How Corporate Interests Hollowed Out Country Music

Whatever happened to Outlaw Country? What is the source of the alleged feud between Kris Kristofferson and Toby Keith? How did the genre become so corporatized? As it turns out, corporate interests and the government were encroaching on the Wild West decades before nine-eleven dealt outlaw culture a fatal blow. #socialcommentary #videoessay #culturalcommentary #culture #countrymusic #country #kriskristofferson #tobykeith #johnnycash #bobdylan #willienelson #lorettalynn #militaryindustrialcomplex Sources: Rolling Stone on Kris Kristofferson: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/mu... Ethan Hawke on Alleged Kristofferson-Keith Feud: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/mu... TIME Magazine on CMA-Defense Department Ties: https://time.com/6985662/country-musi... Cracked on Clear Channel and the Dixie Chicks: https://www.cracked.com/article_32384... U.S. Political Polarization: https://www.brown.edu/news/2020-01-21... Kris Kristofferson: the soldier turned star made a tough life into tender poetry: https://www.theguardian.com/music/202...