Where is cma awards 2011

Denise November 10, pm. Another reason to boycott the award shows. Pitiful is what that is. Nikki November 11, pm. His pants glittered! I could only watch for about a minute and turned it off.

But hey, with those pants he can be an extra in the Twilight movies! Nick November 10, pm. PAGS November 10, pm. How unfair of you Pags to compare Luke Bryan to Poison. Yeah, he may not be perfect, but every rose has its thorn.

RWP November 10, pm. I seen the look Swift had too. Bob November 10, pm. And she is a fighter. I have never seen somebody work so hard. She could save country music. Denise November 11, am. Work so hard at what? Does she want to be a country singer?

She has fallen into the corporate Nashville machine doing commercials and movies and overproduced arena tours and award shows and you still want to act like she is a innocent young girl who just wants to sing her songs. Elvis grew to dislike Hollywood for a reason.

Kanye said what he said for a reason. Taylor Swift knows what she is doing as she is building a mogul career and is not a great singer by any stretch of the imagination. But she clearly is not the best at that either.

That shows me one thing and one thing only: manufactured superstar and not everyone is impressed with it. RWP November 11, am. Johnny was too busy doing Taco Bell comercials,he would never do a hair goo one though.

Well color me corrected. Big difference between the man in black and Taylor Swift is that Johnny can sing on key. And write songs that have transcended people through the years of time. He lived country and died country. Johnny and June lived a life of incomparable overcomings and triumphs. Taylor has been handed most things with a silver spoon and I wonder who she is thankful to it for?

Johnny and June loved the Lord. Time will tell. I thought I liked her song Drew something for me. Well ok. But I think he is way off base. That wrong turn started decades ago.

Nothing new in the world of music. Meanwhile, POP country is still not country music, never will be, no matter what they want you to buy into. RIP Johnny Cash. I like taco bell too. Corporate radio needs brought down a notch or two. End of story for me. Bob November 11, pm. Denise thank you for your sincere and thoughtful comments.

Johnny Cash does it for you. My favorite male artist is Willie Nelson. As you point out Taylor Swift is certainly exploring many ways to expand her empire. And she is very successful.

However, the difference between Taylor and most others is that she rules her empire with an iron fist. She controls her brand which includes being a good role model and being respectful to country music. She learned this business strategy from her father and it works for her because she is inherently gifted.

The one thing that could destroy Taylor is governance from a large corporate bureaucracy just as corporations have destroyed the balance of country music. If Taylor can stay in control of her creative process country music could survive.

ERR November 10, pm. How could he run across stage jumping around and hit every note perfectly and not produce any difference in loudness on the mic? Luke is a good live singer.

Canned vocals and instrumentals are way more common on these live shows than people might think. Authenticity is often sacrificed for faked perfection. You very well might be right. Almost Out of Gas November 10, pm. Oh my God! Luke Bryan, never heard of him before but seeing that discusting clip forced me out in the cold cold night to puke. I get it now, T-man. But the way I see it, they lost. Jack Williams November 11, am.

Just watched it again. One of the dancers puts the hat on her raised foot. He takes it from there and puts it on his head. Yep, jumped the shark all right. IceColdCountry November 11, am. Dare I say…and this kind of comes with the Trigger has done with Taylor which I agree with and have thought for sometime , like her or not, she writes and sings what she knows, and she does it quiet well.

Although she is off key sometimes But as she matures, she will continue to write what she knows and that will change. What does she know right now…? She knows she only walked away with entertainer of the year when it should have been more. She could decide to put together a very traditional country album just to stick to them and her legion of fans would follow and that would turn the tides.

Taylor could be the savior. Taylor is smart. You might not like her, but she is smart. Again, dare I say… much like Waylon, you piss her off and she will write a song about it, and for her demographic, it is a good song. If she decides this pop-country thing is getting to far gone, she could cut something traditional and it will turn everything. Jeb November 11, am. It seams easily forgettable to us because we have gone out of our way to seek good, soulful music, but to them, people raised on pop country radio, that song seams real deep.

I heard the ZBB and Allman performance on the radio. I thought it interesting just cause it featured Allman so much vs. Which is fine by me. ZBB never really grab me. Not good. And they are great in concert, but they are more in the vein of a Grateful Deadesque jam band.

IceColdCountry November 11, pm. Jeb November 16, pm. The Triggerman November 11, am. You might be on to something there. Pepper wins out. They might kind of gay, but at least they make an effort to sound country. I know sales of albums, tickets, etc.. Now give Taylor entertainer and lets go regroup. Denise November 11, pm. You seem to have the insider scoop. Do the record labels have to buy into it?

I know commercials pay for a lot of it, but how does it get funded? GLR November 11, pm. I actually found it mildly enjoyable. Lunchbox November 11, pm. Thank you for your thoughtful comments as well. You are placing all the hope in Taylor Swift, who is inherently POP country and her empire of dirt means nothing to me. Country music is still alive. The real country music artists have souls, not money making agendas and Taylor Swift INC will never do if for me nor never save country music.

You really need to finish this one all by yourself. It was a special day. She is wearing Snuffleupagus on her bottom half and just a bra on her top half cleavage - An extraordinary combination or cool fashion sense? Gregg Allman. That was me on the red carpet that reached out and shook your hand ," Jennifer Nettles said with a grin. Thank you, guys. Thank you to the good folks in Indiana. Afterwards in the press room one reporter asked if they automatically expect a victory every year.

Jennifer Nettles, who attended the event with boyfriend Justin Miller, blew off the suggestion - " Please, girl, you can't expect anything in this industry. If you do, you are setting yourself up!

I was blown away by the energy from the crowd and it made the performance one hell of a good time. I hope I get to do it again. The pyro flames behind the stage are as hot as the sexy clad female dancers!

Carrie has just made a joke about domestic abuse. Now back to the CMAs. This is a bit of a surprise. He went on to thank his wife and daughters " for putting up with my schedule " and his longtime producer, Michael Knox, for plucking him from an Atlanta club and bringing him to Nashville 13 years ago to fulfill his dreams.

I feel like with the success of the song that we had with Kelly I felt we had a decent shot with winning award for that song, but as far as album of the year goes, that is something that wasn't expected at all. To pull that in was cool ," Aldean told reporters backstage. Reporters had a chance to chat with Chesney backstage , who won the video of the year award with singing partner Grace Potter and director Shaun Silva.

It was the first time Chesney has won in the video category. Chesney mentioned that he only knew Potter through her music when he asked her to sing on the poignant track, "You and Tequila. I knew of her and her great band. It was obviously about being addicted to tequila but also about being addicted to that person you know is no good for you but you keep going back for some reason.

I felt like I needed the female perspective also. I heard Grace sing a song called 'Apologies' that she wrote when she was 17 years old. That song killed me. I said, 'That's the voice that I want. Shaun caught that chemistry in a couple of days in Southern California, and here we are.

I think the video is an unbelievable illustration of a song about subtlety and longing and that aching feeling you get when maybe something's not quite right. But Shaun got it right. And I think that's the first thing that crossed my mind -- that he just got it.

Well two weeks ago their dream began when they received news from their principal - " They want you to sing with Brad Paisley on the CMA Awards," Grabois recalled about the conversation. I cried. I balled ," both explained about their reaction. That's when the whirlwind began with meetings, rehearsals and even walking the red carpet. I was trying to keep my throat from becoming dry ," they said about the moments before their performance. In an instant, the who's who of country music knew their names.

The performance was a part of CMA's Keep the Music Playing initiative that promotes music education in public schools. Charley Woods and Mignon Grabois were then given the honour by Brad to introduce the next live performance by Band Perry. Ummm nice. He gave a big Raleigh, N.

Winners - Watch on YouTube. Songwriter Jimmy Webb is there on piano and Glen Campbell gets an immediate standing ovation, this is an emotional moment.

Taylor Swift looks a bit disappointed to miss out on this one.