Will Hoge, members of the Black Opry, and a diverse chorus bust country stereotypes in the new song “Can I Be Country Too?”
founder Holly G assemble some of country music’s most dynamic and diverse voices to ask “Can I Be Country Too?”, an answer song to stereotypes that abound in much of mainstream country music. You know the kind: that country fans are all white, drive pickups, live in the sticks, and lean conservative in their views.
Hoge wrote “Can I Be Country Too?” a couple of years ago, but was compelled to finally record and release it following the polarizing success of Jason Aldean’s“What if I believe that Black lives matter, what if I believe that the world is round/what if I don’t care about the chatter, of what everybody’s doin’ in this small town,” Hoge sings, before being joined by Black Opry Revue artists like Carmen Dianne, along with the Kentucky Gentlemen, Cheryl Deseree, Michael Allen, drummer Jerry...
Other lyrics ask if it’s alright to be country too if you, say, “drive a bright green Honda,” “like sushi more than steak,” and support “gays getting married.” “Growing up in Nashville and always being an outsider, I have questioned myself if I fit into the quote/unquote country world or not,” says Hoge, who was nominated for a Grammy for co-writing “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” and went on to write and release songs like
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