Will Kix Brooks AND Peter Cooper Get The Shoe Laces Out Of Their Respective Mouths?
Kix Brooks tried to back out of the statements he made last week concerning OUR Fan Fair, and he just dug himself in deeper.
Then Peter Cooper rides to his rescue, and they both go plunging off into the canyon.
They both must remember that FanFair was once something that older people flocked to each year-older people with plenty of money to spend. Those people used to go to Nashville on Friday or Saturday preceding FanFair Monday, and staying through the regular shows that ended on Thursday, the special show or two that was always on Friday, and right on until the next weekend. As a matter of fact, we used to spend two weeks in Nashville to enjoy all the things there were to do there, including Opryland.
Then, some wiseacre decided to move the dates mostly to the weekend, and the wheels fell off. Instead of major acts coming in on Monday through Thursday, and miss a check at a smaller venue, the acts were expected to miss one or more of their weekend big money dates to appear at Fan Fair.
As for these major stars that sign autographs, most of them do not. And I could care less anyways. I would much rather spend time and photo ops (and my money) on legends who know who is responsible for their career.
Cooper mentions Chesney and McGraw in his column, but in twenty years, there will be no massive catalog from either like there is from Jones, Haggard, Cash, Gill, or the current King of Country Music-George Strait.
Here is the column from Peter Cooper:
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=ff52cfe035434267889d53b0cd240a1f&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3aff52cfe035434267889d53b0cd240a1fPost%3a45dfe48b-c00e-4b53-ba9c-bbd8c7500b28&sid=sitelife.tennessean.com
Let me know what you think.
P.S. I was easy on Cooper this time because I know he likes honky-tonk, not badonky-donk. But I hope that he thinks a little more on the issues.
Then Peter Cooper rides to his rescue, and they both go plunging off into the canyon.
They both must remember that FanFair was once something that older people flocked to each year-older people with plenty of money to spend. Those people used to go to Nashville on Friday or Saturday preceding FanFair Monday, and staying through the regular shows that ended on Thursday, the special show or two that was always on Friday, and right on until the next weekend. As a matter of fact, we used to spend two weeks in Nashville to enjoy all the things there were to do there, including Opryland.
Then, some wiseacre decided to move the dates mostly to the weekend, and the wheels fell off. Instead of major acts coming in on Monday through Thursday, and miss a check at a smaller venue, the acts were expected to miss one or more of their weekend big money dates to appear at Fan Fair.
As for these major stars that sign autographs, most of them do not. And I could care less anyways. I would much rather spend time and photo ops (and my money) on legends who know who is responsible for their career.
Cooper mentions Chesney and McGraw in his column, but in twenty years, there will be no massive catalog from either like there is from Jones, Haggard, Cash, Gill, or the current King of Country Music-George Strait.
Here is the column from Peter Cooper:
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=ff52cfe035434267889d53b0cd240a1f&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3aff52cfe035434267889d53b0cd240a1fPost%3a45dfe48b-c00e-4b53-ba9c-bbd8c7500b28&sid=sitelife.tennessean.com
Let me know what you think.
P.S. I was easy on Cooper this time because I know he likes honky-tonk, not badonky-donk. But I hope that he thinks a little more on the issues.
posted by John at 9:24 PM
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