It’s safe to say that Eric Church is a Bruce Springsteen fan. The country star paid homage to the legendary New Jersey rocker with his 2012 chart-topping hit “Springsteen.”
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Several artists, including Kid Rock, have slammed the “Born in the USA” rocker for his political tirade during a May 14 show in Manchester, England. Springsteen blasted the current U.S. administration as “corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous.”
“Tonight, we ask all of you who believe in democracy and the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices, stand with us against authoritarianism, and let freedom ring!” declared the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.
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However, many others have expressed solidarity with The Boss. That includes Eric Church, who was side stage at Co-op Live when Bruce Springsteen made his statements.
“Bruce, he’s earned the right to say and do what he wants. It could have been about hunger, it could have been apartheid. I respect the hell out of somebody having the balls to do something like that,” the “Drink In My Hand” hitmaker, 48, told Rolling Stone. “If you’re Bruce Springsteen, at 75 years old, if that’s what floats your boat, then you should do that.”
Added Church, “I was just ready to hear ‘Chimes of Freedom.’”
Eric Church Criticizes the “Homogenization” of Country Music
Last month, Eric Church released his eighth studio album, Evangeline vs. the Machine. Despite spending two decades in country music, the North Carolina native has never shied away from sharing his opinions on the state of the industry.
During the interview published Friday (June 6), Rolling Stone asked the seven-time ACM Award winner what changes he would like to see in country music’s future.
“I would love to have the quality of artists that are willing — and are allowed — to take some chances creatively. You get a lot more of that in the Americana world,” Church replied. “I think that’s why you have Zach Bryan and Tyler Childers and Sturgill [Simpson]; these guys were able to do things artistically because they can, and you see the demand for it… And I just don’t see a lot of that in country music. I see a lot of homogenization.”
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