Re: Country music stands on the war (and radio)

["A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyross.com>]

On 14 Mar 2003 at 23:41, Dan Billings wrote:

> Maybe, in this case, the stations were banning the music in response to
> listener calls, but I doubt it.
> 
> In the case of Cat Stevens, I had not even heard about his remarks until
> stations started banning his songs.  Hell, I'm Republican, but I think
> "Peace Train" is a good song!

Isn't this the point that we were discussing a couple of weeks ago?  That there will be no 
protest songs because the corporate powers that be who own almost all radio stations won't 
put them on the air.  I haven't noticed any oldies stations playing Bob Dylan or Pete Seeger 
of Joan Baez, either.  I haven't even heard protest songs on our handful of small independent 
stations -- with one exception.  About a month or so ago, I heard those wonderfully eccentric 
folks on WATD on Saturday afternoon play "Come and Sing a Simple Song of Freedom."

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