If you didn't watch the Country Music Awards last night, then you really missed The Awards Show of The Year. Although many of Country's best performers were there, there was also a marked infiltration by some rock & roll greats. There were names like Robert Plant, Hootie from Hootie & The Blowfish, The Eagles and Kid Rock. There was also a sprinkling of actors and actresses like Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman. Everyone seemed more polished in their attire and the lyrics to their songs seem more sophisticated than in the old days.
However, you get them up there on stage to give or receive an award, you sure know who's real country and who isn't. No matter how famous or how wealthy. You just can't change some things. And that is actually a very good thing. There's nothing I enjoy more than a good southern accent, no matter what part of the south they come from.
I've always adored George Strait's music and I'm proud to say that I have a lot of it. When he gets up and grins that big grin and then speaks... well, my heart simply melts like a Hershey Bar left in the sun. It would crack me up if someone like George spoke with a Brooklyn accent. Of course, tonight George won Album of The Year for "Troubadour", but he was up against some of Country Music's heaviest hitters. Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley and others.
My very favorite American Idol winner, Carrie Underwood won the CMA for Female Vocalist of The Year, but I liked them all. Taylor Swift, Martina McBride, Allison Krause and Miranda Lambert. I could look this good too, if they shot me with cheesecloth or something over the lense. And made it a far away shot... with cheesecloth. Oh, and I cried all the way through her song "Just A Dream".
I did notice something I thought was rather strange. The absence of Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.
It seems to me that ever since Carrie Underwood won her first year (beating out Faith Hill) and Faith clearly expected to win, we don't seem to be hearing much from her. Perhaps this could be why. Somehow, I know the feeling all too well. I believe it is referred to as Showing One's Bootay For All The World To See. At which I am a well versed veteran.
It seems to me that ever since Carrie Underwood won her first year (beating out Faith Hill) and Faith clearly expected to win, we don't seem to be hearing much from her. Perhaps this could be why. Somehow, I know the feeling all too well. I believe it is referred to as Showing One's Bootay For All The World To See. At which I am a well versed veteran.
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