Saving Country Music 2012 Official ANTI-CMA’s Live Blog
Alright folks, so here we go! If you’ve never done this before, this is an exercise for old souls to find solace in humor from the ridiculousness that is a country music awards show. As the icon on the left tells you, this is “country music’s biggest night.” So we’ll make sure that ALL the perspectives on country music get their say. Please feel free to check back and refresh your browser as the blog is updated in real time. And everyone is encourage to leave their feedback or snarky remarks below.
We’ll also be leaving thoughts on Twitter.
Now touch gloves.
10:10 I think this new “Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award” is a huge deal, and a very positive thing for the CMA Awards. Hypothetically, every year the award show will now honor a country great from the past, as long as it doesn’t get corrupted like so many other things in country music.
I had a feeling it was Blake Shelton’s year for Entertainer of the Year, but it may mean a flocking to reality show positions for big name country talent. Blake doesn’t have a big hit record or hit song. Jason Aldean probably deserved it from a commercial standpoint, but was probably hindered by his cheating scandal that broke right when the final votes were being cast.
The big surprise of the evening was Little Big Town. Basically from the strength of one incredibly stupid song, they took home two big awards. It may be time to pay closer attention to what they’re all about.
THANK YOU to everyone for reading, commenting, re-tweeting, etc., and for helping me make this thing somewhat bearable to watch!
10:02 – THANKS everyone for stopping by, I’m going to type out some final observations and be out of here…
9:59 – Blake Shelton won not for being a country star, but for his reality show work on The Voice. Trust me.
9:58 – Blake Shelton wins 2012 CMA for Entertainer of the Year.
9:56 – Reba McEntire is more man than Hunter Hays will ever be.
9:54 – Funny observation from Twitter: “Willie already has figured out how to turn that award into a bong.”
9:51 – Willie Nelson gets first ever Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award from the CMA. That is awesome! Really surprised and thrilled!
9:50 – This is pretty cool. Good for Willie!
9:49 – Wow! They’re letting Willie on stage!
9:45 – Wow, Mickey Raphael! What a concept to have someone who doesn’t need a teleprompter to remember the songs play Willie’s tribute!
9:41 – Having Lady Antebellum perform a Willie Nelson tribute is like having a Klansman plan the MLK parade.
9:37 – …and my CMA predictions are back at .500. But don’t let that discourage you from subscribing to my fee-based sports betting site.
9:34 – Miranda Lambert wins CMA for Female Vocalist of the Year, and the screams from Carrie Underwood fans measure 4.3 on the Richter scale.
9:33 – Why is Kenny Chesney singing about a commode? Screw it, it’s catchy.
9:29 – Like with all Kenny Chesney performances, when you are watching him, you should constantly remind yourself that under that hat he is so very tragically, terminally, and irreversibly bald. I mean there’s more hair on your newborn’s ass.
9:27 – Another funny Twitter observation from Brad Beheler: “I thought a guy was dressed as Zac Brown for Halloween last night, but it turned out he was just homeless.”
9:25 – Funny observation from the fake Kenny Rogers on Twitter: “I have a really bad feeling we’re about three years away from the Black Eyed Peas winning a CMA Award.”
9:21 – Blake Shelton wins Male Vocalist of the Year. My predictions are now back in the black! https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/2012-cma-award-nominations-observations-predictions
9:18 – Vince Gill slumming… I mean performing with Kelly Clarkson. Got no problem with Kelly, but she doesn’t belong here.
9:11 – Jason Aldean needs to go back to hitting on reality show chicks on the Sunset Strip where he belongs.
9:10 Oh and now they’re thanking Jesus. Jesus would even kick their money changing asses.
9:07 – Little Big Town wins Group of the Year, and continues to rocket to the top of my shit list. Watch out Brantley, you’ve got company.
9:05 – Umm, is this song really appropriate Carrie? #sandy
9:02 – This song is not country, but at least Carrie Underwood can sing. Girl’s got some pipes.
8:56 – Right now there’s 40 people on Saving Country Music who went to Google trying to find out if Luke Bryan is gay. Duh people, of course he’s happy!
8:53 – Okay, choir filling the isles during Paisley song is a little weird. Again CMA’s, stick with what you do best: tits and explosions.
8:51 – Brad Paisley = Hard to hate. He’s one of the good guys amongst an industry full of bad ones.
8:49 – Wow, Hunter Hays beats out Brantley Gilbert for “New Artist of the Year”. Didn’t see that coming, but may be just as bad.
8:46 – Oh how I would love for the virtual birds on the screen behind Keith Urban to take a very real shit on his bleach blonde-highlighted brain pan.
8:44 – I don’t know what I hate about Keith Urban’s performance more, the canned drum beat, or that Zac Brown is hanging out with this queen.
8:40 – Hold on out there folks! The reward for sitting though all this garbage is a Willie Nelson tribute! Performed by Tim McGraw . . . . .and Lady Antebellum . . . . okay nevermind.
8:37 – I’d rather shit a knife then listen to Brantley Gilbert. The worst of the worst. The true enemy.
8:35 – Okay, back to being an asshole. Faith Hill and her mawkish ballads suck.
8:34 – Also, Hargus “Pig” Robbins whose featured on the new upcoming album by Sturgill Simpson, formerly of Sunday Valley!
8:32 – Marty Stuart with some face time on the CMA Awards! Giving credit to his wife Connie Smith, and new HOF member.
8:28 – Also interesting that Eric Church, the now reigning Album of the Year winner admitted in his acceptance speech that he was too rock for country, but thanked them for giving him a home.
8:26 – Going back to the Album of the Year for Eric Church’s “Chief”, I guess this was about the best case scenario we could hope for, with a close second being Miranda Lambert. So happy we crossed that hurdle without Luke Bryan or Lady Antebellu walking off with the hardware.
8:24 – Prove that Hunter Hays isn’t a 15-year-old-girl. You can’t.
8:21 – Eric Church wins Album of the Year for “Chief”, pulling my predictions up to 50/50.
8:19 – Hey ladies, if you like what you’re seeing, make sure to pick up Luke Bryan’s signature country douche! https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/ocean-breeze-making-signature-line-of-country-douches
8:12 – Yeah, so some ugly dude won some award having to do with playing an instrument or some crap? We’ll give him 4 seconds of face time before the Viagra commercial.
8:10 – Little Big Town look like they are underwater. If only we could be so lucky!
8:08 – Wow, can I tic tac toe these ass munchers out of my genre?
8:03 – Man this Taylor Swift setting is rife for awkward camera moments. How about just standing in front of a mic with a guitar?
8:00 – Brad Paisley paying tribute to Andy Griffith. Cool, but where’s the tits and explosions? This is the CMA’s after all!
7:56 – Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton win “Song of the Year” for “Over You”. Can’t put too much blame in a song written by the performing artists, and about that subject matter.
7:54 – Kellie Pickler = All class. Shaved her head, and then shaved it again to raise breast cancer awareness.
7:49 – Eric Church is the Terrell Owens of country music. He loves him some him. “Creepin'” is a much better song.
7:48 – Yes, those three folks sharing the same mic close enough to smooch are all siblings. Now if that ain’t country…
7:47 – Security! There’s a fiddle on the stage!
7:45 – Insert worn out joke about The Band Perry boys’ Hobbit haircuts here.
7:38 – Nothing says country like a spotlight right on a man’s crotch, overdriven guitars, and purple backgrounds
7:36 – Not a bad song Zach. Was that Dave Grohl on lead?
7:32 – In a ceremony held before the show, Zac Brown’s eyelid mole won for “Most Popular Country Feature You Want to Pick at Like a Scab.” Crazy, but 100% true.
7:27 – If liking a little arm chub is wrong, I don’t want to be right. But hey Miranda, this isn’t the Arena Rock Music Awards. Not only is her top recycled, so is her guitar riffs from Bon Jovi circa 1986.
7:25 – Thompson Square wins for Vocal Duo of the Year. The Civil Wars are now officially shut out of the 2012 awards.
7:23 – Don’t worry, Jake Owen used EVERY part of the endangered cheetah he killed to make his coat.
7:22 – Yes McGraw, sling that guitar behind your back, because you couldn’t make a G-chord if it meant permanently being done with Mike Curb.
7:20 Tim McGraw singing some song other than “Truck Yeah” since it went over like a poop in the punch bowl. Got to admit, nobody looks better in a plastic hat!
7:17 – Little Jimmy Dickens and hot nurses! Okay, maybe it’s not all that bad.
7:15 – For once, I am thankful for commercials.
7:13 – A song about boats and blowing into tits just one single of the year (that being Little Big Towns’ “Pontoon”). Be proud country music!
7:10 – Yes! The country industry shows their empathy for the victims of Sandy by throwing a ridiculously extravagant and excessive party whose budget equals the GDP of your average African country.
7:09 – Alright, that was a pretty funny joke about Willie Nelson being disqualified for doping.
7:07 – Hey look, there’s Sugarland, everyone watch your heads!
7:05 – Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley usher in the formation of the mono-genre by doing the Gangam-style dance.
7:03 – Just remember every time you see Luke Bryan tonight, don’t forget his controversy from the ACM Awards when he was disqualified for having a vagina. https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/luke-bryan-loses-male-video-award-for-having-a-vagina
6:58 – So far I am 0 for 1 for my CMA predictions. Thought the Civil Wars & Swift would win for musical performance. You can see all my predictions HERE. I also predicted that if “Red Solo Cup” won for Video of the Year, we’d see more fake viral videos.
6:55 – So a few awards have already been handed out. Perfume Magnate Tim McGraw and the Yoda-headed Kenny Chesney already won for “Musical Event of the Year” beating out Willie Nelson and Snoop Dog, The Civile Wars and Taylor Swift among others
Also, Toby Keith won for “Best Video” for “Red Solo Cup”.
Gena R.
November 1, 2012 @ 5:00 pm
I hope “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die” will be performed on the show. My mother in Omaha (about 2 hours south of where I live) will be watching too, and she hasn’t heard that song yet…
The Triggerman
November 1, 2012 @ 5:17 pm
There’s going to be a big Willie Nelson tribute, we know that much. But no word if Willie will perform himself.
Gena R.
November 1, 2012 @ 7:52 pm
It’s cool that he got to do “On the Road Again.” 😀
loga
November 1, 2012 @ 5:24 pm
To quote the famous Konway Tweety (from Twitter). “I stopped liking cuntry music when the artist started looking like hipsters…Get a drinking and pill problem then I will be back”
loga
November 1, 2012 @ 5:25 pm
I would do some nasty things to Miranda though.
tony
November 1, 2012 @ 5:34 pm
Is it me or is the sound horrible…
Plus good to see Zac Brown Band showing the world what real country music is…
The Triggerman
November 1, 2012 @ 5:35 pm
Yeah, I’m watching an internet feed, so it’s hard to tell. But it sounds less than perfect to me.
tony
November 1, 2012 @ 5:38 pm
watching it on tv, and the sound is flat and in mono…
Gena R.
November 1, 2012 @ 5:40 pm
Agreed, very nice tune from ZBB. 🙂
loga
November 1, 2012 @ 5:38 pm
The sound is horrible tonight. I don’t care if it’s wrong, though. I like the shit out of Dierks Bentley. is it just me? I’m assuming so.
tony
November 1, 2012 @ 5:39 pm
sound is horrible
Gena R.
November 1, 2012 @ 5:49 pm
His song sounded like really good one in hiding; but yeah, the sound quality on this show is pretty lousy.
The Triggerman
November 1, 2012 @ 5:54 pm
Seeing chatter on Twitter about bad sound as well.
Jon D.
November 1, 2012 @ 5:53 pm
Sound is absolutely terrible. Why the heck did Eric sing Springsteen and not Creepin?
antiocmed
November 1, 2012 @ 6:01 pm
I’d guess because of his nominations for the song and its indirect reference to jersey. What does each artist get, like 3 mins or so to sing a song?
The Triggerman
November 1, 2012 @ 6:07 pm
3 minutes? 2 minutes if they’re lucky.
tony
November 1, 2012 @ 6:04 pm
who did brad paisley do a tribute too? It took me by surprise…
trisha
November 1, 2012 @ 6:20 pm
Angy Griffith
trisha
November 1, 2012 @ 6:29 pm
i meant Andy Griffith. This iPad keyboard makes me crazy.
The Triggerman
November 1, 2012 @ 6:35 pm
I kind of like Angry Griffith actually.
tony
November 1, 2012 @ 6:33 pm
thanks 🙂
NantanLupan
November 1, 2012 @ 6:26 pm
I was going to watch some of the CMA’s, then I remembered that they are more fake than the entire cast of Baywatch.
tony
November 1, 2012 @ 6:26 pm
Hunter Hayes sounded like Gary Levoux
Emily
November 3, 2012 @ 5:10 pm
Hunter Hayes always sounds like Gary LaVox….Last Christmas when I first heard Storm Warning on the radio, I thought it was Rascal Flatts.
antiocmed
November 1, 2012 @ 6:36 pm
Marty Stuart’s hair. Rock.
The Triggerman
November 1, 2012 @ 6:59 pm
Marty Stuart is my hero.
tony
November 1, 2012 @ 6:40 pm
My city country station won the Large Market of the year!!!
Dersty
November 1, 2012 @ 6:52 pm
The wine coolers are flowing tonight
Dersty
November 1, 2012 @ 6:58 pm
8:51 ”“ Brad Paisley = Hard to hate. He”™s one of the good guys amongst an industry full of bad ones.
You think? Didn’t seem country in the least bit to me. He may be a slightly-less-annoying fish in an extremely-annoying-fish pond……but put him in a different “pond” (puff puff) and you would see he’s not as great as he appears
antiocmed
November 1, 2012 @ 7:09 pm
That shirt was hideous!
Eric C.
November 1, 2012 @ 7:13 pm
I disagree entirely – Brad is more country than most of the performers up there, and his song has some steel guitar clearly visible in the studio mix (as well as the performance, but he changed it up there) and used an unorthodox songwriting style (the song isn’t a laundry list song when you delve in the lyrics). Like it or not Brad is one of the good guys – a talented writer, singer, and one heck of a guitarist.
Dersty
November 1, 2012 @ 7:29 pm
Oh I didn’t mean to imply he was not talented. You’re right. And he can play. I just think if you took him out of “country radio” and put him against some “rock radio” guys, they would prolly put him to shame. As for his character, he probably is a good guy. What I said was based on that performence only.
Eric C.
November 1, 2012 @ 7:36 pm
Well, he can’t really get play on mainstream radio because his music is either too country or perceived as too country. He’s never had, and never will have, crossover success because he never makes pop remixes or the like. But I agree, his performance wasn’t particularly country – it stripped out a lot of the steel guitar and overemphasized the choir. Then again it was enjoyable and much better than most of the other performances.
The Triggerman
November 1, 2012 @ 7:15 pm
Fair enough. Just saying it is at least somewhat palatable.
Ryan
November 1, 2012 @ 7:08 pm
Thank you Jesus for letting us sell our souls so we can finally win an award – little Big Town
The Triggerman
November 1, 2012 @ 7:16 pm
I’m not Bible thumper, but gosh, that was a pretty horrid moment in television history.
Ryan
November 1, 2012 @ 7:21 pm
I’d have to agree.
Gena R.
November 1, 2012 @ 7:21 pm
Kelly Clarkson + Vince Gill = a pleasant respite from all the big-rock-production crap. Sounds like a bit of a throwback to “Islands in the Stream”; it has an early ’80s country-pop vibe.
Ryan
November 1, 2012 @ 7:32 pm
I’m ashamed to admit that I found it refreshing that Kelly Clarkson singing a song that sounds like something Dolly would sing in the 80s. So much fail in these awards shows.
The Triggerman
November 1, 2012 @ 7:48 pm
Was a pretty good performance.
antiocmed
November 1, 2012 @ 7:25 pm
Do you think that Blake Shelton was quietly sayin to himself “suck it, church!”?
tony
November 1, 2012 @ 7:47 pm
Lady A DId great
carrie left mike fisher for me
November 1, 2012 @ 8:07 pm
zac brown no doubt had the best performance and i need to get miranda away from blake somehow.
sorry that’s all i took away from this shit show.
Ryan
November 1, 2012 @ 8:10 pm
Does anyone know if Alan Jackson was in attendance. Seems like they are finally shutting out the last of the originals, AJ and George Strait.
carrie left mike fisher for me
November 1, 2012 @ 8:27 pm
i doubt it or there would have been a joke about george’s age but alan or strait dont need to waste their time anyway.
CountrySunshine
November 1, 2012 @ 8:31 pm
Was think the same thing : ( Thought I saw George sitting behind someone around the beginning, but could be wrong
CountrySunshine
November 1, 2012 @ 8:27 pm
Worst CMA Awards of my lifetime (& this coming from someone who cried and had an asthma attack when TS won ETOY the first time). Watched the whole show to see a tribute to Kitty Wells, The QUEEN of Country Music and maybe Earl Scruggs (ya know the guy who revolutionized the banjo, was a member of the most famous band and duo in Bluegrass history). What did I get? A nod to Andy Griffith and ROBIN ROBERTS (?!?!) and not one mention of the lady who started it all (honorable mentions to Patsy Montana)! However, I was totally thinking who’s gonna do a tribute for Willie, he doesn’t get enough publicity (*rolls eyes*). Don’t get me wrong, it was the highlight of the night despite Lady Antebellum butchering Elvis & Patsy songs (yes, I know Willie wrote em) but in the hierarchy that was Country Music I think Kitty Wells dying trumps a random tribute to the redheaded stranger. I won’t even begin to mention my disdain that no one wished the Possum well.
Gena R.
November 1, 2012 @ 9:35 pm
“Watched the whole show to see a tribute to Kitty Wells, The QUEEN of Country Music”
Oh, man… Got my hopes up a bit when Connie Smith got a little nod, but yeah, they totally blew it by not mentioning Kitty at all. 🙁
The Triggerman
November 2, 2012 @ 12:48 am
They could at least give them 15-30 seconds. It really isn’t that hard. The Grammys and Oscars I think do a pretty good of devoting a whole segment each time to the fallen that year. Those are always controversial too because inevitably people will be left out. But goodness, Kitty Wells was the queen, and though I’m a huge Willie fan, in a way you’re right. He’s an easy oldtimer to promote, because of his work with Snoop Dog and all his pot stuff for example. Kitty Wells and Earl could have used the publicity.
Karen
November 1, 2012 @ 9:23 pm
I thought CMA stood for ‘country music’ association? Glad I missed it, except for Brad Paisley and, Trig, thanks for the laughs, geez, everyone else is asleep so I was crying from laughing so hard.
Patrick C
November 1, 2012 @ 9:26 pm
i wonder why the CMa uses the symbol that was on the uniforms of star trek? is this also a fictional show with fictional characters?
CJ
November 1, 2012 @ 9:49 pm
I am so tired of the Blake Shelton love with these awards. So tired. The man is overawarded already. I don’t get the love. It’s like the celebration of all that is mediocre.
The Triggerman
November 2, 2012 @ 12:51 am
The industry thinks he’s a good ambassador and spokesman. The cameras like him. Hopefully this is “his year” just like what happened with Brad Paisley a few years back. I’ll go ahead and call Taylor Swift for next year’s Entertainer of the Year.
Mattwrotethis
November 1, 2012 @ 11:41 pm
Didn’t watch. But this article was probably more entertaining.
About this:
“9:18 ”“ Vince Gill slumming”¦ I mean performing with Kelly Clarkson. Got no problem with Kelly, but she doesn”™t belong here.”
I’m not sure I agree. She’s just as pop as Taylor, Carrie, and the rest of the lot, more talented than most of them, and I don’t see a problem with a special guest from outside the genre doing a guest performance.
What I’m waiting for, though, is the next “Charlie Rich” moment. I’m waiting on Alan Jackson, George Strait, or someone else still prominent but at the point of being a “statesman” (or stateswomen, maybe… dammit, I’m drawing a blank here… Reba, Martina, and the rest of them that were big in the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s have all faded from relevency or went pop themselves) of country music to get up on that stage and call this shit out for what it is. The closest we’ve come to anything like that in years is Toby Keith walking out of an awards show over some T-shirts the Ditzy Shits were wearing.
The Triggerman
November 2, 2012 @ 12:54 am
Did Kelly Clarkson ever come out and say she was country? I totally get your point and agree, but I just feel unsettled with her here and being nominated for Female Vocalist when she never has really done anything country. Sure, neither has Taylor. It’s just weird.
Eric
November 2, 2012 @ 1:00 am
I disagree that Taylor has never done anything country. Her first album overall was more country than the vast majority of songs on country radio today.
BCM
November 2, 2012 @ 5:29 am
I only found a handful of names here that didn’t disgust me: Marty Stuart (& his wife), Andy Griffith, Willie Nelson, Little Jimmy Dickens, Sturgill Simpson, and Snoop Dogg.
jb
November 2, 2012 @ 5:31 am
Hunter Hayes? Really? A boy so wimpy he makes Rascal Flatts sound like Creedence? I didn’t watch the show (more fun to follow it here), but he should have thanked the inventor of Auto-Tune in his acceptance speech. And if Jesus has time to make sure Little Big Town gets an award–particularly when the East Coast is under water–his priorities are all screwed up.
Eric
November 3, 2012 @ 2:27 pm
You should check out Hunter Hayes performing “Jambalaya” at a Hank Jr. concert when he was 4 years old, with an accordion. It will change your mind about how talented he is.
Tim
November 2, 2012 @ 6:17 am
Well, I think we are getting to the end of the line.
Jason Aldean has been pushed for years (how many times did he perform last night???) and he just can’t seem to be the top dog. So his window has passed. Check him off.
Blake got Entertainer of the Year cause I guess it was his turn with all the exposure.
Check him off.
Taylor is Taylor, but her exposure is wearing out. Record sales might be up, but, check her off.
Luke Bryan and Eric Church are harmless, pointless, but part of the deal with the poor state of country music. They aren’t the future.
Check ’em off.
The McGraw/Chesney years at the top of the mountain are over.
Check ’em off.
There isn’t a group or duo that is remotely close to lasting another year or two.
* Zac Brown suck. “Goodbye in her eyes” How’d you come up with that Zac…great stuff.
Check ’em off.
Lady A and Sugarland are all but put out to pasture.
Check ’em off.
Billy Currington, Jake Owen, Big N Rich, etc… no where to be found.
Check ’em off.
Urban, Paisley, Toby…time has come and gone.
Check ’em off.
Hunter Hayes… no.
Brantley Gilbert, keep your body gaurds close, there are more than enough guys waiting to wipe you off the map.
When you do a tirbute for the first Willie Nelson lifetime award, and it is to Willie, how don’t consider putting his son out there? CMA’s- you had a shot to right the ship.
Speaking of ships. I hope Kelly Clarkson and Vince enjoy the work on cruise lines with a song like they sung.
The pop-country, teenie-bopper, soccer mom music train is losing steam. It takes a long time to slow down a money train that big, but make no mistake, it is slowing down. Doesn’t mean that we will see true/original artists picking up these awards, it just means the awards become more laugable and less meaningless, thus money will dry up, slowing the train.
I mean, like him or not, Garth Brooks at least earned his. WTF are the current people doing? They look like fools, and people see that. There is a generation of artists coming that don’t want to look like fools.
Mattwrotethis
November 2, 2012 @ 7:11 am
Heckyeah Garth earned his. That man was a non-stop dynamo from 1989 until his “retirement”.
I remember the year he won Artist of The Year at the American Music Awards, and when he got up to the stage told the audience he didn’t deserve it because he hadn’t done anything that year, and was going to leave the trophy right there at the podium in honor of those that did. When interviewed after, he said it should’ve probably gone to Hootie and The Blowfish, because they were the ones that sold the most albums in the country that year, they were the big story in music, and he hadn’t toured or put out an album. That’s honesty. Wouldn’t it be nice if Taylor Swift got up there at the CMAs when she won something and said “sorry guys, I’m not country, this should’ve gone to…”
Karen
November 3, 2012 @ 3:07 pm
Don’t put cruise ship singers down too much. My daughter could sing Kelly Clarkson under the table any old day. (And has been told time after time she should be on A.I. because people have been brainwashed into thinking that A.I. is the be all, end all of singing, lord help us). She has worked as a vocal captain on cruise ships for four years because it is steady work and pays better than anywhere except Broadway and who wants to live in New York? I wish Vince Gill would just sing with his wife who can actually sing without auto tune or scream belting or whatever that is that so many define as singing now.
Eric
November 3, 2012 @ 3:22 pm
“Taylor is Taylor, but her exposure is wearing out. Record sales might be up, but, check her off.”
If there is any lesson to be learned over the last few years, it’s this: NEVER underestimate Taylor Swift and her staying power. Betting against her in the long run is very bad for one’s bank account!
mposeymil
November 9, 2012 @ 5:36 am
Right on, Eric. And don’t get started on all the female artists who get shafted expect for a few.
mposeymil
November 9, 2012 @ 5:41 am
Oops, I mean Tim.
TX Music Jim
November 2, 2012 @ 8:50 am
So glad I didn’t watch. Drinking Jack and coke and grilling burgers in my driveway lsitening to REK was much more entertaining. I’m glad the gave Willie a shout though. I hope everyone had plenty of stomach meds on hand from what i’m hearing this would have made me want to puke.
goldencountry
November 2, 2012 @ 9:06 am
Didn’t watch but I had fun reading all these comments. Glad Taylor was shut out.
CapnWain
November 2, 2012 @ 9:32 am
CMA Awards time, huh?
Cue up Dale Watson’s version of CMA
Chase
November 2, 2012 @ 9:35 am
Great job of summing it up. I did not watch it but I am proud of Willie Nelson. Also, Brad Paisley, even though his songs might be a little “pop” can still sing and he plays one mean guitar. I was glad to see Taylor got shut out though. I think Carrie Underwood also proved that she is a great singer, even though country might be a stretch.
tontoisdrunk
November 2, 2012 @ 10:31 am
I missed the live action last night but just got done reading through all of it … The highlights for me were the lady A and KKK comment and the Reba/hunter Hayes thing. Good shit man! Bahaha
Brett
November 2, 2012 @ 12:12 pm
I find it funny that the sound brad and carrie mock in those uhh “joke songs” is the sound that built country music. Bass note, 3/4 time… The most country thing last night was was Paisley’s acoustic guitar.
lbeeker
November 9, 2012 @ 10:47 am
A little late coming in on the comments but had to say after reading some of the above comments I’m just disgusted by all the hateful remarks. Guess that’s all people ever have to contribute these days is HATE. So sad.
ehowders
November 26, 2012 @ 7:24 pm
I personally can’t wait to hear more from Kristen Kelly:) Is anyone else addicte ot “Ec-Old Man?” http://vevo.ly/PAZNPw
ehowders
November 26, 2012 @ 7:25 pm
I personally can”™t wait to hear more from Kristen Kelly:) Is anyone else addicted to“Ex-Old Man?” http://vevo.ly/PAZNPw