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Stinky The Clown

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Sun Mar 8, 2026, 02:45 PM Sunday

Listening to a little country, Joe music from back in the day . . . . .

Among the selections from Amazon music on my Alexa was a bit by Johnny Cash. It’s then struck me. There were a lot of great protest songs coming from the south. Country music had a twang that was anti-war and pro peace.

Whatever happened to all of that I guess I was never really aware of just when the south turned into what much of it is today.

On the other hand, maybe it always was that way and as the south is 55/45 or something like that maybe it used to be 455/5 back in the day and that’s how I remember it.

Anyway, just using

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Listening to a little country, Joe music from back in the day . . . . . (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Sunday OP
Sometimes that southern twang originated in California Brother Buzz Sunday #1
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