Awards. Running commentary from the 2008 CMA Awards. News.

Taylor Swift had a jazzed-up set, with palace symbolism and all that. Her vocal wasn't very present, though, and it sounded casual set against the music track. I was in a and pub compartment the other nightfall in New Glarus, Wisconsin, and happened to go crazy on the Lawrence Welk Show. Hey, that's country. Anyhoo, although the music didn't do much for me on the Welk show, I watched and listened for 30 minutes to a program that was taped more than 30 years ago.

Why? Sucker for an accordion, for one thing. But the true deal was that I was shocked by the awesome sound. It was blended perfectly, all the instruments came through, and the in one piece deal sounded perfect. I'm important you, if I was the CMA, I'd hunt this gigantic polity for every living individual who was complex with the Welk show and I'd hold them pledge until they spilled the secret. "Tell me! How do you up music common-sense worth on television?!! We have ways of making you talk!!!" Nonetheless, Mr. Welk never sold more than 220,000 albums on the elementary epoch of issue, which is what Taylor Swift did yesterday. Okay, now Kid Rock is up.

He's wearing a Titans jersey, and it's few 2. I fantasize that's kicker Rob Bironis' number. If I'm right, I hold this may be the only epoch a player has ever tatty the jersey include of a kicker - a KICKER, I'm saying - during a nationally televised awards show.

I mean, not anyone ever wore a Jan Stenerud jersey, right? Obed Ariri never got any CMA love. Oh, I also inclination the guitar players' shirt, which reads, "Joe the Strummer," in honor of The Clash's Joe Strummer. Here's a shocker: George Strait sounded as complete as can be. The satirize is today's country's Joe DiMaggio. Lady Antebellum for original artist is a big achieve first place for that band.

Perhaps not a shocker, but that section was certainly in question. Brad Paisley offered a critical exaction to Jerry Reed before ceding the position to Carrie Underwood, who herself ceded the manoeuvre to Brooks & Dunn with a certain bolt from guest: uh, not Bruce Springsteen. It was Reba McEntire. Now, Reba is certainly special, but I'm not assured that a notable homeland unparalleled appearing on a critical woods show is much of a surprise. Still, that's some star-power up there on the stage.

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