Country Singer Refuses Jail, Dies In Shootout With Bounty Hunter (1 Viewer)

[rockaction]

Interesting story.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/12/randy-howard-rambunctious-singer-dies-in-the-most-country-music-way-possible/

eta* For those that noted the uniquely country song way in which he died, the Washington Post's headline this morning was "Randy Howard, country singer, dies a country song death"

 

[Dr Oadi]

Keeping it real

 

[Parrothead]

Robert Earl Keen is working on a song about this I bet

 

[rockaction]

Robert Earl Keen is working on a song about this I bet

Had never heard him until this post. I'm not a big country fan. The Road Goes On Forever is a very cool song, though.

Nice jam and breakdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMjWV2lqlqQ

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

This reminds me of that country song...

 

[D in the D]

Not defying any stereotypes here.

 

[Swing 51]

Interesting story.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/12/randy-howard-rambunctious-singer-dies-in-the-most-country-music-way-possible/

Interesting from the above link:

The shooting has raised questions about the rights of bail bondsmen, who are not licensed in Tennessee. Shell, whom local media identified as a former policeman, had a warrant to arrest Howard. But under Tennessee law, the country singer also had a right to defend himself if threatened in his home.

 

[rockaction]

Interesting story.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/12/randy-howard-rambunctious-singer-dies-in-the-most-country-music-way-possible/

Interesting from the above link:

The shooting has raised questions about the rights of bail bondsmen, who are not licensed in Tennessee. Shell, whom local media identified as a former policeman, had a warrant to arrest Howard. But under Tennessee law, the country singer also had a right to defend himself if threatened in his home.

It's an interesting sentence and thought, for sure. I'm not sure it raised a question about his "rights" as a bondsman, but rather, it might have raised questions about his privilege to perform certain acts under the color of state law, especially since those actions, per the article, are juxtaposed against an individual's right to be safe in his home.

 

[dickey moe]

That's gangsta.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

One less country singer.

 

[Jackstraw]

Robert Earl Keen is working on a song about this I bet

Had never heard him until this post. I'm not a big country fan. The Road Goes On Forever is a very cool song, though.

Nice jam and breakdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMjWV2lqlqQ

I just discovered him a while ago myself. Gringo Honeymoon is awesome. Corpus Christi Bay, Feeling Good Again. guy has a pretty good catalogue.

 

[msommer]

Interesting story.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/12/randy-howard-rambunctious-singer-dies-in-the-most-country-music-way-possible/

Interesting from the above link:

The shooting has raised questions about the rights of bail bondsmen, who are not licensed in Tennessee. Shell, whom local media identified as a former policeman, had a warrant to arrest Howard. But under Tennessee law, the country singer also had a right to defend himself if threatened in his home.

It's an interesting sentence and thought, for sure. I'm not sure it raised a question about his "rights" as a bondsman, but rather, it might have raised questions about his privilege to perform certain acts under the color of state law, especially since those actions, per the article, are juxtaposed against an individual's right to be safe in his home.

John Oliver had a segment on this problem last week or the week before

 

[nirad3]

Robert Earl Keen is working on a song about this I bet

Had never heard him until this post. I'm not a big country fan. The Road Goes On Forever is a very cool song, though.

Nice jam and breakdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMjWV2lqlqQ

Feelin' Good Again is one of my favorites.