Last nights show was amazing. I am still unsure about how I feel about all of his music. I mean he is a great song writer, a great guitar player, an even better story teller...But some of his subjects of his songs I am not sure if I agree with. Of course anyone who has read about Mr.McMurtry knows I am not the only one who is a little skeptical. Below is one response from McMurtry's website to the song "We cant make it here"...
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Hello my name is Josh West, I am writing to you about your song "we can't make it here". I am from Oklahoma and love the red dirt music scene and have been a fan from the start. What pisses me off is this pussy ass song talking about soldiers, coming from a f*cking liberal yankee who has never served his country.
Don't voice your opinions through a soldiers outlook, why don't you go talk to some soldiers and ask them how they feel. I have been to Afghanistan and Iraq and in October of 2003 I was shot 3 times and I find this song offensive and a discrace to soldiers. So f*ck you Mr. James McMurtry, and God Bless Boland, CCR ,Randy Rogers and the real Red Dirt Bands out there. I'm sure James will never see this , but it was worth a shot.
Josh
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I don't think it is a good idea to feel sorry for yourself, and put all the blame on CEO's and Bush. My life is tough right now, but that doesn't mean I am going to grab a guitar and start pointing fingers. It is really easy to do that, and then NOT make it here.
All of that aside... To be able to write something like this though, to evoke so much emotion and anger from people who hear the song, is a huge deal. This song could definately go down in history as one of the best protest songs ever written.
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Hello my name is Josh West, I am writing to you about your song "we can't make it here". I am from Oklahoma and love the red dirt music scene and have been a fan from the start. What pisses me off is this pussy ass song talking about soldiers, coming from a f*cking liberal yankee who has never served his country.
Don't voice your opinions through a soldiers outlook, why don't you go talk to some soldiers and ask them how they feel. I have been to Afghanistan and Iraq and in October of 2003 I was shot 3 times and I find this song offensive and a discrace to soldiers. So f*ck you Mr. James McMurtry, and God Bless Boland, CCR ,Randy Rogers and the real Red Dirt Bands out there. I'm sure James will never see this , but it was worth a shot.
Josh
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I don't think it is a good idea to feel sorry for yourself, and put all the blame on CEO's and Bush. My life is tough right now, but that doesn't mean I am going to grab a guitar and start pointing fingers. It is really easy to do that, and then NOT make it here.
All of that aside... To be able to write something like this though, to evoke so much emotion and anger from people who hear the song, is a huge deal. This song could definately go down in history as one of the best protest songs ever written.
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