Comments on: Sammy Kershaw’s Political Bid Fizzled By Incumbent

By: Cynth B.

Cynth B. — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:09:37 +0000

Aw, heck! I’m into 17th Century Metaphysical poetry (John Donne is my favorite) so I guess I could give Kris Kristofferson a run for his money.

By: Dave S

Dave S — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:50:12 +0000

I hope Rimes issues a response to Underwood’s misinformed statements. I guess that’s what happens when the Sony BMG puppet masters aren’t controlling the puppet 24/7 and telling her what to say; she shoots from the hip with misguided facts.

By: Dave S

Dave S — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:10:43 +0000

I applaud Rimes for calling it like it is. I think Faith Hill’s reaction was raw emotion, and therefore wasn’t ‘kidding.’ Seeing that Faith whimped out, someone had to stand up and say what everyone else was thinking. I was shocked and extremely disappointed that the CMA gave the award to the flavor of the week. That award belonged to Faith Hill or Sara Evans. I don’t think Underwood should have even received the nomination, let along won; Rimes was one of the few females to have a #1 hit that year (”Something’s Gotta Give) and that nomination was her’s.

By: Matt C.

Matt C. — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:00:41 +0000

True, but she got back into country music at an age that would still be young for an artist to get into it, and at that time she had several mega-hits to her name and had sold more albums than most artists sell in a lifetime.

By: Jim Malec

Jim Malec — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:46:00 +0000

I don’t know, Matt. Rimes has had a tumultuous career, especially considering that she was exiled from country music (due to, shocking, careless comments) and has had to claw her way back into our good graces.

By: Matt C.

Matt C. — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:42:04 +0000

Who cares about due-paying? When an artist is making quality music, I couldn’t care less whether it takes them 20 years or 2 weeks to get there. I thought LeAnn’s comment was pretty classless at the time that she made it and I still feel that way. Carrie doesn’t exactly take the high road in her response and she overplays the “struggle” that she went through on American Idol. Furthermore, while she is a bit too dismissive of Rimes’ career path, she does have a point: LeAnn Rimes isn’t exactly an authority on due-paying.

By: antonio

antonio — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:40:18 +0000

if you want further proof that country music is indeed like high school (per shooter jennings in the earlier story), look no further than the carrie underwood story. it sounds like they’re all in high school. “so and so said you’re fat”. “do you like timmy or bobby?” “she’s so…like, you know, yesterday.” for God’s sake.

By: Jim Malec

Jim Malec — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:02:43 +0000

Carrie, Carrie. I love you, dear, but LeAnn was in fact, a 12 year-old singing in bars. And, at the age of 25, she’s been doing this at least semi-professionally for around 15 years now.