Devil Went Down to Dearborn

Charlie Daniels is going into the mouth of the lion's den this weekend in Dearborn, Michigan.

Them folks ain't gonna take too kindly to that "Aint No Rag, It's a Flag" song.

"Someone who is trying to get popular through bigotry, bias and hatred should not be welcome, especially in a city like Dearborn with its rich diversity," Imad Hamad, regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, told the Detroit Free Press.

City spokeswoman Mary Laundroche said no formal complaints have been received about the performance and the show will go on.

"Ragheads" is a slur used against Arabs, Muslims and others who wear turbans or cover their heads.

Daniels says the song is not directed at Arabs and Muslims in general, just at turbaned terrorists like Osama bin Laden.

"It's not anti-Arab or anti-anything," he said Wednesday by phone from Tennessee, where he lives. "The only thing it's 'anti' is the people who bombed us on 9/11. I have people who say you're putting down people who wear turbans. I'm not."

Should be some fireworks in ol' Dearborn on Saturday - hopefully not the big exploding kind though.

Thanks to E.N. for the tip