Music Bomb!
Nashville Celebrates Country Music......Forgets to Actually Invite Country Music!
With apologies to our Armed Forces, this week has seen Nashville turn into a version of Afghanistan....where tourists and concert-goers are invading forces, the recording industry is a corrupt regime, and music is exploding like IEDs.....in the sense that most of the music is crudely produced, appears where you least expect it, and generally has the ability to harm those in the immediate area! Although, unlike Afghanistan, the women are (for the most part, fortunately) less clothed......
This week has seen a convergence of several major (for Nashville) music events in the CMT Awards, CMA-Fest (FanFair, for the diehards), and Bonnaroo. We will begin with the worst offender..........
Kid Rock....Rapper/"Friend To Country Music"
Now, I'm no Kid Rock hater. I like some of his tunes, and generally try to be open-minded when it comes to artists. But the decision to have him host the CMT Music Awards is a little baffling.......as his NAME is a different musical genre!
Kid Rock.....country to the core!
Comments
Amen!
James,
You're preaching to the quire but thanks for speaking up. I hope the powers that be hear you too. I used to keep my radio tuned to country music 24/7 but I can't remember the last time I tuned into a modern country station. If I want to hear rock music I will tune to a rock station.
Thanks again for speaking up.
Ted Christy
Testify!
Thanks for the feedback, Ted! Hope everything is going well out your way!
"Guns don't kill people...Chuck Norris kills people."
I agree with you...
I agree with you, James. I also feel like Country Music should be represented more here in music city if no where else...and it should be represented as real Country..not Pop. You can find Pop anywhere. But in Nashville, Tennessee (Home of The Grand Ole' Opry) you should be able to find and enjoy pure classic counry music.
It is here...you have to really look sometimes, but it is here. One place you can find great country music is exactly where you said it would be.....at The Wheel downtown Nashville on Broadway across from Tootsies Orchid Lounge. Gary Gibson is one of the finest country singers and he has a wonderful band to perform with him every Sunday night starting at 6:00 and ending at 10:00 PM. Another thing I really admire about Gary Gibson .... he doesn't drink, he does not curse and he is a hard working married man. He just sings from the heart. I am very proud to tell everyone (If you haven't already read it on my Facebook page) I will be singing with Gary Gibson this Sunday night June 13th as his guest on what will be the last night of the CMA Music Fest.
So, country music lovers....if you will still be in town on Sunday night, come on down to The Wheel.
We would love to see you!
(There won't be any mud fights)
Wish that I could be there to
Wish that I could be there to watch Diane...
You are so right.
Right on Diane. When us country music fans go to Nashville we expect to hear country music coming out of every door, window and street corner. That is the reason we go. We tell our friends and neighbors about it when we get back home and they want to go also. If Nashville takes on the image of long hair,tattoos and distorted guitars etc I think you will be doing yourself a gross dis-service.
For instance, last week I walked into a Mexican restaurant and top 40 was coming out of the speakers. I turned around and walked out. I expected to hear Mexican or Spanish music.
Likewise when I go to Nashville I want to hear what put you on the map.
Ted Christy
No Mud??
Well then I will just stay home!
"Guns don't kill people...Chuck Norris kills people."
Nice to know someone besides me hates "New" Country
Goodness,
the whole country world is crashing like a B-52 with 7 engines out, and Kid Rock is at the controls..... I'd much rather see Charlie Rich burning John Denver's winning anouncement. The true Class of country music is relegated to "mini spots" on the Grand Ole Opry, and to see most of the stars you have to travel to Branson. As Ted said in the previous comment, "country" radio is a joke, and there aren't enough Classic(= Real) Country radio stations to go around over here in Texas. Makes me want to get my Martin and close all the doors and play along with all of my heros on LPs... Thank goodness for Rudi's and thanks James for saying what most of the real country fans think.
NASHVILLE
I agree wit Ted,
Nashville was put on the map for Classic Country music and GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC and if Nashville keeps going in the direction they are..BRANSON is going to be the place to go to hear the kind of music {good ole country} that people want to hear that should be and could be staying in Nashville...
♪♥•·. Brenda .·•♥♪
Brenda
Great Idea!!!
Whew!! Now that we have all told how we really feel, how about a new subject? I am so happy to turn on the Opry and still hear Mr. Little Jimmy Dickens singing his heart out and telling his wonderful jokes. Do you know he will be 90 this fall? That's right....90 years young and still entertaining with dignity and class.
Little Jimmy dresses like a real, live Grand Ole' Opry Star! All those beautiful rhinestones on his stage outfits...I just love 'em. When the spotlight hits him, you know you are in the presence of history and a glimpse of the future. I know, you think I just messed up right there when I said both history and the future. BUT, think about it. History, because he has been a member of the Grand Ole' Opry for over 50 years. And the Future because he is a shining example to all the younger entertainers in country music...and he gives them much to aspire to. Brad Paisley thinks Jimmy is the tops, as does Vince Gill. When Vince first started making all those great videos of his songs, who do you think made an appearance in each and every one? That's right, Little Jimmy Dickens!
I am very proud to have an association with Mr. Dickens. I have worked many shows that also starred Jimmy...when I was working with Charlie Louvin, we always shared a dressing room at the Ryman with Jimmy Dickens and his band. I can't even begin to tell you how proud I am of the fact I was on his "Hall of Fame" album (and my picture is on the back of the album cover!).
But the one thing I am most proud of when it concerns Little Jimmy Dickens is....when he sees me, he ALWAYS gives me a hug and a kiss. He is such a gentleman.
You can have all your Keith Urban's, Kenny Chesney's..anyone you can name...and I will put Little Jimmy Dickens up against them all any day!
He may refer to himself in a joke calling himself, "Mighty Mouse in his pajamas"..but he is a GIANT to me!
What are your thoughts concerning this man and his music?
Jimmy Dickens
Diane, are you keeping notes? You need to write a book someday. You have been involved so much in the history of country music. You could tell a lot of interesting stories about those great pioneers that paved the road for all the Keith Urban's and Kenny Chesney's.
Jimmy Dickens was a household word when I was kid in the early fifties. We gathered around the radio on Sat night waiting for him to come on the Grand Ole Opry stage.What a thrill! He sang songs that we could all relate to. I wonder how many of the business men that are now controlling the direction of country music ever slept at the foot of the bed or got their education out behind the barn?
Ted Christy
TATER!
Or, took an ol' cold tater and waited? Not nearly enough, I'll bet....
"Guns don't kill people...Chuck Norris kills people."
I just watched that clip of
I just watched that clip of Kid CROCK at the awards show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT WAS THAT ??????????????????????????? W H A T ???????????????????????????????? W A S ?????????????????????????????????? T H A T ???????????????????????????????? I'm speechless !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Except to say this... I love Nashville. I love the people. I love the fact that it's filled with so many great singers, songwriters, musicians and creative minds. But the one thing I don't like is the fact that Muzac Row doesn't care about any of that. So it's times like these that I think about my dear sweet Grandmother. She she knew about life and how to handle these situations. Let's see... what was it that she always use say? Oh yes I remember now... I remember that she would stop and think for a minute. Then you'd see that soft, sweet, gentle little smile appear on her face. Then she'd look at you with that beautiful twinkle in her eye and she'd say something like, SCREW THOSE STUPID *******! THEY CAN JUST GO **** THEMSELVES!
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