The live performance of Jason Aldean’s controversial song will be shown on television.
According to information obtained by ET, the CMA Fest special that will be shown on ABC on Wednesday will include the singer’s June performance of “Try That in a Small Town.” However, there will be no clips from the song’s music video included in this presentation.
Before the premiere of Aldean’s music video on July 14, his performance was captured on camera at CMA Fest, which took place in Nashville over the past month.
The revelation was first reported on by TMZ.
The premiere of Aldean’s music video sparked the beginning of the controversy that has surrounded the song. Some reviewers have referred to the track as tone-deaf and divisive, and they have criticized it for the pro-gun lyrics that it contains.
The music video, which was filmed at the Maury County Courthouse, the site of the 1927 lynching of Henry Choate, also drew criticism for featuring scenes of demonstrators vandalizing cities in the aftermath of police brutality and racial rioting during the height of the epidemic. The lynching of Henry Choate took place at the Maury County Courthouse in 1927.
Sheryl Crow was one of the most outspoken opponents, and she tweeted about the music video, saying, “I’m from a tiny town. People in even the smallest of communities are sick and tired of the bloodshed. Promoting violent behavior is neither rural nor typical of the American way of life. You should know that more than anybody else who has survived a major massacre because of your experience. This is not typical of the United States or of a tiny community. It’s simply pathetic.”
According to Tacklebox, the production company behind the music video, the location where the video was shot is a popular filming location outside of Nashville. The company cited several music videos and films that have been filmed there, including the most recent Lifetime Original movie Steppin’ into the Holiday with Mario Lopez and Jana Kramer, a music video from Runaway June titled “We Were Rich,” a Paramount holiday film titled A Nashville Country Christmas with Tanya Tucker, as well as the Hannah Montana music video
The production business informed ET that any alternate story that suggests the music video’s location selection is untrue, before adding that Aldean did not choose the location for the music video.
The production company that was responsible for the music video confirmed that the location is a popular filming location outside of Nashville. They cited several music videos and films that have been filmed there, including the most recent Lifetime Original movie “Steppin’ into the Holiday” starring Mario Lopez and Jana Kramer, a music video from Runaway June titled “We Were Rich,” a Paramount holiday film titled “A Nashville Country Christmas” with Tanya Tucker, and the Hannah Montana movie. Any competing account that suggests the music video was filmed in a different location is untrue. They also said that Aldean was not the one who chose the spot.
Aldean defended the song and its accompanying music video on his own website, stating, “I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May) and was subject to the comparison that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests.”
In his writing, he said, “These references are not only without merit but dangerous.” “There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it — and there is not a single video clip that isn’t real news footage — and while I can try to respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music, this one goes too far.”
Concerning the lyrics concerning firearms, Aldean remarked, “As many pointed out, I was present at Route 91 where so many lost their lives — and our community recently suffered another heartbreaking tragedy.” Route 91 was the site of a mass shooting in which many people were killed. Absolutely NO ONE, including me, wants to keep reading headlines that make no sense or watch families being torn apart.
“The sense of a community that I had when I was growing up, where we took care of our neighbors regardless of differences in background or religion, is what “Try That in a Small Town” alludes to for me, and it’s something that “Try That in a Small Town” relates to. Because they were our neighbors, and the fact that they were took precedence over any other distinctions,” he came to the conclusion. “My political views have never been something I’ve hidden from, and I’m aware that a lot of people in this nation don’t agree on how we can go back to a feeling of normality in which we spend at least a day without a headline that keeps us up at night. However, I’d want to say the following: “My political views have never been something I’ve hidden from.” But the want for it to happen is the subject of this son.
