Blacklisted for patriotism [Archive] - Sean Hannity Discussion

tinydancer

April 4th, 2009, 11:08 pm

Liberals always love to drag up McCarthy and blacklisting. How many of you know about a country singer/songwriter who got blacklisted because he wrote a song called "WE MUST TAKE AMERICA BACK"?

I'm just wondering what we are going to do to make sure that no conservative is allowed to be blacklisted again in the days to come.

Or to be stalked and harassed like Joe the Plumber. That was outrageous what happened to Joe.

Steve Vaus, whose patriotic anthem "We Must Take America Back" got him blacklisted by the recording industry 17 years ago, has re-recorded the song with updated lyrics for 2009 – and, this time, he believes, not even a radio station boycott can silence his haunting and inspirational track.

ARTICLE CONTINUES. IT'S UNREAL WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.

The song began climbing the charts. Many radio stations found it was the most requested song on their playlists once listeners heard it. Based on radio airplay, the song zoomed onto the Billboard 100 CHART – with a bullet, as they say. That is a national chart based on radio play.

Vaus' star seemed to be rising.

But, after a few complaints from some big-city radio stations about the conservative and patriotic nature of the song, THE COMPANY DECIDED, INEXPLICABLY AND INCONCIEVABLY, TO PULL THE CD OFF THE RADIO AND OUT OF STORES - EVEN WITH THE SONG AT NUMBER 56, STILL WITH A BULLET, MEANING IT WAS MOVING UP THE CHARTS FASTER THAN MOST OTHER RECORDS.
"It took me a long time to get over having the rug pulled out from under me like that, but now, I think this song's time is finally here," said Vaus.

"I can't believe it has been 17 years since I first recorded and released 'We Must Take America Back.'

With updated lyrics, that speak to the issues on most Americans' minds across this great country, I believe it will be a rallying cry for everyone organizing tea parties, signing petitions and getting organized to preserve what's good about America.

Thank goodness in this age of instant Internet downloads there's no record company or media consortium that can block it."

He changed his name to record again.
In the last several years, Vaus has enjoyed great success in the music industry, he just did it under another name.

Recording as Buck Howdy he's had four best selling CDs of "family music," two of which brought Grammy nominations in 2007 and 2008.

Here's the link to the article.

http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=92748

And here's some of the lyrics. Awesome and very timely for today.

WE MUST TAKE AMERICA BACK (2009)

The American Dream has become a nightmare,
Signs of the times are on cardboard on corners in town,
Like a cancer that’s silently spreading,
There’s an unspoken fear, we’re on our way down.

We must take America back,
Main Street to Wall Street, cities and states
Washington D.C., before it’s too late, there’s not long
We need leaders who lead us, not stick us and bleed us,
Then ransom our future, and our children’s - that’s wrong
We must take America back,
As liberty weeps, our forefather’s spin in their graves
Pray God will bless some way out of this mess,
We must take America back.

Lord knows they’ll try to silence our voices
They’ll pretend to be patriots fighting for fairness for all
They’re not even fit to hold office
What they believe doesn’t fit, with freedom at all

Rest of the song is here:

http://www.stevevaus.com/lyrics/wmtab2009.html

ImNewHere

April 5th, 2009, 12:15 am

We can't take America back. It's a moot point. Americans are sitting around watching "American Idol" while the politicians and bankers have stolen everything and control it all.

Stuball

April 5th, 2009, 1:10 am

tinydancer

April 5th, 2009, 1:23 am

Did the good folks a WND forget about this or just LIE hoping there was no such thing as Google?

A song for troubled times? (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=24575)

Steve Vaus song hits No. 1 (http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=11379)1

Stuball you are talking a different song.

WND Exclusive THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE
Steve Vaus song hits No. 1
Patriotic anthem pushed to top by WND
Posted: October 22, 2001
1:00 am Eastern

© 2009 WorldNetDaily.com

Singer-songwriter Steve Vaus' inspirational patriotic anthem, written days after the terrorist attack on America, has hit the No. 1 spot on the MP3.com country charts of more than 1 million songs on the site, including some by mega-stars such as Martina McBride, Sugar Ray, Faith Hill, Kenny Rogers and Alicia Keys.

It has also zoomed, following publicity generated on WorldNetDaily and talk radio shows around the country, to No. 15 in all musical categories.

This achievement by Vaus' "There Is an Eagle" was reached without the benefit of a recording contract and traditional industry publicity.

Since recorded last month, "There Is an Eagle" has been downloaded by tens of thousands of people and continues to soar on the country charts -- up from No. 5 last week, according to Vaus.

Stuball

April 5th, 2009, 1:25 am

Stuball you are talking a different song.

WND Exclusive THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE
Steve Vaus song hits No. 1
Patriotic anthem pushed to top by WND
Posted: October 22, 2001
1:00 am Eastern

© 2009 WorldNetDaily.com

Singer-songwriter Steve Vaus' inspirational patriotic anthem, written days after the terrorist attack on America, has hit the No. 1 spot on the MP3.com country charts of more than 1 million songs on the site, including some by mega-stars such as Martina McBride, Sugar Ray, Faith Hill, Kenny Rogers and Alicia Keys.

It has also zoomed, following publicity generated on WorldNetDaily and talk radio shows around the country, to No. 15 in all musical categories.

This achievement by Vaus' "There Is an Eagle" was reached without the benefit of a recording contract and traditional industry publicity.

Since recorded last month, "There Is an Eagle" has been downloaded by tens of thousands of people and continues to soar on the country charts -- up from No. 5 last week, according to Vaus.
Yes but its the same artist that claims he has been blacklisted for 17 years
The song was recorded in 2001 under his real name

Buck Howdy sounds like his Porn name

ThrowCop

April 5th, 2009, 1:36 am

The story was not researched well...

Actually, the song made it onto the Billboard charts at #68 & dropped to #75 the next week (08-15-92).

It was not heading up with a "bullet." It came & went like many songs do.

He simply did not make it as a mainstream country artist. It happens all the time. Instead of accepting that, it seems he is trying to make himself a victim.

He has had some success with making kids music. He did get a Grammy nod for "Best Spoken Word Album for Children" along with Gwyneth Paltrow, Tony Shalob and a couple of others this year.

tinydancer

April 5th, 2009, 1:41 am

Yes but its the same artist that claims he has been blacklisted for 17 years
The song was recorded in 2001 under his real name

Buck Howdy sounds like his Porn name

Stuball, with all due respect he doesn't have a label.

Stuball

April 5th, 2009, 1:43 am

Stuball, with all due respect he doesn't have a label.

99.9% of musicians do not have a label
The fact remains
WND is playing fast and loose with the facts

tinydancer

April 5th, 2009, 2:13 am

ThrowCop

April 5th, 2009, 2:21 am

When I heard him interviewed, he wasn't boo hooing at all. He just chalked it up to the bizarre nature of the music industry.

And pray tell, with his other successes how is he making himself out to be a victim?WND is undoubtedly playing fast & loose with the facts and if they got this info from him, then so is he.

The facts lead to him simply having one moderately successful niche record that did not do well and no other mainstream charting songs after that. Again, this happens all the time in all genres.

And his success with children's record has nothing at all to do with his supposed, "blacklisting." In fact it makes it all the more unbelievable.

ogibillm

April 5th, 2009, 2:41 am

tinydancer

April 5th, 2009, 3:06 am

WND is undoubtedly playing fast & loose with the facts and if they got this info from him, then so is he.

The facts lead to him simply having one moderately successful niche record that did not do well and no other mainstream charting songs after that. Again, this happens all the time in all genres.

And his success with children's record has nothing at all to do with his supposed, "blacklisting." In fact it makes it all the more unbelievable.

I'm on his Buck Howdy website now. He's done well for himself despite what happened with RCA. The promotion on the re release is definitely taking off, and I'm trying to find any rebuttal from RCA anywhere.

I use to be in the business for years, and I've seen artists royally screwed in the industry. It's more cut throat than a primary season in politics.

I did a round of promotions for Ronnie Spector many years ago. Phil had put a blacklist on Ronnie that stuck for years.

Many in the industry blacklisted Ronnie quietly, because they wanted to keep on working with Phil. And yes he's really that crazy as everyone is finding out now.

Blacklisting does happen.

Vipers in every company. Nice people don't last too long. It's the nature of the beast.

PS

his kid record website is hysterical and his discography with the childrens' albums is substantial.

Did you know about Buck Howdy/CHICKENS was a grammy nomination as well?

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Buck%20howdy&search-type=ss&index=music

ThrowCop

April 5th, 2009, 3:19 am

I'm on his Buck Howdy website now. He's done well for himself despite what happened with RCA. The promotion on the re release is definitely taking off, and I'm trying to find any rebuttal from RCA anywhere.

I use to be in the business for years, and I've seen artists royally screwed in the industry. It's more cut throat than a primary season in politics.

I did a round of promotions for Ronnie Spector many years ago. Phil had put a blacklist on Ronnie that stuck for years.

Many in the industry blacklisted Ronnie quietly, because they wanted to keep on working with Phil. And yes he's really that crazy as everyone is finding out now.

Blacklisting does happen.

Vipers in every company. Nice people don't last too long. It's the nature of the beast.

PS

his kid record website is hysterical and his discography with the childrens' albums is substantial.

Did you know about Buck Howdy/CHICKENS was a grammy nomination as well?

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Buck%20howdy&search-type=ss&index=musicBlacklisting happens very, very rarely and not when the records companies can squeeze a buck out of an artist. He had a Top 100 record in 1992 & he did not see another. There is not one stitch of evidence that this was some vendetta.

But after looking over his kid's stuff it is actually pretty good. Certainly more deserving of a Grammy than Gwenyth Paltrow!

waynevan

April 5th, 2009, 7:50 am

We can't take America back. It's a moot point. Americans are sitting around watching "American Idol" while the politicians and bankers have stolen everything and control it all.

Hey, maybe that guy could go on American Idol...........:dance:

waynevan

April 5th, 2009, 7:55 am

in 1992 country music was teh hotness. if this guy was even marginally good he'd have had people line dancing all over the country to his song.

or are we really supposed to believe that a record label would dump a profitable artist because of ideology?

Patriotic songs are a staple of country music, so the blacklisting thing sounded kinda weird to me. I haven't done any research at all, but something sounds fishy here. I'll chalk it up to WND sensationalism, that's pretty safe.

tinydancer

April 5th, 2009, 12:06 pm

Patriotic songs are a staple of country music, so the blacklisting thing sounded kinda weird to me. I haven't done any research at all, but something sounds fishy here. I'll chalk it up to WND sensationalism, that's pretty safe.

I've heard Steve Vaus interviewed by a very well researched talk show host named Roy Green. He is very successful now, and not playing the victim card.

Steve Vaus has created music for network television programs, pro sports teams, the America's Cup, the Olympics, the World Series and the United States Navy Blue Angels.

He has performed, produced and recorded with Billy Ray Cyrus, Willie Nelson, Kenny Loggins, Randy Travis, Kenny Rogers and other superstars.

He's been named an Outstanding Young Citizen and won countless awards including Emmys and Grammy Nominations.

The original version of "We Must take back America" was a call against inner city crime and drug lords.

This was not your average my girlfriend left me, my dog just died and I lost in the lawnmower races country song.

Here are the original lyrics. I have no doubt the lyrics were an affront to metropolitan radio stations. This was 1992.

We Must Take America Back!
by Steve Vaus

The American Dream has become a nightmare,
Signs of the times are on cardboard on corners in town,
There's a cancer called crime in our cities,
And an unspoken fear, we're on our way down.

We must take America back

Put an end to the gangs and the drugs in the streets
And the fact that the bad guys most always go free,
That is wrong.
We need leaders who lead us, not stick us and bleed us,
Then take all our money and send it abroad.

We must take America back,

We need prayer in the schools and more things
"Made In USA";
It¹s the least we can do, for the red, white and blue

We must take America back.

There's a hell here on earth in some city schoolyards,
When bullets and birth control outnumber books something's wrong;
There's a hunger for good news and heroes,
But good news is no news so all of the heroes are gone.

We must take America back

Put an end to the gangs and the drugs in the streets
And the fact that the bad guys most always go free,
That is wrong.
We need leaders who lead us, not stick us and bleed us,
Then take all our money and send it abroad.

We must take America back,

We need prayer in the schools and more things
"Made In USA";
It's the least we can do, for the red, white and blue

We must take America back!

Note: In a radio interview Pat Buchanan referred to this song as "a Pat Buchanan Speech set to music"!

MR. MISTER

April 5th, 2009, 12:29 pm

But, after a few complaints from some big-city radio stations about the conservative and patriotic nature of the song, THE COMPANY DECIDED, INEXPLICABLY AND INCONCIEVABLY, TO PULL THE CD OFF THE RADIO AND OUT OF STORES - EVEN WITH THE SONG AT NUMBER 56, STILL WITH A BULLET, MEANING IT WAS MOVING UP THE CHARTS FASTER THAN MOST OTHER RECORDS.

What were these supposed "complaints from some big-city radio stations"?
I've heard Steve Vaus interviewed by a very well researched talk show host named Roy Green. He is very successful now, and not playing the victim card.

Steve Vaus has created music for network television programs, pro sports teams, the America's Cup, the Olympics, the World Series and the United States Navy Blue Angels.

He has performed, produced and recorded with Billy Ray Cyrus, Willie Nelson, Kenny Loggins, Randy Travis, Kenny Rogers and other superstars.

He's been named an Outstanding Young Citizen and won countless awards including Emmys and Grammy Nominations.
Thread title is misleading/false - doesn't sound like he's been "blacklisted" at all.

tinydancer

April 5th, 2009, 12:56 pm

What were these supposed "complaints from some big-city radio stations"?

[/SIZE][/B]Thread title is misleading/false - doesn't sound like he's been "blacklisted" at all.

It's not false. He was blacklisted in 1992. I took the title from the artists own words. He's done very well from 2000 till today.

And he's one hell of a dedicated musician to take a licking like he took, and keep on ticking.

Most others end up just playing in bar bands or garage bands for the rest of their lives singing dead dog songs and crying about what the music industry did to them.

ogibillm

April 5th, 2009, 12:59 pm

It's not false. He was blacklisted in 1992. I took the title from the artists own words. He's done very well from 2000 till today.

And he's one hell of a dedicated musician to take a licking like he took, and keep on ticking.

Most others end up just playing in bar bands or garage bands for the rest of their lives singing dead dog songs and crying about what the music industry did to them.

ah. so we have a musician that didn't get the fame and fortune he thought he deserved word on it that his record company pulled his successful album from the stores and radio, dumped him from the label, and then blacklisted him in the entire industry.

that sums it up for me. the entire story must be true

tinydancer

April 5th, 2009, 1:54 pm

ah. so we have a musician that didn't get the fame and fortune he thought he deserved word on it that his record company pulled his successful album from the stores and radio, dumped him from the label, and then blacklisted him in the entire industry.

that sums it up for me. the entire story must be true

????

What's the problem? RCA screwed him over (odd that libs believe the company can do no wrong) and Steve Vaus started his own label and his career over again.

Are you trying to tell me you believe a music industry company or agency DOESN'T EVER screw anyone or any group over?

That would be so monumentally naive.

ogibillm

April 5th, 2009, 1:57 pm

????

What's the problem? RCA screwed him over (odd that libs believe the company can do no wrong) and Steve Vaus started his own label and his career over again.

Are you trying to tell me you believe a music industry company or agency DOESN'T EVER screw anyone or any group over?

That would be so monumentally naive.

nope. i think the music industry screws lots of people over in their attempt to make money.

please explain why a record company would drop an artist, pull an album, and 'blacklist' him if he was making them money?

tinydancer

April 5th, 2009, 2:24 pm

nope. i think the music industry screws lots of people over in their attempt to make money.

please explain why a record company would drop an artist, pull an album, and 'blacklist' him if he was making them money?

It was his first release; he hadn't started making them money yet.

Look, here's a perfect example. No agency, no recording company picked up Ronnie Spector after she left Phil. She was gold at the time; but everyone either wanted to keep working with Phil, or they were afraid of his power.

I did some promo work with Ronnie on Siren, an album she put out produced by Genya Raven. Phil even tried to block airplay.

Blacklists happen. Quietly most of the time.

Here's a classic agency or record company manouever.

Band A is signed to the #1 agency. Band B is really giving them a run for the money and Band B is signed to #2 agency.

Well #1 agency can't have that. So they pull out all stops to steal Band B.

Band B leaves #2 agency for what they think is going to be a great career at the new #1 agency.

Not so. #1 agency buries Band B.

Band A now has no competition from Band B.

Happens all the time. No brainer. And in other businesses as well.

ogibillm

April 5th, 2009, 2:26 pm

It was his first release; he hadn't started making them money yet.

Look, here's a perfect example. No agency, no recording company picked up Ronnie Spector after she left Phil. She was gold at the time; but everyone either wanted to keep working with Phil, or they were afraid of his power.

I did some promo work with Ronnie on Siren, an album she put out produced by Genya Raven. Phil even tried to block airplay.

Blacklists happen. Quietly most of the time.

Here's a classic agency or record company manouever.

Band A is signed to the #1 agency. Band B is really giving them a run for the money and Band B is signed to #2 agency.

Well #1 agency can't have that. So they pull out all stops to steal Band B.

Band B leaves #2 agency for what they think is going to be a great career at the new #1 agency.

Not so. #1 agency buries Band B.

Band A now has no competition from Band B.

Happens all the time. No brainer. And in other businesses as well.
okay... so you're telling me that his 'blacklisting' if it did indeed occur is more likely a business decision than an ideological one?

ThrowCop

April 5th, 2009, 2:37 pm

It was his first release; he hadn't started making them money yet.

Look, here's a perfect example. No agency, no recording company picked up Ronnie Spector after she left Phil. She was gold at the time; but everyone either wanted to keep working with Phil, or they were afraid of his power.

I did some promo work with Ronnie on Siren, an album she put out produced by Genya Raven. Phil even tried to block airplay.

Blacklists happen. Quietly most of the time.

Here's a classic agency or record company manouever.

Band A is signed to the #1 agency. Band B is really giving them a run for the money and Band B is signed to #2 agency.

Well #1 agency can't have that. So they pull out all stops to steal Band B.

Band B leaves #2 agency for what they think is going to be a great career at the new #1 agency.

Not so. #1 agency buries Band B.

Band A now has no competition from Band B.

Happens all the time. No brainer. And in other businesses as well.A possible scenario for the record business but unlikely.

And it does not have a thing to do with Vaus's assertion that he was blacklisted for some supposedly patriotic song.

He did not make it as a mainstream Country artist & he found another avenue for success. He should be happy with that & appears to be so. Making up excuses for his lack of a certain talent is not helping him at all.

tinydancer

April 5th, 2009, 2:44 pm

okay... so you're telling me that his 'blacklisting' if it did indeed occur is more likely a business decision than an ideological one?

Business move on RCA's end AFTER the major city radio stations pressured the company due to the lyrics which really slagged inner city crime and drug violence.

Radio stations = ideology
RCA = business

RCA Nashville just didn't need the grief. For them it was a just one new artist, that they had put in small x dollars. You don't want to tick off the power houses in radio when you have many other artists on the line.

But for Steve Vaus, it was a real blow to his career. It's pretty drastic to pull product from stores.

1992 was a hot year with many great releases. RCA could take the hit; but even though I've seen a lot of music industry wars in my time, the Vaus story is really bizarre.

ogibillm

April 5th, 2009, 2:48 pm

Business move on RCA's end AFTER the major city radio stations pressured the company due to the lyrics which really slagged inner city crime and drug violence.

Radio stations = ideology
RCA = business

RCA Nashville just didn't need the grief. For them it was a just one new artist, that they had put in small x dollars. You don't want to tick off the power houses in radio when you have many other artists on the line.

But for Steve Vaus, it was a real blow to his career. It's pretty drastic to pull product from stores.

1992 was a hot year with many great releases. RCA could take the hit; but even though I've seen a lot of music industry wars in my time, the Vaus story is really bizarre.
i guess i'm confused... urban country music stations found his lyrics about cities to be unpalatable -even though people supposedly liked and requested the song- so instead of delivering to the people what they wanted or just plain taking the song out of rotation they complained to the record label who decided to pull the record off of shelves and the airwaves.

this makes no sense at all. do you think maybe the reason you think the story is so bizarre is because it's a pile of made up crap?

ManOfFaith

April 5th, 2009, 2:50 pm

Ha, it was probably the prayer in school line. What a clown.

ThrowCop

April 5th, 2009, 2:59 pm

It's a bunch of made up crap, IMO.

Not a word of it makes any sense at all.

ManOfFaith

April 5th, 2009, 3:10 pm

I'd blacklist him for the prayer in school line. Not a second thought about it.

tinydancer

April 5th, 2009, 3:20 pm

A possible scenario for the record business but unlikely.

And it does not have a thing to do with Vaus's assertion that he was blacklisted for some supposedly patriotic song.

He did not make it as a mainstream Country artist & he found another avenue for success. He should be happy with that & appears to be so. Making up excuses for his lack of a certain talent is not helping him at all.

Haven't you ever heard of an artist or a group having to sit out a contract? Company gives them a budget of minus $ to put out albums but then don't spend any money to promote the album.

Consequently the artist or the band are potentially screwed for years. Ask Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes. They succeeded DESPITE their first label.

tinydancer

April 5th, 2009, 3:26 pm

i guess i'm confused... urban country music stations found his lyrics about cities to be unpalatable -even though people supposedly liked and requested the song- so instead of delivering to the people what they wanted or just plain taking the song out of rotation they complained to the record label who decided to pull the record off of shelves and the airwaves.

this makes no sense at all. do you think maybe the reason you think the story is so bizarre is because it's a pile of made up crap?

I don't have a problem with believing the bizarre in the music industry at all. It's a very strange business to say the least.

mdk190

April 5th, 2009, 3:29 pm

I don't have a problem with believing the bizarre in the music industry at all. It's a very strange business to say the least.

I think to want to believe it is true so you can claim conservatives are being hounded and blacklisted by the evil liberals that control the music industry. The only ideology that the music industry serves is itself and money.

MR. MISTER

April 5th, 2009, 3:33 pm

Haven't you ever heard of an artist or a group having to sit out a contract? Company gives them a budget of minus $ to put out albums but then don't spend any money to promote the album.

Consequently the artist or the band are potentially screwed for years. Ask Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes. They succeeded DESPITE their first label.
"screwed for years" does not = "blacklisted".

Maybe the record sucked - Let's see a link to the charts where it was # 56 "with a bullet"... oh wait... never mind..... ThrowCop's already debunked that lie in post #6 (http://forums.hannity.com/showpost.php?p=52070881&postcount=6)

Nothing new here - just more typical "conservative persecution complex" - only this time it's the evil country music liberals. [lets ask Lee Greenwood about being blacklisted for patriotic songs]

What a joke. :lol::lol:

ScottFree

April 5th, 2009, 3:36 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl_7GP5UTfU
4 minute audio with slideshow.

ThrowCop

April 5th, 2009, 3:37 pm

mdk190

April 5th, 2009, 3:38 pm

I think it is funny that conservatives are bringing up this so called blacklisted case that isn't even happening and sat silently by while radio stations willingly stop playing the Dixie Chicks for having the nerve to question President Bush.

ThrowCop

April 5th, 2009, 3:39 pm

"screwed for years" does not = "blacklisted".

Maybe the record sucked - Let's see a link to the charts where it was # 56 "with a bullet"

Nothing new here - just more typical "conservative persecution complex" - only this time it's the evil country music liberals. [lets ask Lee Greenwood about being blacklisted for patriotic songs]

What a joke. :lol::lol:It came into the Billboard Top 100 at # 68 & was #75 the week after. It was never a "bullet."

Link (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?configType=BBCOM_SIMPLEDEFAULT&pubList=Billboard&an=bbcom&action=Submit&kw=&exposeNavigation=true&keyword=We+Must+Take+America+Back&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=Submit&searchType=ARTICLE_SEARCH)

MR. MISTER

April 5th, 2009, 4:07 pm

It came into the Billboard Top 100 at # 68 & was #75 the week after. It was never a "bullet."

Link (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?configType=BBCOM_SIMPLEDEFAULT&pubList=Billboard&an=bbcom&action=Submit&kw=&exposeNavigation=true&keyword=We+Must+Take+America+Back&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=Submit&searchType=ARTICLE_SEARCH)
It was on the country charts.

I wonder which "big-city radio stations" complained, and what their beef was.

MR. MISTER

April 5th, 2009, 4:09 pm

tinydancer

April 5th, 2009, 4:57 pm

Blacklisting happens on both sides of the aisle. Don't throw me into the hypocritical column.
I was in the promotion business in the industry for years always pro artist. What happened to the Dixie Chicks was disgusting and over the top.
I've seen too many artists get screwed for a myriad of reasons. This Steve Vaus has an interesting story and I really don't find it bizarre.

BTW I also know a lot of artists who would kill to have made it to #99 on the Billboard charts, so mocking Vaus only hitting #68 is ludicrous.

And various forms of blacklisting or whatever you want to call it happen more often than you think.

Lullabies Blacklisted by the Bush Administration.

Lullabies Jon Birge of the New York based Valley Entertainment, says that his company has been listed as one of the companies the Bush administration no longer wants to cooperate with: link. The reason; Birge's company is the US distributor of Lullabies From The Axis Of Evil, a Norwegian CD in which women from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, North-Korea and Cuba sing lullabies in duet with western artists.

"Lullabies From The Axis Of Evil" produced in 2004 by "Kirkelig Kulturverksted" includes artists such as Nina Hagen, Rickie Lee Jones, Lila Downs, Rim Banna, Annisette, Eva Dahlgren and Kari Bremnes. The CD has sold 10,000 copies in US

ThrowCop

April 5th, 2009, 5:14 pm

...still not, "blacklisting."

Stuball

April 5th, 2009, 5:17 pm

WND S recent story is still a load of ****
He says he had to change his name to achieve sucsess yet
The claimed they were the driving( recorded under his real name) Number 1 in 2001

Hereintheusa

April 5th, 2009, 7:54 pm

this makes no sense at all. do you think maybe the reason you think the story is so bizarre is because it's a pile of made up crap?

LMAO I just spat tea all over my monitor reading that last line. I am still laughing now.

tinydancer

April 5th, 2009, 9:03 pm

WND S recent story is still a load of ****
He says he had to change his name to achieve sucsess yet
The claimed they were the driving( recorded under his real name) Number 1 in 2001

Read the article. He never said he had to change his name. The author of the article put it this way:

In the last several years, Vaus has enjoyed great success in the music industry, he just did it under another name.

Recording as Buck Howdy he's had four best selling CDs of "family music," two of which brought Grammy nominations in 2007 and 2008. He toured extensively and appeared in concert with Billy Ray Cyrus, Kenny Loggins and many other superstars.

Stuball

April 5th, 2009, 10:58 pm

Read the article. He never said he had to change his name. The author of the article put it this way:

In the last several years, Vaus has enjoyed great success in the music industry, he just did it under another name.

Recording as Buck Howdy he's had four best selling CDs of "family music," two of which brought Grammy nominations in 2007 and 2008. He toured extensively and appeared in concert with Billy Ray Cyrus, Kenny Loggins and many other superstars.

But in 2001 they claimed they made his record number 1
Why would he need to use an alias if he had a hit record in 2001 under his original name?

ThrowCop

April 5th, 2009, 11:02 pm

But in 2001 they claimed they made his record number 1
Why would he need to use an alias if he had a hit record in 2001 under his original name?They lied...

He had a #16 Internet Album of kid's stuff in 2002.

gb2004

April 5th, 2009, 11:37 pm

Did the good folks a WND forget about this or just LIE hoping there was no such thing as Google?

Did you read your own link?

tinydancer

April 5th, 2009, 11:55 pm

But in 2001 they claimed they made his record number 1
Why would he need to use an alias if he had a hit record in 2001 under his original name?

I don't think the name Steve Vaus would be a great name for the character he created.

The character is BUCK HOWDY. The persona is someone kids can relate to and the album covers are hysterical. Cow Pie radio is his radio shows.

He's brilliant at marketing.

Check this out from his website:

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It's warm, it's fresh, it's unpredictable!

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Buckaroos, every now and again Buck and BB give away some pretty swell prizes on Cow Pie Radio so if you'd like to be in the running to win, check with your trail boss, then just click here to send us your name and address, then cross your fingers! And by all means, if you'd like to hear Cow Pie Radio on the air in your neck of the woods, just put your favorite radio station in touch with us. We make the program available free so there's no excuse for those scoundrels not to carry it.

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