MAGA support building in, of all communities, the musicians of NE Ohio and W PA. For those of you who don't know, beginning in the 60's and lasting for decades, that region of the country was highly targeted by the music business (record sales, radio play, concert venues) because of the large youth population and their die-hard support for the music and musicians of the day. Magazines like Rolling Stone were directing their articles and opinions directly at that geographic group of young people (and others, of course). It is no coincidence that region has strong Dem support, and why it is considered a battleground region. There is a long list of national politicians who campaigned heavily there, including DJT.
Nor is it a coincidence the 1970 Ohio National Guard shooting took place where it did - Kent State University, in NE Ohio. Y'all up to speed about that event? The back stories? How and why it happened? A deliberate, perfect storm set up by lefty agitators? The quick to blame finger pointing by left leaning journalists and academia, along with Neil Young through his popular song OHIO recorded days after the event? Why they specifically targeted Kent State University (a hub of secretive military connected research)? Get on it, if not.
Anyway, back to music and musicians. A number of well known musicians came out of that region. Eric Carmen (Raspberries), Joe Walsh (James Gang/Eagles), Chrissy Hynde (Pretenders), DEVO, Trent Reznor (NIN), Myron Grombacher (Pat Benatar) are among the more notable names and groups hailing from there. Behind that list is another set of names and groups regionally legendary - Micheal Stanley Band, Left End, Poobah, Glass Harp and The B.E. Taylor Group. The last two featured the world renowned guitarist, Phil Keaggy, and the equally gifted singer, B.E. Taylor. Both of them were notable for both their world class talent, as well as their inspiring life-long Christian witnessing. They are among the few able to freely cross between the divergent worlds of rock and Christian music. Because of that, they forged a die-hard regional fan base, and as the years passed, more and more people would cite them as the reason for their eventual spiritual awakening.
Behind that group of names are another, much larger set of musicians and singers who became the backbone of the local music scene for decades. They were the guys and girls who were happy to stay local, working at their day jobs, raising families, while also playing in bars and clubs at night. Because live music is one of the few activities (along with sports) the general public broadly supported, those musicians became legendary and influential in their own right, stalwarts who would appear on countless stages, in various bands for any and all music events. Those are the musicians I know best, because I am one of them. In all these years, this large group of musicians were not outwardly known to share their religious or political views, because no one asked us. We were there to play music, not preach or pander.
For the most part, we kept our religious and political views private. Music was our bond, our purpose. Those who took a more open position regarding their faith were doing just fine speaking to that side of life. There didn't seem to be a need for any of us to join the chorus, even if we had grown spiritually ourselves. The days and nights spent abusing our bodies and minds with the alluring music scene traps and poisons we knew decades ago were long behind us. The less we talked about it, the better, just like war veterans. We also kept our political views private, especially on social media, because from experience we knew what would usually happen - blowback from the Karens of both genders if they sensed in any way we were veering away from the lib groupthink. Just keep playing your funky music white boy, and leave the thinking and opinion shaping to us.
Well, lately things have changed. This long quiet group of musicians are now speaking out, and for once not being challenged by the Karens. This current graphic of a conversation on FB is proof of that. The blurred out names are a NE OH, W PA who's who of local legends, some more than local with careers that reached into the highest ranks across the globe. One successful and renowned musician started it by posting a 2016 MSM article/poll declaring HRC the certain winner over Trump by a large margin. You can read the rest. Boom! Full open support for POTUS, derision at lib Dems, not a peep from the Karens who are certainly reading all the comments! It wouldn't surprise me one bit if I find I'm not the only one digging, memeing and praying! One of them recently shocked me with his heartfelt posting about Jesus vs. Globalist world leaders. Of all people to do that! Sum Ting is certainly happening!