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Michael Douchette
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Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Chris LeDrew
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Posted 18 May 2008 5:51 pm |
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There was a guy, Rodney or Randy someone.....oh my God. He was singing about his son eating chicken nuggets in a booster seat. The man was just not a singer, simple as that. I've heard better intonation on a Sears electric guitar that's been in an igloo all winter.
This show is indefensible, in my opinion. Usually I leave these shows on for the sublime effect. Now I can't even find the humor anymore. It's just plain disturbing.
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Michael Douchette
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Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Larry Hamilton
From:
Amarillo,Tx
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Posted 18 May 2008 6:15 pm
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It's just sad.
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 18 May 2008 6:47 pm
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| A friend of mine just called me on this. When is someone in power going to call the bluff on this nonsense? Its a Rythm And Blues and Rock show. There is NOTHING country about it. When are the names like Brooks And Dunn or Allen Jackson going to publicly get up and denounce this crap. Its not country and has nothing to do with country music, or country people. Bull s@#$%^! |
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Craig A Davidson
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Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 18 May 2008 6:54 pm
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| Brooks and Dunn country? You have to be kidding. They sound more rock these days than the rockers. I don't care if they do carry a steeler. He is there to make them look legit. |
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Michael Haselman
From:
St. Paul
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Posted 18 May 2008 7:12 pm
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Oh, well, what's the use. It's the same rant after all these shows. I was flipping back and forth, and these things seem to have slipped into this mediocre, sameness. They all have to have some stunt like what's-her-name doing a wet t-shirt contest at the end of the song. Guess they need things like that to make up for the lack of real musical quality. Anyway, does that guy in Sugarland ever do anything except fun-strumming and smiling stupidly? Just wondering...
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Dave Harmonson
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Seattle, Wa
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Posted 18 May 2008 8:09 pm
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| Brad Paisley is one of the more "Country" sounding singers still out there, but does anyone else feel like he just plays fast licks for no apparent reason. His steel player sounded good and was up in the mix and then Brad rips a bunch of notes that make no sense to me. I like hot picking, but my heroes like James Burton or Big E or Hughey, LLoyd Green and others put the hot licks where they belong and not every time they play a fill. He's got skills on the guitar, I'd just like to hear some taste from him. |
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Dave Harmonson
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Seattle, Wa
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Posted 18 May 2008 9:35 pm
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| So we get the show a little later on the West Coast so I just heard Brad playing a 335 backing up "Make The World Go Away". Nice tasteful playing. Maybe he should get off the Tele for awhile. Might slow him down a bit. |
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kyle reid
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Butte,Mt.usa
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Posted 18 May 2008 9:50 pm Stay & listen to me Whine
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| How about the gal with the Whiniest voice I ever heard winning 2? awards Sheese! |
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Alvin Blaine
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Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 18 May 2008 9:54 pm
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| Dave Harmonson wrote: |
| So we get the show a little later on the West Coast so I just heard Brad playing a 335 backing up "Make The World Go Away". Nice tasteful playing. Maybe he should get off the Tele for awhile. Might slow him down a bit. |
I think that was the (Chet Atkins inspired) Gibson "Country Gentleman" model(very appropriate guitar name for an Eddy Arnold tribute) he was playing. What ever it was, it was the best performance on the whole show.
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 19 May 2008 2:28 am
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Sorry (glad) I missed the awards show last night.
If I were into "commercial country" then I would have been very interested in it. Fortunately all the work I do is "traditional" country.
All the pictures that were on the Tennessean this morning, I didn't see any of the men with anything but grungy street clothes. Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Porter, etc are probably turning over in their graves at the clothes that are worn on stage today. |
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Dennis Graves
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Maryville, Tennessee
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Posted 19 May 2008 3:23 am
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What a treat it would be to see someone like Buck Owens and the Buckaroos again. Just standing there, playing and singing. No jumping around, no ear rings hanging, no shabby hair, no shirt-tails hanging out, no guitar player looking like he's trying to straddle a big ditch, swaying, trying to figure out which side he wants to be on....
Just talent..
I didn't watch any of the awards..I just get upset when I do.
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 19 May 2008 3:33 am
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All you cats who like the "new country" would have really been pleased with last night's show. For "real country" admirers it was just plain puke and there's no other description for the mess as far as I am concerned.
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Don Sulesky
From:
Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 19 May 2008 3:55 am
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I haven't watched the R&R show for years now.
It's all about the money.
Bobbe Seymour hit the nail on the head in his last newsletter. |
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 19 May 2008 4:14 am
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It's beyond distasteful......gangsta rap is starting to look good to me now.
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Don Discher
From:
Sault Ste Marie,Ontario,Canada
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Posted 19 May 2008 5:04 am ACM
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| I've never heard so many singers so far off pitch in my life.Everyone can have a bad night occaisonally but not all on the same night.Thank God the Mets and Yankees were on the sports channel and I could switch back and forth. Maybe it's just me but I can't understand half the words that (mainly the girls) are singing or should I say attempting to sing. Oh well I do have a choice,either watch and bitch or watch something else but it's more fun bitching ! |
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Howard Tate
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Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 19 May 2008 5:05 am
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| I have an infallible method for picking the song of the year. I just have to hate a song more than any other on the radio and it will win for sure. Congratulations to Paul and I agree about Brad's picking. The speed is impressive but I like the tasteful things he's very capable of playing. If I'd known there would be a wet T shirt contest I might have watched it all. |
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David Mason
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Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 19 May 2008 5:30 am
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There was a commercial on what I was watching so I flipped over for some masochism, just in time to see Kenny? or Keith? - anyway, some musician starting tearing off a lively R&R steel break, and the camera man cut right to the six-string guitarist, who strummed a chord until the steel break was over, and the goon started singing again. It's all just twang, anyway....  |
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Theresa Galbraith
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Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 19 May 2008 5:44 am
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Congratulations to Paul winning Top Steel Guitarist ACM Awards!  |
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LJ Eiffert
From:
California, USA
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Posted 19 May 2008 6:14 am
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| Good Morning Brother Mikey D! The ACM Award Show is run by your Nashville Neighborhood Power heads that's why you have something great to run down about us old dogs from California & can make a living from us too!.True we are about as " A BIG JOKE " as it is about The Cocky Bull Opry Hall in Victorville,California. In respect to " Bobby Lee " in forming this " God Giving Steel Guitar Forum ",I will be adding my real 2c/4c/6c/8 Later. I will cut into the real meat of this,our Music,Country & all Styles of Musicians shortly with true respect to my words. Sincerely in Country Music & all Styles. The somebody who," I'm A No Body " Leo J.Eiffert,Jr. from lower places. |
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Michael Douchette
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Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Posted 19 May 2008 6:15 am
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| All you cats who like the "new country" would have really been pleased with last night's show. |
Remember... in around 1950, Hank was "new country." It's all perspective. I started the thread about the pitch rambling that was going on all night, not whether or not it was "country" enough. That's going to change along with the times, as well.
And yes, congrats indeed to ol' Paul...
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 19 May 2008 6:16 am
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"Anyway, does that guy in Sugarland ever do anything except fun-strumming and smiling stupidly? Just wondering..."
He spends a lot of his time destroying perfectly good cowboy hats.
I have played country music for 40+ years, and over time I have developed zero-tolerance for these stupid awards shows. 
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Chris LeDrew
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Canada
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Posted 19 May 2008 6:19 am
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Every time I see Sugarland on TV, I notice the widening physical distance between the two "leaders" and the rest of the band. Were the rest of them even there last night? I'm sure nobody cared as long as missus had on a tight pair of pants and the hillbilly Keith Richards was strutting his stuff.
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 19 May 2008 6:21 am
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"Brooks and Dunn country? You have to be kidding."
Thanks, Craig - finally, somebody said it! 
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