CMA Chat

I have been looking forward to the CMA Awards for weeks like I do every year! Not just because my schedule pretty much consists of sitting on the couch and watching TV right now, but because I breathe country music...ALMOST! It's the reason that I loved my job so much when I was a DJ for the country radio station in my hometown (and YES I miss it)!

I thought Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley were a perfect hosting pair again this year! I know most of what they say is scripted for them, but I loved their opening bit with the rewritten renditions to the Beverly Hillbilly theme song and again with..

"Well, she caught Tiger with some tail it's plain to see,
Brett Favre's taking up photography.
Is it me or have pro sports gone straight to hell,
Ever since they caught Old Tiger with some tail?"

Just hilarious! :)

Rascal Flatts is by far my most favorite band (I tend to be a little obsessive even) and they gave a great performance of their new song "Why Wait!" I can't "wait" for their new CD Nothing Like This to come out on Tuesday!! Every time one of their albums has come out, I have gone to buy it before classes that day or anything so I can listen to the whole album first. Pretty bad huh? I wish they would have won Vocal Group of the Year instead of Lady Antebellum, but they just didn't have as good of a year. :(

I cannot get over how Reba never seems to age!! She looked incredible! A lot of people were disappointed that she took Beyonce's song "If I Were A Boy," but they said last night Reba actually wrote that song and I actually liked Reba singing it a lot more than Beyonce.

One of my favorite moments was when Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson performed their single "Don't You Wanna Stay." If I hadn't heard it for myself I wouldn't have believed they would sound so good together but it made me want to get his album even more than I wanted already.


I was shockingly surprised that Gwyneth Paltrow sounded as good as she did! I never would have put her and country music into the same category even if it is just for the movie, but now I really want to see Country Strong when it comes to theaters on January 7th.


I was so happy for Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton for winning Female and Male Vocalists of the Year! Blake has been in the shadows for so long that it was definitely his time! He also won the Event of the Year Award with Trace Atkins for "Hillbilly Bone." Miranda not only won the Female Vocalist of the Year, but also Best Song of the Year and Best Album of the Year! It was especially meaningful to me because the radio station that I was a DJ for was one of the only radio stations in Texas that at first agreed to play Miranda's music and helped to put her on the map. I also got to talk to her on the phone while working there and she truly is a class act! She gave me one of the biggest laughs of the night when accepting her award for Female Vocalist of the Year when she said, "I don't know what's goin' on. I just told Blake I think we need to go to church."


Probably the most deserving man of the evening was Brad Paisley for winning the Entertainer of the Year award! I really wanted him to win after the awesome year he had. He was also deeply effected by the Nashville flood that hit earlier this year; losing millions of dollars worth in music equipment that was used in a lot of his concerts. Congrats, Brad! There's a reason your song "Then" is our first dance song for our wedding!


Finally, I had to close with this gorgeous picture of Carrie in her purple ball gown! I thought it was amazing and quite elegant! She had a lot of mixed reviews on how she looked in it but I personally would LOVE to have it in my closet!

So what did y'all think of the CMA's?!?