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DemocraticPatriot

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4. Charley Pride was black??? LOL

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 19, 2024, 05:57 AM

Feb 2024

I know the name, and vaguely recognize a few of those song titles,
but as may be clear, I am no great fan or student of country music....

I suppose I saw something about him on PBS recently....

I suspect he would have been less popular in the Genre,
at the height of the television age....

In the radio age, it was more difficult to discern the race of singers---
For my own case, until my latter years,
I always thought that Joe Cocker was BLACK!!!
I was much shocked to learn otherwise...

LOLOL

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HOW DARE BEYONCE, to invade their "safe white musical space"!!! [View all] DemocraticPatriot Feb 2024 OP

Who does she think she is, Darius Rucker? Oh, wait! 🤣 TheBlackAdder Feb 2024 #1

Who the fuck is............. oh, ok DemocraticPatriot Feb 2024 #3

I don't remember such an uproar about Charley Pride. no_hypocrisy Feb 2024 #2

Charley Pride was black??? LOL DemocraticPatriot Feb 2024 #4

Radio and Joe. underpants Feb 2024 #12

I heard that Charlie hid his color malaise Feb 2024 #7

Like it has NEVER happened before this! retread Feb 2024 #5

But but but malaise Feb 2024 #6

I wonder why snowybirdie Feb 2024 #8

ummmmm mopinko Feb 2024 #14

I was snowybirdie Feb 2024 #15

well, chapel hart is pretty big rn. mopinko Feb 2024 #19

How dare they write and sing in a style of music they invented, PurgedVoter Feb 2024 #9

She can't do anything but improve country music especially NEW country underpants Feb 2024 #10

Yes! North Shore Chicago Feb 2024 #18

An old black man taught Hank Williams to play the guitar. AverageOldGuy Feb 2024 #11

And the next thing you know . . . AverageOldGuy Feb 2024 #13

Hey! Hey there buddy, the Daytona 500 is today underpants Feb 2024 #16

She's from Texas. The broflakes need to have a ten-gallon hat size cup of STFU. ms liberty Feb 2024 #17

Nazi in Nashville says it all for me. nt Hotler Feb 2024 #20

Beyonce featured Rhiannon Giddens (one of my personal favorite artists) on at least one track of her Country CD msfiddlestix Feb 2024 #21

Big reason they hate Taylor Swift is she "deserted" country music for pop... Wounded Bear Feb 2024 #22

Most mainstream country today Mountainguy Feb 2024 #23