Lynyrd Skynyrd (or what's left of them), Charlie Daniels, Hank III to play pro-Confederate flag fest

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Zombie bands, has-beens and no-talent nepotism beneficiaries unite for the "heritage" excuse:

Gary Rossington, 63, guitarist and sole surviving original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, told the Gainsville Sun Times Wednesday the band would be headlining the inaugural ‘Heritage Not Hate’ music festival to be held Oct 3-4 at the Lynchburg County Fairgrounds in Lynchburg, VA.

“When approached to be a part of this we instantly said yes, without even looking at our current tour itinerary,” Rossington said, “with everything that’s happening in the country right now, we think it’s important to take a stand and defend not only our personal heritage, but the band’s as well.”

Now in the aftermath of the Charleston church massacre, what began as scattered calls for removing the Confederate flag from a single state capital has intensified into a nationwide movement to strip the symbol from government buildings, public parks, Internet shopping sites, and retail stores. So far Wal-Mart, Amazon, Sears, and eBay have all stopped selling the flag. Even Warner Brothers announced they will no longer license production of the General Lee, the iconic ’69 Dodge Charger from “The Dukes of Hazzard” that had a Confederate flag painted on it’s roof.

(...)

Rossington is disappointed in the knee-jerk reaction the country has taken towards the rebel flag, “My fallen Skynyrd brothers would be turning in their graves if they could see what’s going on,” the guitarist said, “if Billy and Steve were with us today, they would be first in line to defend our heritage, hell, Ronnie would most likely rough up some of these brain-dead politicians and activists.”

(...)

The inaugural Heritage Not Hate music festival will feature two stages and over 30 southern rock and country acts. Some acts already confirmed are: Black Oak Arkansas, North Mississippi All-Stars, The Charlie Daniels Band, Blackberry Smoke, Molly Hatchet, Drive-By Truckers, Blackfoot, Southern Culture on the Skids, Point Blank, Blackstone Cherry, The Outlaws, Hank III, The Georgia Satellites, Jackyl, and .38 Special.

- See more at: http://nationalreport.net/lynyrd-skynyrd-headline-inaugural-heritage-not-hate-music-festival-fall/#sthash.y79TDGdl.dpuf

[randys1]

1. All assholes

[cemaphonic]

34. Except for Drive-By Truckers

They're definitely on our side (both on the Confederate Flag issue, and politics in general).

[SCantiGOP]

41. You're right

I cannot believe Drive By Truckers would be a part of this.

[Comrade Grumpy]

51. Please check out the Drive-By Truckers' "Southern Rock Opera."

A brilliant album that captures life in and the conflicts within the South in the 1970s and 1980s through the prism of Lynyrd Skynrd.

It's very smart and nuanced, and maybe some people would think twice about what they're posting after they listen to it.

And yes, they're playing that show.

[SCantiGOP]

64. Satire site!!!

Check out posts below.

[hollowdweller]

71. Surprised by North Miss All Stars too

Several band members are black. Love them and the Truckers. The rest I associate with Angry old Rednecks.

Not sure how Ronnie Van Zant would feel. I mean he wrote a song about gun violence, he was a little ahead of his time, and the flag is a thing of the past.

That said I think the rebel flag has become a symbol of treason and hatred more now than in Skynard's heyday.

[bravenak]

2. Dylann Storm Roof will be very pleased to have their support for his hate flag.

[villager]

3. Handy boycott list, right there

n/t

[bullwinkle428]

4. Couldn't be less surprised by Charlie Daniels' participation. Really disappointed

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to see some of the other acts on this list.

ETA: I feel much better now, knowing that this was taken from a satire site. I thought something didn't smell quite right - should have looked into it a little more closely!!

[Lochloosa]

14. There are a few that surprised me.

[TlalocW]

25. Me too

Itzhak Perlman and Yanni were total surprises.

TlalocW

[scarletwoman]

37. ...

[spanone]

5. fuckem

rednecks

[johnp3907]

6. Moran Music.

Glad to see there's not a single band I like lined up so far.

[Person 2713]

23. +1 same here

[Spazito]

7. Ugh...

[olddots]

8. I feel sorry for these guys

they know in order to eat they have to sell out to the turd maggots .It is their choice in a world of very few choices for people their age .

[onehandle]

9. Worst Southern Rock Ever. nt

[arcane1]

10. I wonder if Lynyrd Skynyrd still thinks handguns should be dumped into the sea n/t

[johnp3907]

20. The guy who wrote that is long dead.

The guys in the band now write stuff like this:

Last night I heard this politician
Talkin' 'bout his brand new mission
Liked his plans but they came undone
When it got around to God & guns

I don't know how he grew up
But it sure wasn't down at the huntin' club
'Cause if it was he'd understand
Just a little bit more about the workin' man

God & guns keep us strong
That's what this country was founded on
Well, we might as well give up and run
If we let 'em take our God & guns

Out here in my neck of the woods
Where God is great and guns are good
You really can't know that much about 'em
If you think we're better off without 'em

Oh, there was a time we ain't forgot
You could rest all night with your doors unlocked
But there ain't nobody safe no more
So you say your prayers and you thank the Lord
For that peace maker in the dresser drawer

God & guns keep us strong
That's what this country, Lord, was founded on
Well, we might as well give up and run
If we let 'em take our God & guns

Yeah, we might as well give up and run
If we let 'em take our God & guns
Yeah, oh, God & guns

Don't let 'em take
Don't you let 'em take
Don't let 'em take our God & guns

Oh, God & guns, yeah, keep us strong
That's what this country, Lord, was founded on
Well, we might as well give up and run
If we let 'em take our God & guns

[arcane1]

31. Wow, that isn't even good as parody.

But they know what sells!

[gratuitous]

11. Heritage . . . in Lynchburg

The jokes, they write themselves.

[Lochloosa]

12. LS is a bad cover band.

[SHRED]

13. These bands use the slavery flag as a backdrop...

...for their concerts.

[edhopper]

15. Hasn't been established

That this so-called heritage is primarily about owning slaves and treasonous acts against their country?

Later this heritage was about denying people their civil rights.

Their heritage is hate.

[truebrit71]

16. Well there's a fucking surprise...

NOT!!!

[ZX86]

17. Cover bands mostly.

Most of these bands have little to no original members and weren't that good to begin with. Bar band level entertainment at best.

[treestar]

18. What Heritage does it have that is not hate?

[virtualobserver]

19. where is ted nugent?

what a scary festival that would be to attend....

[safeinOhio]

21. No Dixie Chicks?

[redstateblues]

54. Dixie Chicks were anti Bush. You are confused.

They were banned by Cumulus radio for opposing Bush.

[xmas74]

65. Yep, though I believe they are actually touring soon.

That's a band that deserves some support.

Besides, the article from above is from a satire site. That concert isn't happening-yet.

[SusanCalvin]

27. Hank *III*?

I had thought he was OK, not that I paid a lot of attention.

I kinda liked Georgia Satellites back in the day, but never paid attention to their politics.

[hatrack]

24. " . . . Ronnie would most likely rough up some of these brain-dead politicians and activists.”

But it's not about hate, right, Gary? It's about "heritage", right, Gary?

Buffoon.

[cemaphonic]

28. Ronnie would be appalled at the direction the band took after his death.

[treestar]

32. Yeah he may have known Ronnie better than I

but I don't think Ronnie would have been all for this shit - he seemed more like a fellow who would have supported equal rights.

[hatrack]

33. Remember "Saturday Night Special"? The Quintessential Southern-Fried ANTI-Gun Anthem

But never mind that, Mr. Rossington. Let's make it aaaaallll about the Lost Cause, m'kay?

Let's roll around in a heroic stew of dysentery, peritonitis, gangrene and (at best) chloroform as an aid to field medicine (brought to you by the Good Ol' Folks who brought you Stones River, Antietam and The Wilderness) and pretend that the associated dogshit stench is in fact Attar of Freedom Roses.

[treestar]

35. "so why don't we dump them people"

"to the bottom of the sea"

"and if you like to a drink old whiskey, you might even a shoot yourself!"

Yeah not exactly a right winger. It was the 70s, and even the South (I was in college there) at least the college students and the rockers, were not right wing material.

[Hoyt]

26. Never liked any of those bands, primarily because of the racist crud.

[GitRDun]

29. ugh musicians i love.

A sad day for me. The proper response would be to have a concert to unveil a new symbol that can represent positive aspects of southern heritage...not this!

Instead of finding a way to bring us together, they'd rather throw themselves into history's waste bin of misguided soles who happen to be talented musically.

I hope there is another concert by artists who get it right.

[wcmagumba]

30. Losers all...

Neil was certainly right about this bunch!

[treestar]

36. No, they were friends

Ronnie was a smart guy and he understood. That's why Mr. Rossington now is full of crap.

[wcmagumba]

43. You are correct sir...

I was referring to the current batch of posers but admit to being unaware of the history between the original folks. I found a good link that goes through some of this:

http://thrasherswheat.org/jammin/lynyrd.htm

Thanks for the info...

[treestar]

67. Good link

thanks!

[HughBeaumont]

38. Errrrr . . . . nationalreport is a satire site.

http://nationalreport.net/disclaimer/

[GeorgeGist]

60. Thanks Hugh

[SidDithers]

39. ...

Sid

[Charlie Brown]

42. "if Billy & Steve were with us today" your band might still be good nt

[Comrade Grumpy]

44. The festival is in response to stuff exactly like this thread.

I think we get carried away with our self-righteousness about the confederate flag and how it can only mean one thing. There's a significant fraction of white southern guys who embrace the flag because it represents their "Southern heritage." And there are good things about the South. I think for these guys, it's rednecky good things: Drinking beer, driving pickups, going hunting and fishing, sweet tea, hospitality--not supporting slavery or being Klansmen.

There's a difference between a klan rally or a Nazi white supremacist music fest and a Lynryd Skynrd concert, even if the flag is evident at both.

And some of these bands are thoughtful, not dinosaurs, and not reactionary. Like the Drive By Truckers, whose stuff I heartily recommend, the North Mississippi All-Stars, and Southern Culture on the Skids.

Let's not turn every Southern white guy into a Klansman.

[Arugula Latte]

45. Disgusting. They all suck musically, too. Oh, and of course it's in Lynchburg.

Jesus H. Christ on a trailerhitch.

[DonCoquixote]

46. Hank III should know better

I can overlook the old men trying to milk their last penny out of this, but HankIII was supported by punk rockers. Enjoy yer 30 pieces of silver, asshole.

[MattBaggins]

48. I am sad to see him there as well

[MattBaggins]

47. CRAP YOU GOT ME

SATIRE SITE

[Starry Messenger]

49. That site is satire. FYI.

[flamingdem]

50. Don't fergit to bring yer guns!

Dying breed, death rattles.

Long live the Union!

[Uncle Joe]

52. Green Grass and High Tides.

Thanks for the thread, Adenoid_Hynkel.

[shanti]

73. that's a classic!

one of my favorites. i used to love the outlaws back in the day...

[Kali]

53. ...

this may generate more ATA questions regarding satire "warnings"

[Dawson Leery]

55. We all know where xenophobe Charlie Daniels stands.

Assurance was given on this progressive board that Hank Williams III was on the good side.
This demonstrates otherwise.

[hollowdweller]

72. Charlie Daniels has BECOME the people he originally satirized in "uneasy rider"

[jwirr]

56. Where is Ted Nugent?

[Iggo]

57. Heritage Of Hate.

[Freelancer]

58. Now that the bigots know how much that flag irritates, they'll never give it up

Congratulations! A new cottage industry is blossoming. I'm sure the Chinese factories that make confederate flags are running at full-tilt. Every right wing thrall is going to need to have at least three confederate flags (and one to hide in the wall in case the black helicopters come).

In the meantime, TPP is put back on track, with hardly a word said about it. Look liberals -- shiny object dangling! Pay no attention to that really important, life-changing thing going through congress! Look over here ... Dangle-Dangle!

[Rectangle]

59. Good to see NO Allman Bros, on that list.

I'd like to think they are more progressive than that bunch of
losers.

[Rectangle]

61. Alternate (and more accurate)names for festival.....

Heritage OF Hate festival

Heritage OF Lynching festival

Heritage OF Slavery festival

Klanfest

White Supremacist festival

Dylan Roof festival

[Bonx]

74. or 'Fake Satire Article Festival hooks many at DU"

[Cha]

62. Shame on them.

[GOLGO 13]

63. That "new" site is a friggin scream. "Sarah Palin Celebrates News of Bastard Grandchild #2"

[link:http://nationalreport.net/sarah-palin-celebrates-news-bastard-grandchild-2/|

I'm LULZ.

[Jamastiene]

66. So, I guess they were full of shit when they said they would quit using

that flag back in 2012. Looks like they've decided to take the low road.

[LostOne4Ever]

68. SATIRE SITE (nt)

[Uncle Joe]

69. What does satire mean?

[LostOne4Ever]

70. According to Oxford:

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/satire

1The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
SYNONYMS
1.1A play, novel, film, or other work that uses satire:
a stinging satire on American politics
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1.2A genre of literature characterized by the use of satire.
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1.3(In Latin literature) a literary miscellany, especially a poem ridiculing prevalent vices or follies.