Comments on: Music Spanned Generations at 2008 CMA Music Festival

By: CHAR

CHAR — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:38:03 +0000

To Matt who is obviously the GRADE A jerk here.He performed for free and he is 70. Have you ever done ANYTHING to raise money for anything or ANYONE

By: Stormy

Stormy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:51:37 +0000

Sam: You have heard about The Duhks’ line up changes right?

By: Sam G.

Sam G. — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:38:36 +0000

Good for the Steeldrivers to get a big TV gig. I’ve been a fan of Tammy Rogers and Mike Henderson in their country/roots music careers, but I was surprised on how good this band is. Bluegrass with a definite soulful vibe, sort of like the Duhks with a male powerhouse singer.

I get the feeling that Keith Kaufman has a little more spending money since he started playing Jessica Simpson’s song on his station.

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:17:48 +0000

I was at all 4 CMA Festival concerts and just have this to add: Kenny Rogers lived up to his billing as a grade-A jerk. He also looked like death.

By: Baron Lane

Baron Lane — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:49:11 +0000

Strormy, I don’t think even pooling all our money will but that much booze.

By: Stormy

Stormy — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:52:19 +0000

I will watch Nashville Star if someone else is willing to buy the booze.

By: Dan M.

Dan M. — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:30:14 +0000

The comparison of “Come On Over” to the Carrie Underwood catalogue deserves a nomination for dumbest country music-related quote so far this year. And jeez, talk about a kick in the balls for Underwood’s writers. Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear are probably crying somewhere.

Love that Dwight medley.

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:17:30 +0000

Speaking of Nashville Star, Paul King over at the Nashville Hype blog has been hyping The Hewitt Sisters for quite awhile now. He was so convincing I even bought their EP, which would be appreciated by Taylor Swift fans (me not so much). One of the sisters Ashlee Hewitt is a finalist on Nashville Star, so Paul wants everyone to vote for her! (lol) Since duos and groups are allowed this time its too bad sister Katrice won’t be part of the act. Oh well.. Here’s the link to read Paul’s Thoughts on this:
http://nashvillehype.com/

As for Fan Fair, I’m still waiting for someone to report on the Opry Plaza Party concert featuring The Wrights and Sunny Sweeney on Saturday afternoon. That would have been my # 1 must see concert event…

Dwight was definitely a highlight at Stagecoach and its glad to see him back at Fan Fair and the Opry after far too long of absence. Top 40 Airhead Country Radio may ignore him these days, but there are still a huge bunch of fans that love his music…