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In reply to the discussion: ALAS! I just found out that one of my all time favorite musicians is a Staunch Conservative [View all]ooky
(8,922 posts)6. Scuze me while I go delete her material from my YouTube channel.
Damn good bass player, but sure drank the Fox News Kool-Aid in her golden years.
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ALAS! I just found out that one of my all time favorite musicians is a Staunch Conservative [View all]
pepperbear
Sep 2020
OP
I agree. As a musician, I greatly appreciate her contribution, but she is a snowflake.
Patterson
Sep 2020
#8
Not really, artists and intellectuals are the ones dictators target for jailing...
brush
Sep 2020
#7
You don't have to look very far to find immensely talented people who are also horrible individuals
pecosbob
Sep 2020
#21
Michelle Shocked really shocked me with her racist rant a few years ago. I loved her music but
OregonBlue
Sep 2020
#28
Actually, Hal Blaine had the huge ego, and there WERE songs he couldn't keep time to
Brother Buzz
Sep 2020
#37
KISS was Earl's philosophy; he could finesse as much out of his simple drum kit as....
Brother Buzz
Sep 2020
#39