Re: Re: Re: Re: U.S. popular culture

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Pugliese wrote:

> http://www.sfbg.com/AandE/35/27/ae_opener.html
> Branded man
> Merle Haggard is just another free-thinking, tough-as-nails, ex-con Okie
> genius hot-wired into the soul of the Central Valley. He's come out of the
> cold with a new album and a whole lot of energy.
> <snip>
> Culture clash
> In 1969, Haggard recorded "Okie from Muskogee," a hilarious jab at the
> counterculture that opened with the memorable lines "We don't smoke
> marijuana in Muskogee / We don't take our trips on LSD / We don't burn our
> draft cards down on Main Street / 'Cause we like livin' right bein' free."

And in late July, I heard an Australian aborigine singing this song
at an aboriginal arts center in Adelaide. Speaking of the reach of
American pop culture....

Doug