My wife and I owned and operated a music store here for about ten years or so.. We got out of that business about a year ago.. A lot of young people would come in,,some of them with enough metal in there face to start a small junkyard..Some of them had the weirdest looking hair,,some had green hair, pink hair, multi-coloured,,etc... I never judge anyone,,and about all of these kids were very polite..I would ask them if they liked country music..They usually would say,"no man",,but I like Johnny Cash...
I have found that a lot of the young people can relate to Cash's music...The one's I have talked to who went to the movie about his life,,said they really liked it and especially the music...Most of them didn't know a thing about country music,,but still knew who Johnny Cash was,,or had at least heard of him..
Where the CMA is headed is anyone's guess,,as none of us can predict the future..I hardly ever have a radio on,,so a lot of time the I really don't know what's being played...I do find that a lot the today's music doesn't have a lot of substance, but maybe that's just me....Carson