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Topic: Awards show, good and bad |
CB Blackwell
From:
South Carolina, USA
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Posted 25 May 2006 5:08 pm |
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| I guess I'll break the ice here since no one else has. I enjoyed very much the awards show and was waiting for the Grand Finale, the Buck Owens tribute. Although Dwight sang great as did his partner but ZZ Top, give me a break. And who or should I say what was that thing on the drums? Yes, for the most part I was dissapointed. It looked like this part of the show was put together at the last minute with very little thought or planning. It would be nice to see Buddy Allen put together a band and tour doing all of Buck's old "Super Country Music." |
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Andy Greatrix
From:
Edmonton Alberta
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Posted 25 May 2006 5:35 pm
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| Regardless of what the drummer looked like, his playing was on the money. |
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Chris Bauer
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 25 May 2006 5:39 pm
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| One of the best drummers I've heard on those tunes. No matter what you think of his looks, he NAILED it! |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 25 May 2006 5:43 pm
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| That thing on drums was a MAN! |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 25 May 2006 6:22 pm
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| A country music awards show???There has been NO country music the last few years,so how can there be an awards show?Big and Rich,Chesney,etc.etc,Country? I beg your pardon!!!! |
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kyle reid
From:
Butte,Mt.usa
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Posted 25 May 2006 7:41 pm
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| There definately was a bit of real country, The best part of the show was when, Martina McBride W/Wayne Dahl & the rest of Martinas band nailed it! in true Texas Troubador style! kr |
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Wally Taylor
From:
Hardin, Kentucky, USA
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Posted 25 May 2006 7:47 pm
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Charles Davidson, you are the one that "NAILED IT". Where was the "country" in any of the winners?
Wally Taylor |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 25 May 2006 8:51 pm
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| I tried to watch but it was too country for me. |
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Tom Jordan
From:
Wichita, KS
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Posted 26 May 2006 6:37 am
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I'll weigh-in...the drummer rocked and was pretty cool to watch. Where does it say that a "country musician" has to have a stick up his butt?
Billy Gibons did a great job with Cryin' Time as well.
Dwight did a great tribute to his mentor and he picked a great bunch of pros to do it.
Tom Jordan |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 26 May 2006 7:23 am
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C.B., you missed the icebreaker, bud.
Below is a Forum thread from Events and Announcements for your reading pleasure.
http://tinyurl.com/f76xq
And if you scroll down, here in Steel Players, there are a couple more threads as well.
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Mark
[This message was edited by Mark Eaton on 26 May 2006 at 08:29 AM.] |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 26 May 2006 9:33 am
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| By some of the posts I have made this past year defending real country music,Some of you may think I think that old traditional[corn country]that I dearly love is the ONLY music.I love MUSIC period.When I was a 10 year old kid,The late great Hank Snow AND the big bands such as Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller made me want to be a musicion.My record and CD collection consist of everything from Hank Sr. Jimmy Rodgers,Charlie [bird]Parker,Gerry Mulligan,Old Blue Eyes,All the big bands,Bill Monroe,Elton John,Bela Fleck,AC-DC,ZZ-TOP[which I LOVE]Earl Scruggs,Van Halen,The Beach Boys,the list could go on and on.What gets me upset is artist such as Big and Rich,Cowboy Troy,and most of the top ten stars of today is promoted as country,that is as absurd as saying that Peter,Paul,and Mary was a heavey metal band.It's a shame that one of the greatest country artist today Dale Watson is completely ostracized by the so-called country music industry.If there was a REAL country top ten countdown,this man would be consistently be in the top ten.Outside the underground music community,most of the general public have never heard of him,the country music record executives say [He's TOO country for country].Ludicrous!!!If they would just call this so-called country music what it really is [a poor attempt at 70's rock and roll]would make much more sense.We are losing what few country hero's we have left to often[Billy Walker last week]There are not many left,Who's gonna fill their shoe's? Maybe someone that's good at twrilling a mike stand,backed up by screaming distorted Les Pauls. |
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Leigh Howell
From:
Edinburgh, Scotland * R.I.P.
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Posted 26 May 2006 9:42 am
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You said it for me Charles!!! Thanks!!
Leigh |
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