CMA Awards

CMA = Country Music Awards!!!  Is on TV tonight and it's just so awesome!!

I have been a country music fan all my life!  My parents too!  My Dad used to sing in a band as a young man, and he can play several musical instruments.  My Grandpa B played the fiddle.  Everytime he would babysit us kids, we would wait for our parents to drive out the driveway, and then go get Dad's fiddle for him to play.  I remember he always liked to play Jingle Bells!!  We loved it!  We would dance around on the floor!  One story that I remember being told to me was when Grandpa B was working in the mine back in the 40s, and the mine flew in Hank Williams sr. to entertain the workers.  The fiddle player got drunk, and fell off the stage.  The band asked my grandpa to play with them.  Cause what's a country song without a fiddle!!!  :P  Unfortunately, I didn't pick up any musical instruments, except to play the stereo and sing along!!

I love the old country music, and I love the new country music!  I love bluegrass too!  It's soul music for me.  When I was in grade 7, I got a radio for christmas.  Late night skip would bring in the radio stations from the south, and I would listen to CFGM out of Richmond Hill, Ontario.  There was a call-in request program that use to come on late, and I would listen to it every night with my earphone so my parents wouldn't know that I was still up.  Most nights I would be fast to sleep, and the radio knocked to the floor playing out the earphone at 3am.  Once I woke up to the clearest version of "Ring of Fire" sung by Johnny Cash playing.  I still love that song every time I hear it to this day!!  Being the late 70s-early 80s, songs like "Joanie" sung by Conway Twitty, and "One Day At A Time" sung by the canadian singer, Carroll Baker were my favourites.  So fresh and new to me, I just waited on pins and needles to hear what song was going to be requested next.  I tried a few times to call in and get a song played, but never ever got through.  That was probably a blessing because I don't know which song I would want to hear!  LOL!

Fast-forward to 1997, and my hubby and I took a trip and stopped in Nashville, TN!  Country Music City!!  I was a like a sponge drinking up all the history!  Never did get to see anyone famous or any shows cause it was just a quick stop over for a couple days.  We did get to tour the Grand Ole Opry where we stood in the famous circle where so many GREAT country singers have stood to entertain the audience.  We got to sing "You are my Sunshine!"  I just belted it out like there was no tomorrow!!  HEHE!  I am truly a redneck deep in my soul, and I'm not ashamed to admit it!  As the years pass me by, I sometimes have to reign it in!

I have so many great memories attached to so many great country songs and country singers!  As I close off here, Taylor Swift is singing on the 45th CMA, and I'm still waiting to hear Faith Hill (who btw is 4 days older than me).  I am also looking forward to the tribute to Glen Campbell "The Rhinestone Cowboy."  Luke Bryan is singing "Country Girl Shake It For Me, Girl" and that's my new favourite song!  Miss Piggy just floored Brad Paisley!  LOL!!  Awesome show, just what this country girl needed!

NIGHT Y'ALL!  Going to enjoy the rest of the 45th CMA Awards!~

S