I posted it at the time but the article double posted and that was the thread that got nuked.
It's a shame that I have spend 63 years in this business trying to introduce music to a larger audience and to make it easier for the younger artists who are coming behind me. Every now and then some young artist will record a rock and roll type song , have a hit first time out with kids only. This is why you see stars come with a few hits only and then just fade away believing they are God's answer to the world. This guy sounds like in his own mind that his head is so large no hat ever made will fit him. Stupidity Reigns Supreme!!!!!!! Ray Price (CHIEF "OLD FART" & JACKASS") " P.S. YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY AS US OLD-TIMERS. CHECK BACK IN 63 YEARS (THE YEAR 2075) AND LET US KNOW HOW YOUR NAME AND YOUR MUSIC WILL BE REMEMBERED.
Just saw him play a sell out show on his birthday this month.
And saw how Nashville told Johnny Cash to go out to pasture and give it up. Nobody wants you no mo'!
When country performers play rock and roll, they are closer to the roots of country, then when they play that MBA inspired pop schmaltz or arty rock! Garth Brooks through his mega-success contributed a lot to the current corruption of country music.