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He has been my favorite out of all 4 seasons.

Although Kelly is my favorite, I really, really like Bo. I'm hoping the pre-release chatter over on the Pulse Music Board is wrong. But I did see the prelim album cover I mentioned, and it is awful.

Word is that Clive Davis basically took personal control of what would be on Bo's album and gave Bo a limited list of songs to choose from, and that the songs are not rock or Southern rock, but schlock pop. You always have to take what is posted on any internet forum with a large grain of salt until it's confirmed through legitimate sources, however.

Here's a link to what is supposed to be the 5th try at an album cover. I hope they don't use this one. It's too effeminate. Click link here

Here's a link to what is supposed to be the 5th try at an album cover. I hope they don't use this one. It's too effeminate

LMAO! He looks neutered! And that pic accompanied with the words "The Real Thing" is just laughable.

A better cover: Bo with sunglasses, a full beard and a mischievous grin--the exact same look he had during the latter half of AI.

But this cover .... he's almost unrecognizable.

You both said the same thing others are saying -- that the photo on the cover doesn't look like Bo as we all came to know him on AI. There have been a lot of complaints over the years about the way the AI winners and runners-up have been managed by Clive Davis and 19 Management. That's why Clay and Kelly got away from them as soon as possible.

I think we're seeing the worst of the worst management with the way they are handling Bo. It's really a shame, because they'll kill his career before it ever really gets off the ground.

They aren't doing Carrie any favors, either. By trying to market her to both pop and country at the same time, they are diluting her strengths while reinforcing her biggest weakness. Carrie is, at best, a tentative performer with a gorgeous voice and lovely face. She needs to be comfortable with her material and the settings she's placed in to develop confidence as a performer.

A new artist has to establish their unique style and identity in a crowded music business. There are plenty of pretty, vanilla, blonde singers out there. What BMG/19 mgmt ought to be doing is finding something unique about Carrie and playing to it instead of just making her the latest pop blonde with a country twist.

Same with Bo. There are plenty of rock wannabes. Bo's type of Southern rock, throw-back-beatnik charm was fresh. Instead, they seem to be trying to market him as some sort of metrosexual pop singer with long hair. Gag.

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