On July 20, 1969, mankind tamed the new frontier. America had landed on the moon and conquered the great unknown. What had been an impossible dream, only a generation before, was now a reality. Yet a mere three weeks after this apex of human achievement, thousands of young Americans willfully and maliciously sought to rebuke the glory of this great nation. This all took place in a small burg by the name of Woodstock. Here is August of the year 1969, throngs of drug-addled delinquents gathered to "expand their minds" with the insidious and misguided rock music of the day. While our brave American astronauts had given the world something to be truly proud of, these memebers of the "Now" generation chose to writhe naked in the mud and fornicate like farm animals. The cultural and generational divide exploded and the Country Western Music community had something to say about it. In September of that fateful year, Capitol records issued Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee" serving notice to the "free love" set that "we don't take our trips on LSD" and that "beads and Roman sandals won't be seen". Assembled here for the first time are some lesser-known entries into the "Hippy Hater" sub-genre of C&W culled from the Fool's Paradise archives. These 45's are presented in honor of Apollo 11 Mission Commander Neil Armstrong.
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On July 20, 1969, mankind tamed the new frontier. America had landed on the moon and conquered the great unknown. What had been an impossible dream, only a generation before, was now a reality. Yet a mere three weeks after this apex of human achievement, thousands of young Americans willfully and maliciously sought to rebuke the glory of this great nation. This all took place in a small burg by the name of Woodstock. Here is August of the year 1969, throngs of drug-addled delinquents gathered to "expand their minds" with the insidious and misguided rock music of the day. While our brave American astronauts had given the world something to be truly proud of, these memebers of the "Now" generation chose to writhe naked in the mud and fornicate like farm animals. The cultural and generational divide exploded and the Country Western Music community had something to say about it. In September of that fateful year, Capitol records issued Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee" serving notice to the "free love" set that "we don't take our trips on LSD" and that "beads and Roman sandals won't be seen". Assembled here for the first time are some lesser-known entries into the "Hippy Hater" sub-genre of C&W culled from the Fool's Paradise archives. These 45's are presented in honor of Apollo 11 Mission Commander Neil Armstrong.
