Maren Morris

Yeah, I'm such a fan of the show and what y'all do and just being from the South and hearing the way that y'all cuss and just like go against the grain.

Just very, very inspiring.

So thank you for having me.

So you're a blue dot in red state.

Yeah, I kind of always have been because I'm from Texas originally.

Now I live in Tennessee where shit's like really popping off right now.

Yeah.

But yeah, it's kind of nice to be here during all of that to chat about it because it's just insane.

It really is.

No, I think historically, it's like my heroes were not

towing this line of faux patriotism.

Christopherson, an actual war vet, was always speaking up against crazy nationalism.

He understood the plight of actually being in war and what it does to veterans.

The highwaymen, Willie, Waylon, they were all really vocal and left of center.

Right.

Because they were smart and they were writing poetry and speaking to the every man and every woman.

It wasn't like this weird thing now where the last 20 years has been almost this like cosplay cowboy thing where it's like YSL boots that have never touched dirt, like that Bo Burnham song, the pandering song.

Yeah.

But yeah, it's just very bizarre because it's like

Those people aren't even writing their own songs.