The Midnight Banjo Show

  A Country Song A Day #1 The Worst Country Song Ever! Sources: The Boot Article: https://theboot.com/brantley-gilbert-hardy-and-toby-keith-the-worst-country-song-of-all-time-lyrics/ Criticism: https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/brantley-gilbert-releases-the-worst-country-song-of-all-time/ https://www.billboard.com/charts/search/results/?chart-artistname=Brantley+Gilbert&chart-charttitle=THe+Worst+Country+Song+of+All+Time Lyrics by: https://www.lyricfind.com/  

 EPISODE #5: 3.a.m  SOURCES Marilyn Manson Manson and the Paranormal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtJImJWz35U Vocal… Pentagram: https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-marilyn-manson-pale-emperor-20150129-story.html About Manson and Bates: https://www.revolvermag.com/music/how-film-composer-tyler-bates-became-marilyn-mansons-secret-weapon About the ‘Mephistopheles of Los Angeles’: https://www.nme.com/news/music/marilyn-manson-15-1220051     The Witching Hour: About the Witching Hour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witching_hour Tips on how to beat insomnia: https://www.nolahmattress.com/blogs/blog/the-witching-hour More information on the Witching Hour and more insomnia tips: https://www.tuftandneedle.com/resources/what-is-the-witching-hour/ About night-time exacerbations of underlying medical conditions: https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-bodys-witching-hours-1433198297#:~:text=Stomach%2Dacid%20production%20peaks%20betwe...

BREAKING NEWS:  THE CMA BANS THE CONFEDERATE FLAG FROM FESTIVAL PREMISES (SOURCES) African American support for the Battle Flag: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/30/why-some-black-defenders-of-the-confederate-flag-believe-slavery-was-a-choice/ CMA Battle Flag removal (Fox News): https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cma-fest-bans-confederate-flag-imagery-country-music-festival CMA Battle Flag removal (USA Today): https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/06/01/cma-fest-bans-confederate-flag-imagery-for-2022/7473303001/ CMA Battle Flag removal (Taste of Country): https://tasteofcountry.com/cma-fest-bans-confederate-flag/?fbclid=IwAR1_I5L9EiBbzBUixD6VMc2500Ge2bhzK2U5_hnFUMdUKDdG6cX-OAAfM2I Trace Adkins’ earpiece story: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2012/11/30/trace-adkins-defends-his-confederate-flag-earpiece/1737849/ A 2020 YouGov poll on public perception of the flag: https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/a...

  The origins and connotations of the term ‘Redneck’: https://daily.jstor.org/redneck-a-brief-history/ https://www.wvpublic.org/news/2015-05-18/do-you-know-where-the-word-redneck-comes-from-mine-wars-museum-opens-revives-lost-labor-history   About Country Pop: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/country-pop-music-guide#quiz-0   Taylor Swift: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Taylor-Swift https://theboot.com/important-debut-country-albums/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-reveals-her-favorite-song-and-the-first-song-she-learned-on-guitar.html/   Swift’s discography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift#Discography   Jon Pardi: https://www.countrythangdaily.com/jon-pardi-facts-you-didnt-know/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Pardi_discography https://www.golden1center.com/news/detail/jon-pardi-announces-the-aint-always-the-cowboy-tour-with-lainey-wilson...

  Chapter III: 'Pleased To Meet You!' The Show is over. That much is obvious: the banjo-hungry crowd who wouldn’t stop coercing you into more and more… now seems satiated with the amount of music provided, as though filled up on an exquisite but heavy dinner. You can tell they hardly have room for dessert, actually. In fact, some of them have already started dozing off on the spot, whether they be standing or sitting. You don’t know whether to take that as a compliment… But Samantha doesn’t give you any more time to think about that. Acting as an officer of the intuition police, she senses whenever you are on the brink of a breakthrough, and seizes you by the hand, literally or figuratively, to bring your attention to the here and now. The Present. And present you she does with her left hand, which you have learnt to obey without question by now, prompting you to place the banjo on the floor, its headstock leaning against the wall by the corner of the ‘stage’. Not ideal, but it...

  Here are the sources used when researching the subject matter of this episode: ROCK MUSIC About Rock Music: https://www.britannica.com/art/rock-music Rock Music Cross Reference:   https://musicaldictionary.com/what-is-rock-music/   TRACE ADKINS About Trace Adkins’ Grand Ole Opry Induction: https://theboot.com/trace-adkins-inducted-grand-ole-opry/ Trace Adkins Bio & Trivia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trace_Adkins https://traceadkins.com/pages/about https://www.npr.org/transcripts/728603619 https://www.successafrica.info/julie-lauren-curtis-biography-of-trace-adkins-ex-wife/#:~:text=In%20February%201994%2C%20Julie%20fired,She%20took%20the . https://tasteofcountry.com/trace-adkins-things/#:~:text=He's%20a%20big%20fan%20of,Rolling%20Stones%20over%20the%20Beatles . https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/country-music-star-trace-adkins-to-serve-as-spokesperson-for-pilot-flying-j-the-driver-driven-company-139518753.html https://www.youtub...