Comments on: Grammy Awards Recognize Americana Roots Music

By: Brady Vercher

Brady Vercher — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:05:30 +0000

We got an email about that Fast Ryde song, but it came with a disclaimer and I was kinda scared to click on it lest I have a mental breakdown and not meet any of my deadlines today.

By: ccdixon

ccdixon — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:01:42 +0000

For those who were curious about Fast Ryde (mentioned above as Sunny Sweeney’s label mates), here is their first single “That Thang”: (thanks to the Pulse Music Board)

http://bigmachinerecords.com/filesSite/FastRyde_ThatThang.wma

And yes, it is fairly bad.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:06:10 +0000

Yeah, Sturr’s won something like 18 out of 24 – though not, sad to say, with the one for which I wrote liner notes ;-).

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:28:04 +0000

Jimmy Sturr is the guy you’re talking about, Jon; here in Canada, our polka king Walter Ostanek has been an occasional (three times?) winner and perennial nominee.

It’s unfortunate but understandable I suppose; still, no polka, no “Streets Of Bakersfield” LOL

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:19:30 +0000

“Lost in that Grammy announcement news…the Polka category is now toast :(”

Sad, but not surprising, since one guy apparently has a lock on the award until he dies, which most likely will be quite a few years hence. My bet is that the number of people voting in the category was immeasurably tiny, since it was in its own field and voters had to give up one of their 9 slots just to get a lick in on the polka trophy.

By: Jim C

Jim C — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:35:14 +0000

wow Brady the Stuntaz are my favorite new band!

;-)

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:57:16 +0000

Lost in that Grammy announcement news…the Polka category is now toast :(

By: Hoggy from Oz

Hoggy from Oz — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:25:22 +0000

I wish Brad Paisley would come to Australia…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:11:27 +0000

Nearly all of the information in the piece on Stringbean comes directly from Robert K Oermann’s book titled, Behind the Grand Ole Opry Curtain, Tales of Romance and Tragedy.

Good book by the way!

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:36:54 +0000

This roundup contains my testing ground for whether or not someone really knows their country. If they know who David Akeman is, they know their stuff. I’ve used this for a long time. Cool piece on the man too.