Posted on 02/26/2021 2:57:07 AM PST by gattaca
Country legend Vince Gill gave an interview about racism and debuted a new song in the wake of Morgan Wallen's n-word scandal.
Earlier this month country music star Morgan Wallen found himself in hot water for dropping the N-word on camera. Now, legendary singer and songwriter Vince Gill is speaking out about the Morgan Wallen scandal and sharing his views on racism and country music.
Vince Gill Debuts New Song About Racism In America The Country Music Hall of Famer sat down with “CBS This Morning” for a “Unifying America” segment yesterday.
Before we dive into Vince Gill’s personal commentary on “racism” and “cultural appropriation,” you need to give his new song “March On, March On” a listen. The Grand Ole Opry star debuted the song during his segment.
Gill says he wrote the song about the history of racism in America and “the ongoing fight against” it.
You can watch Vince Gill perform his new song “March On, March On” in the tweeted video below.
Vince Gill Talks About Conservatives And Morgan Wallen N-Word Scandal
In the “CBS This Morning” interview, Gill said that country music has a reputation of being only for conservatives, and being unwelcome to people with other beliefs.
“Most people perceive that country music is extremely conservative and I’m not sure if that’s true,” Gill explained. “Maybe the audience might be predominantly conservative, but I don’t know that the artistry is; that the community is so there’s a rub in there.”
Gill, 63, later described the Wallen controversy as “disappointing” because it will perpetuate negative stereotypes about country music.
“It was just sad and disappointing because I knew that everyone was going to massacre country music,” he said.
“White America, when they make the argument ‘I hear it in rap music all the time’… have you not been paying attention to the last 300 or 400 years how that word has been used by the white community?” Gill added. “It’s derogatory, dismissive and hurtful. It doesn’t have a place.”
Gill also touched on the uphill battle that he feels women in country music face.
“Women in country music could make the same claim, to some degree, that Black artists could. That they haven’t been made to feel welcome,” he said. “I don’t know. I wish I knew, you know, because I’m someone that adores what they do and I think we would be better for it.”
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Morgan Wallen’s N-Word Scandal Wallen was caught on camera by a neighbor earlier this month saying the n-word after returning home from a drunken night out. Video of the incident was published for all the world to see in a TMZ exclusive.
The 27-year-old singer immediately issued a apology in the hopes of doing damage control.
“I’m embarrassed and sorry,” he said. “I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back. There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever. I want to sincerely apologize for using the word. I promise to do better.”
The damage, however, was already done.
Since the scandal broke, Wallen has been dropped by his record label, banned from many radio stations, and disqualified from the 2021 ACM Awards.
Full story: Racial Slur Gets Chart-Topping Country Music Star Morgan Wallen Banned From Radio
A PR expert called his outburst “lethally stupid” and predicted the rising star will face a two-year career setback.
Country music may not only be for conservatives, but it is the one branch of the entertainment world that accepts conservatives at all.
More and more stars are toeing the cancel culture line. Big names like Chris Stapleton, Luke Combs, Maren Morris, and now you can add Vince Gill to that list.
It would be a shame if country music goes full woke, and starts submitting to the left at every turn just like every other part of the entertainment world does.
For any fans out there feeling discouraged about the state of country music, here’s a little George Straight “Heartland” to get you through....
I'm not sure, but I think what he's saying is that most people think the Country Music world is full of awful, awful people. Racists, barbarians, wife-beating types of low-lifes. But, fortunately, you know, artists like himself just aren't like that.
Vince needs TRT.
Yet his wife is Amy Grant. Does she regard herself as conservative?
For your intrest.
To the writer. Straight=Strait.
GFY Gill
Is hating the haters the answer?
No.
This battle is not about black vs white. It’s about good vs evil.
We shall know a tree by the fruit it bears, no matter the color of the fruit.
satan is at work in all races. Thankfully God is too and His Divine Plan will prevail.
🙏🙏🙏
I hear intentionally derogatory and racist lyrics about whites, and black superiority messages in rap music yet nobody drops their label.
Blacks can say anything offensive about whites they want but god forbid a white guy uses a dirty word then his life is ruined. Vince comes off like a faggot in this interview.
Ice Cube has a song called “Cave Bitch” about White women and he works for Disney.
“Real country artists are” said Alan Jackson standing in from of his 30 plus number one hits.
No. I don't think I will.
I haven’t listened to country much in the last few years cause it ain’t country. The commies will destroy it like everything else they touch. Just like Montgomery Gentry. It’s gone.
Vince has become liberal in his older years to try and stay relative in an industry that now expects him to be. A few years ago he was singing songs about supposedly being molested by a gym teacher, now he’s an expert on racism. Hanging out with Henley has not been good for him it seems. A talented and gifted singer and guitarist who is doing his best to destroy what little fan base he has left from the 90’s.
the media would rather us all at one another’s throats about this nonsense...that way they can ignore the coup the entire country is now living under
A LOT of people in country music are closeted left wingers. Vince Gill is an idiot lefty, along with his whore of a wife Amy Grant.
“It’s derogatory, dismissive and hurtful. It doesn’t have a place.”
Except in the black community, where it is the staple, go-to word.
Vince “SJW Swill” Gill gets woke...
Hmmmm, let me say it country music title style,
Nutt’n butt scrotum hang’n ‘tween my knees.
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