Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate: What's Left of Texas?

Thursday, February 26, 2009

What's Left of Texas?

The Cody Johnson Band plays a modern Texas anthem lamenting what passes for "progress" these days:

"What's Left of Texas?" by the Cody Johnson Band
I'm sorry, but you just can't beat lyrics like this:

They've taken God's name out of the schools
And Robert Earl Keen right off the radio.
They've taken John Wayne out of Hollywood
And replaced him with some Brokeback picture show!

Previous Pro Ecclesia posts on this subject:
Guy Clark

The Late Great ...

Robert Earl Keen [UPDATED]

That's Right (You're Not From Texas)

Jerry Jeff Walker

Homesick

... and the Boys

... and Willie ...

Waylon ...

The King of Western Swing

Willie & The Wheel

Not-So-Random Thought on a Saturday Afternoon While Listening to a Bob Wills Tribute Album With My Kids ...

Labels: Music, Texas Our Texas

2 Comments:

At 2/26/2009 5:56 PM, Anonymous said...: I like it. Been enjoying the Texas music series.

Some other artists I like from the Texas music scene:
Pat Green
Kevin Fowler
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Cory Morrow
Roger Creager (love the Mexican influence in some of his tunes)
Aaron Watson

Then there's Texas Aggie music.
At 3/21/2009 10:48 AM, Anonymous said...: Thanks for the compliment on the lyrics, www.myspace.com/codyjohnsonband you can hear some song there also.

Thanks
Danny
Bass Player

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A convert to the Catholic Church who became Catholic because of a belief in and devotion to the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. * A graduate of Baylor University and the University of Virginia School of Law. * Former Mayor of the Town of Columbia, Virginia. * Married with four children: two boys and two girls. * Primary interests include the Catholic Church, family, Early American History, and law/politics * Primary purpose of this blog is fostering enlightened discussion about the roles played by the institutions of religion, family, and state in our daily lives. * Under the protection of St. Thomas More, martyr, and patron of lawyers, judges, civil servants, politicians, statesmen, and large families (not to mention troubled marriages).

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Perfect in your honesty and love of truth, grant that lawyers and judges may imitate you and achieve true justice for all people. AMEN.

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Thursday, February 26, 2009

What's Left of Texas?

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