The Steel Guitar Forum

I haven't yet found the JT/Zak Brown video yet, but I did watch a YouTube clip of the actual song 'Cold Weather'.

What a nice singer he is! I thought it a more-than-acceptable song and a good performance. His name is new to me, but I definitely approve!

I thought Taylor addressed her non-fans with a little HEE HAW skit. Something to the effect of being MEAN......
She 's smart! although, I disagree with entertainer of the year.

I s'pose I was a fool for not selling all my Country Music stock the first time Brad won a "Vocalist" award.
Now, I just laugh...(so does Brad!)

That Alabama thing was horrible.

Bruce Bouton sounded wonderful. Sugarland was painful. Zac Brown is a good performer but he sucks. Jason Aldean was vile as always.

I was wonderin if anybody has any idea what country's music was being celebrated, hell make it easy....what frickin planet even..

OK,I think Alan should have performed with Zack Brown Band. They did win best collaboration award, afterall.
Sugarland makes me sick! Rianna sounded so much better & I love James Taylor.

P.S. Miranda's producer, which is Lee Ann Womack's husband was the only one that mentioned and thanked the musicians on the album......to me that's the sad part.

I thought Taylor addressed her non-fans with a little HEE HAW skit. Something to the effect of being MEAN......
She 's smart! although, I disagree with entertainer of the year.

Better her than Toby or Jason!

Atleast, Toby can sing!

I liked James Taylor and The Zake Brown Band. Bruce Bouton sounded great with Reba Too. Keith Urban is a great entertainer but I like him doing Marty Robbins tunes like with the George Strait Special. He also can really sing.The Rest was a case of what is it music.Sorry Just my opinion. Theresa please tell your Mom and Dad that Ron Scott said Hi...RS

I sure will Ron! Keith did a wonderful job singing Marty Robin on the George Strait Special last year.
I saw & heard Bruce backing Reba. Tommy was doing staff duty, playing wonderful. Alot of it is pre-recorded, it's how it's done.

I'm glad CBS showcased ACM's again this year. Agree or disagree it's American Music!

Watched the whole show & I agree - Skinny good Looks & a lot of loud back up!! Terrible. Tuned in to see Carrie Underwood & didn't count too many Steel players in the bands. For my money a singer / song writer , Kylie D. Hart is a fantastic talent that I had a chance to audition for last month. Didn't get the gig but her writing is extremely complex and captivating. Love that steel guitar

Roger:

Hee-Haw was NOT an insult to the intelligence...at least not musically. It was graced with the likes of Curly, Russ, Bobbe, Jackie, and great country singers of the era.....Faron, Buck, Lorretta, Tammy, George, Merle, Connie, Wanda, Porter, and on and on and on. I was never insulted. The humor was down home country, but then again, that is where I came from. It never pretended to be more than it was which is one hell of a lot better than anything I see today, with the exception of that which comes out of Texas. Justin Trevino, Bobby Flores, Amber Digby, Curtis Potter, Johnny Bush, Mike Siler, Dottie Jacks, Darrell McCall, Leona Williams, PMNJ, and on and on.

What we need is the minority report Country Music Awards.......boy oh boy, if only I owned a cable channel............

....and Roger.....I miss seeing you, Jody, Larry, and the guys and gals at Fleamasters.

It would be wonderful if we could turn back time but we can't. So, I made my own music awards show while it was going on. I practiced my steel while glancing now and then at who was singing. I even stood up and bowed to my cat that happen to be the only one listening to me. She fell asleep half way through my performance. So I know where I stand with her.
I don't think I'll watch another one though. Reba still looked and sounded good. James Taylor looked older than he probably is with the hat he had on. It would be nice to see a Country Music show with the ones that are left and able to perform that were in their prime in the 1950's, 60's and 70's, but I don't think that would happen. The money $$$$$$$$ wouldn't be there for the ones promoting it.
I have seen and heard better on YouTube than what was shown there last night.
That's my nickle's worth.
Richard

It surprises me how narrow minded some of you lot are - I guess if the particular brand of country music doesn't fall into your view of things you don't want to know !!

Hawaiian steel went the way of the dinosaurs but country music is always evolving - mostly because we have wonderful players like Paul who see the bigger picture.

Enjoy your pickin in your bedrooms !

Paddy, I don't think it's narrow-mindedness. My feeling is that the music is simply Not good music. It's simplistic, formula pop music, terrible songwriting, lame lyrics... And it's selling itself as "country music". I say Don't call it country music. Call it what it is... Pop music. I resent the hi-jacking of the term "country music" by an industry that wants to sell product to young folks by selling sex and image. In other words... if your put on cowboy boots and a cowboy hat and play hip hop you are not playing county music, you are playing hip hop. Call it what is is.

Sorry Roger,Hee Haw and this crap today should'nt be mentioned in the same sentence. You knew what you were getting with Hee Haw [An innocent,silly,fun show ALL ages could enjoy,]Still loved four decades later.Wonder how many on that farce last night will be remembered 40 years from now.If Hee Haw could insult ANY ONES intelligence,I really feel sorry for them.They would have absolutely NO sense of humur period. YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC,

OK, don't call it country music. Does that make you feel better and correct? Only forum members are so closed minded to what people consider is country music.
Selling music is what it's always been about.

The musicians need more recognition !

I don't see it as being narrow minded, just stating a preference for what should be called "classic" country. I guess there is still a market for it. At last count, I have 48 bookings for the year. I wish I had time to play in the bedroom!

Theresa,I WON'T, because it's NOT. YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC,

I don't think the ACM's call it "Classic Country Awards".
Be happy your working and be happy all those on TV last night were too!
Tommy White on pedal steel.

I see that "Country Music musicians' are like trapshooters. None of them can get along, they all complain and gripe the entire time but yet they all show up every Wed. night to shoot trap. I actually agree with all of you. I'm sure there was a time that Chet and Jerry were considered "wild and crazy" but luckily Elvis took the heat off of them. Though I turn the channel every time I hear that Swift kid, and Sugarland wasted a little more than 3 minutes of my life that I can't ever get back, whether we like it or not they are the future of "Country Music' and the lifeblood of Nashville. I love western swing but unfortunately I don't live in Texas. What we can all hope for is that the "youngsters" like I saw at St. Louis and the masters like Franklin, Jernigan, Wallace, White, and Bouton keep doing what their doing. ( I didn't mean to exclude any steel players, just keeping it short ) Instead of spending my time complaining, I'm gonna try to share my talent with some young up and coming talent and hopefull do my part to keep the "Good, Classic, Country Music alive. And yes I do what I preach... every Sat. night. www.rosscountryjamboree.com We had a "Future stars" night a couple of weeks ago with 14 to 16 year olds singing Patsy, Asleep at the wheel and Paycheck! Life is good!

Julia watched it, but for me it was too boring so I went downstairs and practiced.

The fix is so simple. Everybody should be forced to only perform "Way to Survive" and be required to sound like Ray Price.

I can hardly wait another 20 years so I can complain about that music and say that they cant hold a candle to our current crop

That's a good point, Chuck. I remember disliking Garth Brooks and Brooks and Dunn 20 yrs ago, and today those recordings sound like classic country compared to Big and Rich or Sugarland, but that's not the issue here for me. I could name more Outkast songs than Ray Price songs. Good songs are good songs. It's ok to like Zac Brown's "Chicken Fried" if you're 8 years old, but Rebecca Black's "Friday" is way cooler IMO. If it weren't for players like Paul Franklin and Bruce Bouton, I wouldn't bother stopping on the stations that play whatever you call this stuff. This forum is the perfect place for opinions.

Our local FM band country station sucks black pond water. Fortunately I don't have to listen to it, and don't...except on rare occasion when I tune it in to see if anything has changed. It never does. Someone mentioned a Classic Country Awards show. Is R.O.P.E. still alive and /or well?? I belonged to them way back when they first started for a few years, but dropped out for reasons of my own. They used to have a very nice award show each year, and it was a lot of fun......