Cool Right-wing Music: Possible or Not?

Ugh, it's been forev since I updated this thing; but I've decided to finally do so. I sort of got inspired again to do this because I've been going buckwild with my Google Reader Shared Items page. That thing is amazing. I am constantly forwarding articles to people, so now I can centralize everything, giving me extra time to.... look for more articles.

In any case, I thought I'd re-open my E.I. blog with some food for thought stemming from a couple articles I've seen recently about music artists sending all these cease and desist letters to the RNC and the McCain campaign for using their songs at events. Are there ANY music artists out there besides Trace Atkins who actually support the Republican Party? Actually, are there any who don't hate the Repubs? Doubtful.

Even so, I had a brief exchange on this topic with Laura, who reminded me that there were a couple artists from generations past who celebrated certain right-leaning ideals:

me: I'm listening to my favorite leftist music: late Marvin Gaye
"Mercy Mercy Me (the Ecology)"
i wonder if there is a way to make cool right-wing music; somehow i think that's really difficult

Laura: uh johnny cash maybe?
taxes-death-trouble? trouble man?

me: gosh, that's true. I suppose George Harrison's "Tax Man" was pretty right-leaning

Laura: indeed

me: the only cool right-leaning music I can think of is about taxes tho
then again
hating to pay taxes is probably the coolest part about being a conservative