Matt Boswell and the Hillbilly Blues Band actually have a nice sound to them. Except then they went and injected something about “you stupid gays and queers” into a song they performed at Reidsville, North Carolina’s annual fall fair.
The fun starts around the 3:13 mark they perform Merle Haggard’s “Are The Good Times Really Over”:
Well you’ll never take my guns, and I’ll pray anywhere that I please.
My daddy told me, if you were able, and didn’t work then you don’t eat.
All you Wall Street bankers, as far as I’m concerned, you can all go to Hell.
And you can’t get married, you stupid gays and queers, so why don’t you go somewhere else?
Oh, did we mention the event was broadcast live on a local station?
(We’re loving the woman in red shirt and denim overalls applauding.)
How about we take this to the next level?
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After some complaints, city officials agreed to ban the band from future performances. Buju Banton? Still welcome.
RyanInSacto
FYI – None of those lyrics are in the original Merle Haggard version. Apparently this moron thought he could improve on a classic by injecting the usual right-wing talking points. FAIL.
dellisonly
Merle Haggard is very respectful in his lyrics and is a great folk/country artist. This asshat is lucky that is all he got and Hag hasn’t sued him. Have heard better covers from drunk frat guys at karaoke night BTW.
sal(the original)
well its nice to see the audience(ummm well i couldn’t call it a crowd) not roar with applause lmao goodness they look like they wanted to take a nap
sal(the original)
you cant really compare it to buju lol come on these people look like they were there for someone else and they were tragically stuck with this horrible band
Tartuffe
Culture fail.
Hate aside…
I’m going to have to disagree with you that they “actually have a nice sound to them”. The singer has a voice that is mediocre at best, the bass player and drummer are playing parts a 5th grader could sightread, and the fiddler is almost always out of tune.
jason
I bet that a lot of the straight guys in this band spend their masturbatory time ogling lesbians in the straight men’s magazines. LOL!!!
TikiHead
There were about 35 people in the audience, and I am being generous.
Greg Theron
The two at 3:54 look hot! Places like Reidsville are my worst nightmare.
Toyota Kawasaki
The Reidsville City Council is standing behind city manager, Kelly Almond, in his decision to ban Matt Boswell.
From the Greensboro News & Record: Reidsville City Council members said they stand behind Almond’s decision and applauded his quick response.
“If he became aware of that and didnt do something, then I would say that would be a problem,” Councilwoman Joan Zdanski said. Zdanski said she appreciates freedom of speech but said it carries with it responsibility.
Councilman W. Clark Turner agreed with her.
“If he (Boswell) wants to stand on the street corner and say that, thats one thing,” Turner said. “But to say it in a city-sponsored event — that is altogether a different thing.”
Good to see that Mr. Almond is getting backed by his council – and they too will not allow bigots to perform just so a few people can get off on hearing some so-called performer feel like a big boy by saying the word queer.
Applause is in order for these people!