RTP-area local music and culture

[<fakirmevern-amch AT yahoo.com>]

Bryk <lists AT bryk.com> wrote:  however, i'm sure i would have felt the same 
way about Merle Haggard  
if I'd been 35 and living around here when "Okie from Muskogee" was  
all over the radio. now I get and respect Hag's work deeply, even  
when i disagree with him. funny how time can divorce one's political  
biases from what's actually pretty good music.
  
  at the time, he was smoking a fair amount of dope himself, and the  song's 
reception did not exactly match the intent behind it. not  exactly..
  
  http://www.anti.com/press.php?id=14&pid=345