Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood To Host CMA Awards A Second Time; Opry Revives Country Classics Series

That’s the first time I’ve heard Carrie Underwood’s name in months. When is she going to put out a new single? And what’s the point of this delay?

Love you Brody! Thanks

I believe she has a new album coming out late this year or early next year.

“Im also done with ironic rock covers by bands like Cadillac Sky. A career short cut to get some immediate exposure.”

I wonder who other bands “like” Cadillac Sky might be, and I’m guessing you didn’t bother to look or listen, Stewman, because like their version or not, it’s hard to come up with a more inappropriate term than “ironic.” And the “”career shortcut” comment is even sillier, if such a thing is possible. Sheesh.

Stewman – Cadillac Sky isnt a new act that is looking to get some cheap attention.I dont see how taking a cut from a rock band that has several more substantial hits that wouldve made for more obvious choices is ironic. Cadillac Sky bends genre boundaries and have always been pretty daring in my opinion, so it makes sense that they would be daring in this instance as well.

I saw them open up for David Grisman in 2006 and there were almost as many “wow” moments in their set as there were in Grisman’s and they played for half the amount of time.

Stewman, Kelly’s exactly right, and It’s pretty obvious that you don’t have a clue as to who C-Sky are, how long they’ve been around, what their records are like or anything else about them. On the other hand, I have to say that I was wrong in my previous post; it’s the “ironic” part of your post that’s sillier. There’s about as much irony in that record as there is in the Country Gentlemen’s cover of “Fox On The Run.”

Well, Jon, the Country Gentlemen’s version of “Fox on the Run” may not be ironic, but I’d say there’s plenty of irony in the fact that its origins as a Manfred Mann British Invasion song have been forgotten.

You’re view is too insular about CS. They were one of the most hyped bands of 06-07. Im sure they do quite well in the bluegrass circle, but I believe this song, is in hopes for them to get more Lalapalooza, Bonnaroo gigs, and placate to a ripe audience (young alternative;rock crowds) that would buy into such a band.

Stewman,
I was at a bluegrass festival in 07 and while Cadillac sky was on my friends and I went out for a walk they didn’t impress us.

“Jon the basis for my belief is that Disney never lets anything go out with out a detailed marketing plan.”

Do you think that this detailed marketing plan included a decision not to feature this cut on the band’s website, but rather the title track of their new EP? Do you think that this detailed marketing plan included a decision not to make the EP or any of its individual cuts available on iTunes? What do you think Disney has to do with C-Sky, anyway? And most importantly, what makes you think that having a marketing plan tells you something about the intent of the artist making the recording for which the plan is created?

That’s what I figured. Apparently it escaped your attention that C-Sky left Skaggs Family months ago, and that the new EP, on which this cut appears, is a self-release, as is the video. So the ccorrect answer to the question, what does DIsney have to do with it, is zero, zip, nada.

But this amusing error aside, the question remains: what makes you think that having a marketing plan tells you something about the intent of the artist making the recording for which the plan is created? Because that was your point: C-Sky cut this particular song in order to blah blah blah, bogus Disney connection and all. Whereas in fact they simply liked the song.

Trust me, you’re full of it on this one.

Maybe they recorded the song because they liked it. Maybe they liked the song a whole lot, and wanted their audience to hear it, so they covered it. I know for me, I’ll play a show, and even though I could fill my time with originals, I usually try to find a few covers. Of course, putting some covers in your show as a singer/songwriter is nothing new, but I typically try and find really obscure songs that perhaps my audience will not have heard.

I think anyone that writes songs, is obviously a lover of songs. There’s something within me that makes me need to share what I feel are great songs with people. Ask any of my often annoyed friends. They’ll vouch. So, all of that to say, I think they recorded the song because they wanted to. And honestly, I think their version is a lot better at conveying the emotion that song says. There’s a lot more love and hope in theirs, versus the despair and sadness of the original.

Stewman,
It’s interesting that you don’t seem naturally cynical as much as forcedly critical, as if you’re just looking for something to criticize artists about without really having the historical background to back up your claims. Not every artist is recklessly opportunistic, which is what it seems you’re suggesting about random artists who, apparently, rub you the wrong way.

Pushing bluegrass too much for Ricky Skaggs?

Yea I know Ricky pushes it too. Which is the reason he isn’t a big favorite.

Geez, Stewman, you just go from one ignorant comment to the next. What are you, 12 years old?

Disney does NOT distribute Skaggs Family Records anymore. The label is distributed by UMG’s indie distribution arm Fontana Distribution.

I don’t give a rip about people’s opinions, which is why I didn’t bother to comment on statements like Merlefan49’s about not finding C-Sky impressive. It’s even opinion that C-Sky’s recording of “I Will Follow You…” is “ironic,” though in my opinion that’s a remarkably imperceptive one. But Stewman slagged C-Sky for having chosen to record the song simply for venal reasons as part of a venal plan, and that’s something different than an opinion, especially when he attempted to buttress it by offering a rationale for his claim that turned out to be false in multiple respects – and he has yet to even acknowledge the error, choosing instead to compound it by a crack about artists like C-Sky “selling their souls.” Under the circumstances, I think the question of whether he’s in the throes of adolescence is a legitimate one.

C-sky did hitch their wagons to Disney (when they got a deal), and for sure learned a thing or two about marketing one’s self as all “cast members” (as they are lovingly referred to as) are taught to.
That’s the truth in the Disney world.

“When did we start calling them “C-Sky”?”

Ouch, that hurts – it’s been in currency for a couple of years now (Chet Flippo used in a January 2007 CMT column), and I used it myself twice in the Scene since the beginning of 2009. I wouldn’t have expected you to read every word therein, but I’m crushed to learn you haven’t memorized all my picks…

I’m so ashamed.