jim 🐴

My apologies. At the time of my last post, I didn’t know this article was a fluff piece by a senior writer at @billboard about a documentary backed by the @countrymusichof and an AI tech entrepreneur that bought his way into the country music label elite’s favoritism. No doubt this documentary will have great clips and things to learn about our outlaw heroes of old, with great interviews and opinions from some of our favorite artists of today. I’m sure the production, the cast, and everything else is top notch. I’m friends with several people in it and they are great, so for them, that’s awesome. But all of this begs one question: During any portion of the making of this, did anyone ask, “Where’s Whitey and Ward? Where’s Sunny, Blackberry Smoke, Wade Bowen, Jason Boland? Where’s Dallas Moore, Cross Canadian Ragweed? Where’s Hank Jr.? (Wait, the establishment hated his Dad until it was profitable to use his name.) All that to say, I take exception to the Country Music Hall of Fame partnering with someone who developed AI - the single biggest executioner of real art, sans major labels. Elitists and superpowers shape history by rewriting it for themselves. Artists paint the whole picture. I’d rather be an artist. Which brings me to my last question: if being outlaw is anti-machine, how is there anything outlaw about this documentary? For the record, I’m a self proclaimed punk. Y’all think Hank done it this way? I’ll see y’all on the road.