The biggest news out of the festival was . . . non-news, it turns out. Country star Carrie Underwood said she's OK with the gays getting hitched. The public and media yawned. (Contrast with the Dixie Chicks, at the height of superstardom, being shunned by and in Music City for admitting shame that President Bush is sort of a douchebag. Something I imagine even his friends agree with.)
Nine years later, Underwood says she's OK with queers and faggots. Crickets can be heard chirping.
And Underwood has not called into question her conservative credentials, those thingies that in yesteryear were required of all commercial country acts. (The woman recorded "Jesus, Take the Wheel," for god's sake. She's bona fide.)
Miss Carrie is probably politically conservative. But she's under 30 and not willing to condemn gay friends and family members for falling in love and seeking a way to formalize commitment.
She's the new face of commercial country, y'all.
Here's a pic I shot on Broadway in Nashvegas during the festival frenzy of late.
Here's a link to the Dixie Chicks, not ready to make nice.
And lord, Terri Clark. Could you just come out already? I'm guessing it'd be a non-event.
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