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Sheryl Crow he has become one of the country’s best-known public outspoken critics Biography of Jason Aldean the newly released single, “Try That In A Small Town.” Although the track came out in May, most of the shows have been following the July 14th release of the music videowhich was filmed at the scene of the 1927 execution of Henry Choate, a Black man.
Sheryl placed Jason directly Twitter and his response to the controversial song. He wrote: “I come from a small town. “Even people in small towns suffer from violence. There is no small town or America that promotes violence. You should know better than anyone who has survived a mass shooting. This is not America or small town. They are just disabled.” (We have chosen not to show the controversial video here).
.@Jason_Aldean I’m from a small town. Even people in small towns suffer from violence. Nothing in small town or America encourages violence. You should know better than anyone who has survived a mass shooting.
This is not America or small town. They’re just lame https://t.co/cuOtUO9xjr
– Sheryl Crow (@SherylCrow) July 19, 2023
One of the most controversial lyrics of the song appears to be advocating for better gun control laws after years of mass shootings in the United States. “I have a gun that my grandfather gave me,” Jason sings. “They say one day they’ll come. Well, that s*** can fly in the city, good luck. Try that in a small town, see how you can build a road. Around here, we take care of our own. You cross that line, it won’t take long , just so you know. I recommend you not try this in a small town.
As Sheryl – and many others on social media – said, Jason was performing at the Las Vegas Route 91 music festival in 2017 when a gunman shot and killed 60 people. Considering that Jason did not hesitate to publicly express his political views, which seems to have Guns aren’t surprising, but lyrics and music videos that seem to threaten violence have taken on other elements. CMT also pulled the music video, which also appeared to call out Black Lives Matter protesters, from being played on its airwaves.
Anyway, Jason he defended the song and video in Instagram News on July 18, insisting that it did not call for discrimination or condone lynching. He wrote: “These testimonies are not only useless, but dangerous.” “There isn’t a single song in this album that is about race or identity and there isn’t a single video that isn’t a real story. And while I can try and respect others for having their own interpretations of a song with a song, this one goes too far.”
He continued: “As many have pointed out, I was there on Route 91, where many people lost their lives, and recently our community experienced another tragic tragedy.” NO ONE wants to continue to see headlines or families being torn apart, including me.” He then explained how HE interpreted the controversial song. “[It] it means how the people of the community where I grew up, who took care of our neighbors, regardless of the differences in beliefs,” explained Jason. “Because they were our neighbors, and that was above any difference. My political views have never been something I have hidden from them, and I know that many of us in this country do not agree on how we get back to a good culture where we go one day without the head that keeps it. we wake up at night. But the desire to do so – that’s what this song is about. “
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