Saturday, July 6, 2019

Why Not Call Themselves The Ex-Confederate Railroad



Southern rock band Confederate Railroad has been removed from the lineup at the Du Quoin State Fair in Illinois due to their name. The decision has prompted a few of the band's peers to speak up in support of the group.

According to Southern Illinois' WSIL-TV and the Pinckneyville Press, a local newspaper for the nearby city of Pinckneyville, Confederate Railroad were scheduled to perform at the Du Quoin State Fair in Du Quoin, Ill., on Aug. 27. However, according to Du Quoin State Fair Manager Josh Gross, the Illinois Department of Agriculture chose to remove the band from the fair's lineup after a writer for the Illinois-focused political blog called Capitol Fax posed the question of whether or not it was appropriate for the band to be playing at a state-owned venue.

theboot.com

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