On another thread I recalled how the mere mention of "...have you seen Fahrenheit"...sets off the most violent reactions in people one had thought to be reasonable thinking individuals.

As to Linda R., I surely believe in her right to make the comments she made---as surely did the Dixie Chicks. One expects that most folk performers do this---recall the time Woody Guthrie was booked a a posh NY club---they, too, did not get the performer they figured on. Eliza Gilkyson comes to mind as a recent artist that I have had on my program and who I have seen perform---OK she was preaching to the choir there---but she surely made some stinging political comments.

But, it is not only the "folk" performers that make political comments. Think about Las Vegas and the likes of the Sinatras, Sammy Davises, etc; Just that they were coming from a different side and seemed to be more Vegas "types", if you will. Probably made the local yokels feel "in" and brought the managements many dollars--more than a Rondstadt probably.

I surely commend Linda R. but, like most things, I suppose you had to be there to find out what really happened, how the audience was sold on the performance, and what was in her contract. Yet, even if all the things mentioned in the previous sentence were against her the fact she stood up for her beliefs and just made a simple comment and not a harangue speaks to her courage and forthrightness.

Bill Hahn