PART EIGHT: THE 21ST CENTURY
Dirty South and Crunk: Southern Hip Hop
o Ludacris, "Southern Hospitality" 2001
o Lil John & the East Side Boys, “Get Low” 2004
o Yung Joc, “It’s Goin’ Down” 2006
Aging Outlaws
o Johnny Cash, “Hurt” 2003
o Ray Wylie Hubbard
§ “Snake Farm” 2006
o Willie Nelson, Kris Kristoffersen, Jamey Johnson, and Snoop Dog, “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die” 2012
Alt-country-rock
o Ryan Adams
§ “Oh My Sweet Carolina” 2000
o Lucero
§ “Slow Dancing” 2002
§ “It Gets Worst at Night” 2001
o The Eels
o Magnolia Electric Company
§ “The Dark Don’t Hide It” 2005
§ “Leave the City” 2005
o My Morning Jacket
Outlaw tradition
o Hank Williams III country & cowpunk
§ “Crazed Country Rebel” 2006
§ “D. Ray White” 2006 [this video has footage of D. Ray and Jessco White performing]
o Darell Scott
§ “Never Leave Harlan Alive” 1997
o Chris Knight
§ “Down the River” 2001 [an excellent example of country storytelling based on ballad forms]
§ “The Jealous Kind” 2003
o Ryan Bingham
§ “Hard Times” 2007 [“When I was young my daddy said “Son, Never be ashamed of where you’re from. Don’t be ashamed of your last name, and don’t go lookin’ for people to blame.”]
o Tom Russell
Country/Southern Rock outside the box
o Southern Culture on the Skids
§ “Banana Puddin’” 1997
o Drive-By Truckers
§ “Goddamn Lonely Love” 2004
o Steeldrivers [vocals: Chris Stapleton]
§ “Ghosts of Mississippi”2006
o Sturgill Simpson
§ “The Promise” 2014
o Chris Stapleton
§ “Tennessee Whiskey” 2015 [with Justin Timberlake]
o Jason Isbell
§ “White Man’s World” 2017
Protesting "New Country"
· Alan Jackson and George Strait, “Murder on Music Row” 2000
Race, Class, and Detroit
· Alan Jackson and George Strait, “Murder on Music Row” 2000
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Hank Williams III, “The Grand Ol’ Opry (Ain’t So Grand)” 2008
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Shooter Jennings, “Outlaw You”
2011
o Compare: Kris
Kristoffersen, “If You Don’t Like Hank Williams” 1976
Race, Class, and Detroit
o Ted Nugent “Stranglehold” Live in Nashville, 2017
o Kid Rock “American Badass” 2001
§ Promoting Trump: “Make America Badass Again” on Fox News
o Eminem, “Donald Trump Diss (The Storm)” 2017
Labor and Class in the 21st Century
Black Country
o Kenny Chesney and George Strait, “Shift Work” 2007
o Steep Canyon Rangers, “Call the Captain” 2007
o Alan Jackson, “Hard Hat and a Hammer” 2010
o Craig Campbell, “Family Man” 2010
o Kacey Musgraves, “Blowin’Smoke” 2013 Black Country
o Gangstagrass
§ “Justified” 2010
o Carolina Chocolate Drops
§ “Hit ‘Em Up Style” 2010
o Rhiannon Giddens
§ “Julie” 2015
o Darius Rucker
§ “Wagon Wheel” [video featured Duck Dynasty cast] 2013
o Beyoncé and the Dixie Chicks, “Daddy Lessons,” 2016 CMA Awards
§ “Wagon Wheel” [video featured Duck Dynasty cast] 2013
o Beyoncé and the Dixie Chicks, “Daddy Lessons,” 2016 CMA Awards
And a huge misfire…
o Brad Paisley & LL Cool J, “Accidental Racist” 2013
Country Rap
o Big & Rich, with Cowboy Troy, “Rollin’” 2004
o Colt Ford, “Dirt Road Anthem” 2008
o The Lacs, “Kickin’ Up Mud” 2010
o Big Smo, “Redneck Rich” 2014
o Toby Keith, “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)” 2002 ["We'll put a boot up their ass, it's the American way"]
o Merle Haggard, “America First” 2005 ["Why don’t we liberate these United States? We’re the one who need it the most"] Open criticism of Bush administration
Formation
§ Reactions: The View
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