<h3>The 2008 Country Music Association Awards Recap</h3>
<p>Last night&#8217;s 42nd annual <a title="CMA Awards" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/cma-awards-tickets-pre-sale-starts-now/">CMA Awards</a> show was both a hit and a miss in my book. Artists like <a title="Sugarland" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/sugarland-concert-tour-tickets/">Sugarland</a> and <a title="Carrie Underwood" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/carrie-underwood-tour-dates/">Carrie Underwood</a> demonstrated that they are not only hits on the radio, but hitsduring a live performance as well. Meanwhile, top-grossing artists like <a title="Taylor Swift" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSTSwift/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Ftaylor-swift-tickets%2F">Taylor Swift</a> and <a title="Jason Aldean" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSAldean/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fjason-aldean-tickets%2F">Jason Aldean</a> show that sometimes all you need is a pretty face and a great marketing machine to back it. Many people are up in arms over the way that the night played out, and what it means for the current state of Nashville and the future of country music.</p>
<p>My favorite country music news source, <a href="http://www.the9513.com/the-malec-minute-country-musics-biggest-night-wasnt-country" title="Country Music’s Biggest Night Wasn’t Country">The 9513</a>, cites</p>
<blockquote><p> &#8220;Country Music’s Biggest Night Wasn’t Country&#8230; if you are reading this website now, on the morning after, not because you’re looking for pictures of <a title="Kellie Pickler" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/kellie-pickler-concert-tour-tickets/">Kellie Pickler</a>’s boobs but because you love country music, or because you like country music, or even because you have just a passing interest in one of the few contemporary art forms that can be said to be truly and uniquely American, you should feel both insulted and outraged by what you witnessed last night.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://family.dhcountrymusic.com" title="Country Music Community"> DH Country Music</a> site administrator and <a href="http://www.theearpsrock.com" title="The Earps">Earps </a>guitarist Ump had this to say:</p>
<p align="center">[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0PM9VeGfqQ]</p>
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