Garth Brooks admitted to lip-syncing his performance at Wednesday night's CMA Awards show -- but the guy had just performed five sold-out shows in the Tacoma Dome within three days.
The big kahuna -- the award everyone aspires to obtain -- is the entertainer of the year award. Garth Brooks won last year, and he's my pick to win it again this year.
The Country Music Awards are tonight (Nov. 2) in Nashville and the big prize is the Entertainer of The Year award for country music artists. It's a coveted award by the artists themselves, as it is seen as the ultimate accomplishment. Luke Bryan has won it two years in a row, but this year competition is tough. You can take our poll and we'll reveal who Yakima wants to win on The Morning Bullpen.
I grew up in the '80s, a time when Ronnie Milsap, Eddie Rabbit, Juice Newton and Alabama ruled the country music landscape and the thought of traditional country was in the rear view mirror as artists like Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennnings and Merle Haggard saw their radio hits waning.
At the time, a lot of folks where unhappy with the rise of country pop and the pendulum swung as count
For the second time Wednesday night, Chris Stapleton's name was called to receive yet another CMA Award in the first year he was nominated as an artist. This time, it was to accept the prize for Album of the Year.