Alabama lost me as a fan with "Song of the South", a tribute to the socialist Democrat Franklin Roosevelt and the make-work government program, the TVA:
Daddy was a veteran, a southern Democrat. They oughta get a rich man to vote like that. Well somebody told us Wall Street fell But we were so poor that we couldn't tell. Cotton was short and the weeds were tall But Mr. Roosevelt's a gonna save us all. Well momma got sick and daddy got down. The county got the farm and they moved to town. Pappa got a job with the TVA He bought a washing machine and then a Chevrolet.
And their global warming lyrics...
Well there’s a change taking place way on the mountains
Acid rain is falling on the leaves
And down in Brazil, the fires are burning still
How we gonna breathe without them trees
So let’s leave some blue up above us
Let’s leave some green on the ground
It’s only ours to borrow, let’s save some for tomorrow
Leave it and pass it on down
I’m not all that familiar with the Charlie Daniels Band or Alabama, but after reading the lyrics of “Song of the South,” Alabama disqualifies itself and the CDB wins by default.