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Thursday, November 12, 2009

CMAs and Sammy Sosa...

Congrats to Taylor Swift for all of her wins last night at the CMA’s (Music Video of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year, and Entertainer of the Year). Congrats also to Charleston native Darius Rucker for winning Best New Artist of the Year. It seems Darius is just the second black performer singer to win an individual CMA award. Charley Pride won Entertainer of the Year in 1971 and Male Vocalist of the Year in 1971 and 1972. I love Darius, I loved him with Hootie and the Blowfish and I love him as a country singer. So it is with all due respect to Darius that I say what Charley Pride did was far greater than what Darius has done. I’m not saying it’s easy now for a black performer in country music… but I am saying it’s a heck of a lot easier now than it was in the early ‘70s.

Then again, the early ‘70s didn’t have all of the media outlets that we have now… so there’s a chance most country music fans back then didn’t know Pride was black. I can’t help but think about how it was when Pride’s friends found out he was going to the awards show. I think it was probably something like the scene in Lethal Weapon 2 when Leo and Murtaugh talk to the South African consulate about Murtaugh going to South Africa.



Anyway, it was a good show last night that was worth watching.

I’ve never been a Sammy Sosa fan, but still… What the hell happened to this guy? He went from this:



To this:


That ain’t right.

Before I forget… promotional consideration for the blog today is paid for by PS3




Cleveland Cavs update: The Cavs won at Orlando last night 102-93. They are playing in Miami tonight.

Winthrop Eagles update: The Eagles signed 6’9” center Martaveous Smith out of Burke County, Georgia yesterday.
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