Lieurance criticized for critical review
Williams defended
If Charles Licurance would have
put his pen and paper down long
enough to kick up his heels and give a
yelp last Friday night, he may have
enjoyed the Hank Williams Jr. con
cert a little more. He may also have
understood more of what Hank is all
about by listening to these words as he
sane:
“We are a young country. We like
all kinds (of) people and music,
‘cause we don’t draw no lines.”
“1 am very proud of my daddy’s
name — although his kind of music
and mine ain’t exactly the same.”
“A country boy can survive.”
Hank says it best, and his display of
soul, diversity and sheer power of
voice — coupled with his musical
prowess on several instruments and
ability to take in the crowd like we
were ail his rowdy friends — shows
mmmmmmim—mmmmm—m-IS*-1
why Bocephus was awarded the
CM A’s Entertainer of the Year for the
second year in a row.
I know of four friends, two profes
sional area journalists and more than
6,000 rowdy fans who all laughed,
rocked, boogied, were moved and,
most importantly, had a good oF lime
with the new king of country blues.
Where were you?
I suggest you leave that boy alone
and let him sing his song.
Sincerely,
A spittin’, chewin’, grinnin’, hay
seed, barely educablc, manure
stompin’, shit-kickin’, Hank-lovin’
fan.
Matt Evertson
freshman
news-editorial
Stereotypes denounced
We arc responding to Charles
Lieurancc’s review of the Hank Wil
liams Jr. concert in the April 11 Daily
Nebraskan. Although we agree with
his distaste for Williams’ music, we
thoroughly resent Licurance’s insinu
ation that cowboys in general arc
“spittin’, chewin’, grinnin’ red
necks.”
It seems remarkably strange to us
that the very same night Lieurance
experienced Williams’ fans as
“trying to pound the pulp out of any
one not in the recommended cowboy
garb,” we were at the UNL Rodeo
where no one was even slightly hurt
and no brawls took place. As we were
taking tickets, we were able to see that
not everyone wore “recommended
cowboy garb.” Karen, in particular,
doesn’t own a single pair of Wran
glers and not a single country music
album is included in her music collec
tion, yet she has never had the slight
est problem with cowboys or cow
girls, some of whom arc her good
friends.
We also find it ironic that
Licurance found it appropriate to say
that the show closed with “some tired
redneck ‘South’s gonna do it again’
comments, complete with fag-bait
ing, sexism, racism and other narrow
minded staples of the manure-stomp
ing faith.” It seems Licurance feels
that prejudice is just fine if it isagainsl
the “manure-stomping faith,” “drunk
hayseeds,” “spittin’, chewin’, grin
nin’ rednecks” or the “barely cdu
cablc crowd.” While we do not agree
with Williams’ anti-homosexual,
sexist or racist remarks cither, we find
it very offensive that Lieurance feels
it necessary to make anti-rural com
ments to denounce Williams’ preju
dices.
These remarks were obviously
made by someone who knows little to
nothing about real cowboys. Saying
that wearing a hat and boots makes
youacowboyisaboutasintelligentas
saying wearing a 48-D bra and a wig
makes you Dolly Parton.
Both of us were born and raised in
rural communities and we know these
prejudices arc totally unfounded. So
until Licurance gets some education
concerning rural America, we would
prefer he keep his narrow-minded
opinions to himself.
Karen Ditsch
English/pre-law
Rosanna M. Seamann
political science/French
members of UNL Rodeo Club
Reader thanks DN
In response to Charles Lieurancc's
review of the Hank Williams Jr. con
cert in the April 11 paper, I would like
to thank the Daily Nebraskan for
giving us a little press and suggest that
maybe next time you run out of ar
ticles about football practice you
could run a story about the power
lifting meets we have had and you
failed to cover, such as the state col
legiate power-lifting championships.
We placed first as a team and had
several first-place individuals.
As for “ill-advisedly” being sent
into the crowd, we knew who tried to
start disturbances, and those people
did not see the end of the show.
If you have a spare reporter avail
able who is not at the football sta
dium, you could cover Mr. and Ms.
Nebraska Body-building meet on
April 24, which the weight-lifting
club is sponsoring.
Mike Kros
president, UNL Weightlifting Club
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