it loud and proud, and it's the title track to a CD.
"Texas Me," "You Can't Hide a Redneck (Under that Hippy Hair)," Doug Sahm: The Texas icon exhorts his significant other to feed the dogs and bring him a beer, thus proving the title of the second selection.
"Choctaw Bingo," James McMurtry: It has everything from handgun ammunition to speed to lusting after cousins. Nashville doesn't really want it this real.
"Merry Christmas From the Family," Robert Earl Keen: Parody my eye, it's true, it's true.
"Trashy Women," (Chris Wall — covered by Jerry Jeff Walker and Confederate Railroad, among others): Wall isn't being cruel, he's being honest.
"12 Inch 3 Speed Oscillating Fan," "Catfish Fry," "Inner Redneck," "The Girl With the Biggest Hair," Red Meat: For a band based in San Francisco, Red Meat knows a lot about the glories of redneck living.
"My Car Knows Where You Live," Ruthie & the Wranglers: Maryland was a border state, so this outfit from the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area is not at all out of the redneck league.
"Drink Yourself to Death," The Hangdogs: The song in which the left-leaning New York City country, etc., band called out the fake rednecks. Nashville didn't call back.
"I Love Me Trucka," "Macho Man From Taco Land," Geronimo Treviño III: One redneck anthem wasn't nearly enough for Treviño or his honky-tonk fans.
"Bouncin' Beer Cans Off the Jukebox," "Crank the Hank," Dallas Wayne: Rednecks love their barrooms, and few people can capture the neon nightlife like this Missouri native.
"Texas Cookin'," "Rita Ballou," Guy Clark: The master songwriter knows no portfolio is complete unless there's a song about Texas food and one about a rodeo barrel racer.
"Your Ex-Husband Sent Me Flowers ('Cause He Feels Sorry for Me)," The Cornell Hurd Band: The song title alone evokes more vivid redneck images than most entire songs.
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Do you have some favorite redneck anthems? E-mail them to jbeal@express-news.net. There will be no prizes, but compiling lists can keep you out of trailer park trouble.
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Tom T. Hall?Paradise wrote:"Rednecks, White Sox and Blue Ribbon Beer". Can't remember who did it, though.
There's no such critter. There is a song written by Steve Goodman called "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" that was covered by David Allan Coe though.Paradise wrote:How about "The Perfect Country Song" by David Allen Coe
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You are right!!! I had the name wrongJahfin wrote:Tom T. Hall?Paradise wrote:"Rednecks, White Sox and Blue Ribbon Beer". Can't remember who did it, though.
There's no such critter. There is a song written by Steve Goodman called "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" that was covered by David Allan Coe though.Paradise wrote:How about "The Perfect Country Song" by David Allen Coe
Still can't remember who sang Rednecks, White Sox and Blue Ribbon Beer. Was it really Tom T Hall?
I do it for the stories I can tell!!!
I was just guessing. If all else fails, try searching by song title at http://www.allmusic.comParadise wrote:You are right!!! I had the name wrongJahfin wrote:Tom T. Hall?Paradise wrote:"Rednecks, White Sox and Blue Ribbon Beer". Can't remember who did it, though.
There's no such critter. There is a song written by Steve Goodman called "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" that was covered by David Allan Coe though.Paradise wrote:How about "The Perfect Country Song" by David Allen Coe
Still can't remember who sang Rednecks, White Sox and Blue Ribbon Beer. Was it really Tom T Hall?
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I just looked it up. It was done by Johnny RussellJahfin wrote:I was just guessing. If all else fails, try searching by song title at http://www.allmusic.comParadise wrote:You are right!!! I had the name wrongJahfin wrote:Tom T. Hall?Paradise wrote:"Rednecks, White Sox and Blue Ribbon Beer". Can't remember who did it, though.
There's no such critter. There is a song written by Steve Goodman called "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" that was covered by David Allan Coe though.Paradise wrote:How about "The Perfect Country Song" by David Allen Coe
Still can't remember who sang Rednecks, White Sox and Blue Ribbon Beer. Was it really Tom T Hall?
Never heard of him- wouldn't have ever guessed.I do it for the stories I can tell!!!
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The problem with country music now is they're trying to glamorize rednecks, which these days are nothing more than white trash. Every song now seems to talk about what a redneck they are. Country folk are nto rednecks. Now you have all these city slicker country listerens wearing john deer hats and calling themselves rednecks. It's disgraceful.
btw - Big and Rich (and Cowboy Troy
) are the worst things to happen to country music.
btw - Big and Rich (and Cowboy Troy
) are the worst things to happen to country music.