Here's a good article from the Picayune (Mississippi) about a new, liberal voice in country music, Tony Stampler, and his recording of the song "I'm Taking My Country Back," composed by David Kent at the request of Paul Sholten.

Historically patriotic country music produces song criticizing Bush

Excerpt: "Saturday, October 23, 2004 8:15 PM CDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Some Nashville musicians have recorded a song critical of President Bush called "Takin' My Country Back" that chides him for the war in Iraq, the budget deficit, the economy and other issues.

The tune is getting a lot of attention through radio ads, the media and the Internet. It was even played during an Oct. 9 Nashville appearance by filmmaker Michael Moore with the lyrics broadcast over the arena's JumboTron.
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"Takin' My Country Back" is the brainchild of Paul Scholten, a musician whose son served in Iraq. He asked a friend, David Kent, who wrote Blake Shelton's hit "Austin," to compose it.

All of the musicians on the record played for free, and the studio time was donated.

Scholten said some big-name singers who are Democrats were approached with the song, but they declined. Session singer Tony Stampley, son of 1970s country star Joe Stampley, ended up handling the vocals.
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There's a lot more to the article.

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I couldn't find this in the forum or DT, so here are the lyrics:

I'M TAKING MY COUNTRY BACK
David Kent, ca. 2004
Sung by Tony Stampley

Country music's got mamas and daddies.
We got bar rooms and old heartbreak songs,
But I'm here today to stand up and say
How I feel about my home sweet home,
What's left, what's right and what's wrong,

And so I'm takin' my country back.
Son, you ain't been doin' her right.
Oh, I been watchin' you and I don't like
How you been treatin' my Stars and Stripes.
You took our jobs and sent 'em overseas.
Now we owe billions to the red Chinese.
You blew the budget and you botched Iraq,
So I'm takin' my country back

We had a bundle in the treasury drawer,
More than there had ever been before,
But every day we're drownin' deeper in debt.
Maybe four years should be all you get.
Then you gave tax breaks to the millionaires
And you tried to make the workin' man pay,
But you can't tax a man when his job's not there.
Now look at where we are today.

Hey, I'm takin' my country back.
Son, you ain't been doin' her right.
Oh, I been watchin' you and I don't like
How you been treatin' my Stars and Stripes.
You got too many fancy friends for me.
The Saudis treat you like you're royalty.
You blew the budget and you botched Iraq.
Now I'm takin' my country back.

Now, I can understand why you were hot,
'Cause Bin Laden never did get caught.
So you said we had Saddam to blame,
Tried to tell us it was all the same.

But now the years roll by and our kids keep dyin'.
You don't even have a plan to bring 'em home,
And those WMDs you promised on TV,
Hey, admit it, you figured it wrong,
So I'm takin' my country back.

Now, you don't know my name, but you know who I am.
I'm your everyday work hard, play hard,
Raise kids and pray hard common man.
And, lord knows, I love this land!

That's why I'm takin' my country back.
Son, you ain't been doin' her right.
Oh, I been watchin' you and I don't like
How you've been treatin' my Stars and Stripes.
You say, "Unite," but you divide us more,
Cussing' each other on the Senate floor.
Ain't we supposed to be above all that?
Hey, I'm takin' my country back!

I got my family and my church and flag,
Now I'm takin' my country back.

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Several of the websites I found via Lycos.com which discuss this song give links that are supposed to take you to David Kent's or Tony Stampley's websites or others where you can legally download an mp3 of this song, free, but none of them so far seem to work. Either nothing happens or I'm taken to an unrelated website. Dare I suspect cyber-sabotage?

I mean, I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

Genie