Also occurs to me that to be a "right wing" folksinger wouldn't be an oxymoron at all. Assuming that the person was singing about events and people. If they were taking a very specific "political line" like advocating segregation, or crushing a union, or joining the KKK or something, they simply wouldn't want to BE around folkies to begin with.

These kinds of messages (and similar ones) HAVE been around almost since the dawn of recording though (I've been noodling through the Net) and must have had audiences big enough to make the records profitable. Generally they've fallen loosely into the "Country" music category.

I DID once get an album by a guy called Lou Hollander, who described himself as a "Right Wing Folksinger". His material was generally about Vietnam (VERRY Pro, obviously) and how long-hairs were ruining the country. I think he stopped recording in about 1980. I'd have loved to see his take on Bill and Hilary Clinton, ha ha!!

cheers

Rick