Looking to not trash what country fans consider a sacred place, signs were posted throughout the concourse requesting fans not throw objects. But of course, they were ignored.
Well now. Country music’s wrestling heel and town drunk has hauled off and recorded himself an entire record of classic country music covers, and in a classic country sound, and in alleged tribute to all the past greats.
Gee, who would have thought that condoning and encouraging teenage and barely 21-year-old fans to throw beer on each other would descend into unmitigated chaos on a consistent basis?
as bad of an assessment as one might come to about what’s unfolding on the country charts, nothing compares to the monstrosity that is transpiring over in rock. Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, and Taylor Swift?
In the new wave of regressive music being peddled as “country” because no other genre would dare put their stamp of approval on it, Treaty Oak Revival takes top billing, even above Gavin Adcock.
According to the lawsuit, Rodgers and others threw full, unopened cans of Miller Lite beer from the stage into the crowded audience. One struck Samantha Haws “violently and without warning in the head.”
Due to inclement weather, the sets for the Saturday night headliners were washed out, with many fans taking online to complain, one fan dying, and now a class-action lawsuit is being threatened.
No seriously folks, throwing stuff at the stage at country music concerts is not cool. It’s dangerous, it’s disruptive, and it’s getting out of hand. And no, this is not a mainstream country issue.
It’s not necessarily the music of Gavin Adcock that has become so predictable that it veers into the realm of cliché. It’s his behavioral pattern that we have seen play out in music ad nauseum.
At a free show in downtown Gilmer, TX on Saturday, April 5th, fast-rising neotraditionalist country star Braxton Keith was forced to stop down the show when people started hurling beer cans at the stage.
Headliners Cody Jinks, Parker McCollum, and Treaty Oak Revival will makes sure there’s a rock edge to this country/Red Dirt festival, with Jamey Johnson, Blackberry Smoke, Randy Rogers Band, 49 Winchester…
Whoever is booking/curating this thing has done their homework, and really knows their stuff. Let’s hope the rest of the lineup comes together with similar results.
Love or loathe ‘Yellowstone,’ it has been incredibly critical to the support and popularity we’ve seen flowing to independent country music. That’s why the launching of a new show called ‘Landman’ is important.