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1985 Emmons push-pull, Nashville400, 65 re-issue Fender Twin, Fender Tele

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James R.Hall
MSA S10 & MSA D12

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Sierra S-12 9&7
Peavey-2000-PX-300

Juat brace yourself for the next awards...Chad and Jeremy voted the "Number 1 British Rock Group of All Time", Roy Rogers voted the "World's Best Country/Western Guitar Player", George Goebel voted the "World's best Male Pop Singer", and Martha Raye "Foremost Female Entertainer Of All Time".

Hey...it could happen!

(Boom-chicka-boom-chicka-boom-chicka-boom. I don't care if I do-dah, do-dah, do-dah...)

Note: "Do-Dah, do-dahs" courtesy of "De Camptowne Races"...all rights reserved.

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Larry Robbins
GFI-s 10
Morrell lap steel,Reagl 75 dobro and Marshall half stack(I know,I know)

Red flags should have gone up immediately about this "odd" number 40. They had this same same type show months ago with the 40 best females.

I watched this female one with a critical eye. Don't we all. The women's lineup seemed to square more favorably with me, than this greatest mens one, now.

But.....these award shows and best this, best that, worst this , worst that.....

What does it prove?????????? Nothing.

It's just one or two or three judge-jerks
casting their votes.

Who cares? I don't. And you don't! You all
are gonna keep on loving and believing in exactly what you have been for years. So, be strong, and let it all slide. You know what you like, I know what I like.

If we agree, then fine. If we don't agree, than that's fine, too.

But, I do have to say. I felt that the mens'
categorie of prominence was way off.

As far as real "country music" goes.

JMHO

Keep on pickin'!
Glenn

[This message was edited by Glenn Suchan on 01 April 2003 at 02:37 PM.]

When I first watched this show it really bothered me. I couldn't understand how they would include "The Eagles", "Elvis", "Kenny Rogers" those aren't country acts. Then to leave out so many great names and have Jimmie Rodgers so low on the list.
Then I started thinking that besides Chet Atkins and Earl Scruggs of "Flatt & Scruggs" they were all singers. What happened to the musicians, the songwriters, the producers. Why didn't they call the show "CMT's 40 Favorite Male Singers"! Where were names like Harlan Howard, Fred Rose, Ralph Peer, Hank Cochran, A.P. Carter, Harold Bradley and about a dozen other writers, pickers, and producers. I would even add names that changed the sound of music like Leo Fender.
Then I went to work this week and realized something. I work in a Country band that plays on the strip in Las Vegas and most of the people that stop and listen to us are NOT country fans. Most of the request that we get from non-country music people are for songs by Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings, Garth Brooks, George Strait, Allan Jackson, Hank Williams. All of these were in the top ten of the show. That's when it hit me, this list isn't for Country Music fans- It's for NON-COUNTRY music listeners.
People that aren't into Country Music don't care which singer used fiddle and steel or what singer influenced Merle Haggard or any of the history behind Country Music. But you can play them a recording of Johnny Cash or Willie Nelson and almost anyone in the world can tell you who they are.

So after realizing all of this the CMT show doesn't bother me now, I just decided to rename it to "CMT's 40 Favorite Male Singers for Non-Country Music Fans"

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