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Let's see who can watch the CMA Awards Show the the longest. I will start 23 Min. That far I wasn't sure if it was the sequel to the NFL BEyounce Show LOL

Well so far; there has been ZERO Pedal Steel Guitar. So obviously all those "so to speak: Country Singers" don't know that pedal steel guitar is THE DEFINING INSTRUMENT IN COUNTRY MUSIC....Period. But non of them would know that because none of them have learned about the HISTORY of Country Music and how it came to be.
(btw; none of us original austinites live in Austin anymore; I live in Buda, Tx(it's where Jimmy Day lived before he passed)......ah...ha...
Ricky
p.s. just posted this and Big Jelly has a pedal steel player for the gospel show 8:45pm central time.
p.s.s; just finished and of course you could not hear pedal steel and made no impact on what ever kind of song that turned out to be.

Oh - you’re talking about the CMT (Country Music Television) Awards, not the CMA which happens I think late in the year.

It’s not on for another hour here in California, but I decided to record it on the DVR and might check it out later tonight before I go to bed.

I think of the DVR as the greatest invention for television since color and the remote control - because there is no way I can watch these things in real time along with suffering through commercials.

But through the beauty of the fast forward button sometimes one can find a few gems in these award shows.

I haven't watched that circus in years. Why bother. I would rather polish my tone bars.

CMA = "Country My A$$". I have not watched those awards shows for probably 15 years. Even that far back a great many acts which would normally considered country performed songs on awards shows that were as far away from country as they could get.

I think I win at minus 10 years. Watching these award shows are a waste of time.

I popped in just in time to see Cody Johnson perform a nice song with lots of steel up in the mix. Couldn't see who it was 'cause the the band was on a different, distant stage. For all I know it was pre-recorded anyway...

Mark Eaton wrote:I think of the DVR as the greatest invention for television since color and the remote control...

I think of the garage sale as the greatest invention for television. Purged my domicile of its nearly new flat-screen 25" Sony Trintron for about $20 in 2002, and to be perfectly honest, hadn't missed it since the '70s.

Probably less than 30 seconds. Saw a woman, I would associate with a pop/rock show, prancing around. That was enough for me.

Can anyone say "MURDER ON MUSIC ROW?"

Well, at least we tried I recorded all of the commercial bumps going into break(One was heavy C6th swing first thing, and another was a country 4/4 shuffle steel solo) as well as accompanying Megan Moroney, Nate Smith, Lily Rose, Avery Anna, Chapel Hart, and Jackson Dean in the staff band. Four of which were on pedal steel. I thought everyone did a good job. Pulling off a live show this size with multiple stages, acts with their own road bands, along with lights/pyro/video in a new location outside of where we normally film is pretty hard to do. I'm thankful for the job and to make a living from it. I always strive, no matter what the situation calls for in the work place, to make the employer happy and to make the song/artist come to life. I'll try to feature the steel in any way shape I can to make it shine, but I have to consider the context it's accompanying. A lot of variables are at play including the other instruments in the band, engineer, the demo of the song, where everyone in the room is going, and the audio aesthetic. And if it's like doing a show like this, then everyone involved is committed to sticking to the record.

If people want to support steel guitar and traditional country music, go out and spend the money/time on the artists who play it. I produced this Tim Bolo song at my new recording studio I put in my house. The new music from the rest of the album Dennis Crouch is making(He's playing upright on this particular song) with Russ Pahl and I. To me, I enjoy making this kind of music and arranging it just as much as pop country or anything else. Whatever the listener enjoys, and if it features steel guitar... EVEN BETTER

https://youtu.be/g93OcgTR2Ms

Good stuff Eddy; you are DA'MAN...and you're doing it my brother. Stay with it; Continue on.
Ricky

Killer track!.. excellent playing!!

Eddy, if you keep that outlook and attitude you will stay busy, and I will enjoy at least giving a listen to what you are called to play, and will be proud of you.

I made it about 20 minutes. Just could not take it. J.R. Rose

I haven't watched any of the so called Country awards shows in many years. Most names mentioned are people I've never heard of.

plus 1 ^^^ for Eddie Dunlap. Every time I saw him he is outstanding. Every little bit helps. Sad to say as we all know most 60’s and 70’s country is gone.

Can someone who has a better knowledge of music than me give an objective analysis of how the current music people refer to as country differs from the country music of the 50's through the 90's? For example are there different chords which predominate, are the rhythmic structure different, etc. Thanks!

My recorder on my dish network gets all the local stations, but ABC. I thought I should try to watch it since I could fast forward anything I did not care for. I watched long enough to see them list who was going to be on. then I turned it off.
Eddy this is a great sound. I love it.
By the way I make it a point to record Penny Gilley and Tru Country.

Darrell Criswell wrote:Can someone who has a better knowledge of music than me give an objective analysis of how the current music people refer to as country differs from the country music of the 50's through the 90's? For example are there different chords which predominate, are the rhythmic structure different, etc. Thanks!

Good question Darrell. I'd like to see someone tackle this.

I'm always torn when these award shows come up. Ambivalence between wanting to watch, listen to and support my brother steel guitar players and enduring the spectacle.

I'm just sorry the musicians, particularly the steel players, don't have better fare to work with.

I watched long enough to see some pretty scantily clad lady and her fans with massive body etchings and that superstar country music icon Jelly Roll get their awards. I had to go, couldn't go for the looks of these performers and presenters nor most of the music doled out.

All just one big mess. That's my opinion.

I didn't watch it this year-I don't watch much TV anyway, but I only watched the show back when my friend Katie Cook was hosting on the CMT network. CMT was the station that introduced me to country music and the steel guitar. In the eighties and nineties, I watched the station a lot because I loved the videos. Two of my favorite artists were on the show-Carly Pearce and Wynonna. I'd love to see Danni Leigh on TV again, a great artist who loves the steel guitar! I also miss seeing closeups of the steel guitar

Larry Baker wrote:I haven't watched any of the so called Country awards shows in many years. Most names mentioned are people I've never heard of.

same here …even driving down Briley Pkwy and checking out GOO neon sign , I don’t know any of those names , and it’s been like that for years now , don’t care for CMA, CMT, GOO etc.. nothing for me to see there …

“this new music ain’t too bad,
but they need to change the name ,
because sure as hell ain’t Country”

~ George Jones ~

I don't have much time to peck this message. But I will say I've been watching things for years and I think we are due for a resurgence in Country music. It's gotten so bad that it starts to sound like Hip-hop. I think the music industry here in Nashville knows it's in trouble.