Posted on 04/16/2022 4:33:06 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
EVERY network is bending over backward for EQUITY to be displayed.
Either there is talent the public is willing to pay for or-—THERE ISN’T.
Didn’t Charlie Pride do.a duet with Bob Dylan?
“Country Music” hasn’t been Country Music for the last few decades either.
Wagon wheel??? Look up “ the worst country song ever” by Brantley Gilbert.
No room for tiny dick energy on the MAGA train.
Modern Country music is pop music written by robots.
It is only called Country because the lyrics focus on trucks, tractors and drinking.
So no Darius Rucker for him?
Also in the old West, there were many black cowboys.
Modern times have worked to erase this history .
Over my lifetime, I saw Mr. Pride three times. Twice, at the Colorado State fair with my parents and once 11 years ago at the Grand Ole Opry first row. He was not the headliner but he stole the entire show. Dang, he was good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSkR3Rc5pJQ
“Fairytale”
The CMA, Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Grammy Awards, Juno Awards, Tony Awards, etc are all a complete waste of time, IMO....
It’s nothing more than arrogant, rich, self-important people patting each other on the back...
it’s been over 40 years since I watched any of that tripe...
^^ This!
It’s probably because black female singers back then would rather sing in the jazz, soul, blues or Motown/pop style. I can’t think of any black female rock singers from that time either, except for Tina Turner. Joan Armatrading is more pop or folk.
Banjo was an African instrument.
That was my first thought
“At first, I thought maybe he has a point there, then I realized how long it has been since I heard Country Music.”
I watched most of that show. I was familiar with just two stars, one of which was George Strait and he did not perform. Country music got rid of country music some time ago. Or as Tom Petty observed, country music today sounds like bad rock and roll.
I always wanted to go the the Grand Ole Opry, but since it is now televised, they have done us the favor of revealing how pathetic it is. I would not walk down the hall to see it live.
Weird that this puke is upset about a country awards show since a LOT of the current crop of ‘C&W’ celebs are big time libs anyway.
Charlie Pride
The significant majority of blacks in America are financially secure and living stable middle class lives and have no interest in this kind of radicalism. Assimilation has been going on under the radar for years now. Brighten up.
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