Re: I wish Rascal Flatts would?

Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 00:42:04 -0500 (CDT)
Newsgroups: rec.music.country.western
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From: email-address-deleted (Country=A0Boy):
<<Don't be so sure. You really don't know much about them, do you?>>
This one takes the cake, CB. As a matter of fact, I know a lot more
about them than you think. Before they got signed to Lyric Sreet, 2/3
of the group used to play weekly at a bar in Nashville that I frequented
at the time. In fact, it was almost my second home for a while. You
know, the type of place where all the regulars knew each other, the
owners would host private after hours parties for us and the bartenders
would have your beer opened and waiting as soon as you walked through
the door (yeah, I spent entirely too much time there). They still pop
in from time to time, during Fan Fair or CRS. I've seen them play on
numerous occasions and kind of knew the guys. I've heard them do Merle
Haggard and George Jones, so I know what they're capable of. That's
what people in Printer's Alley want to hear. Unfortunately, with the
record deal came the MTV style clothes and the schmaltzy pop music.
That's what the teenage girls want to hear. It's selling records, so
good for them. But that doesn't change my opinion of them being
sellouts and bad pop artists. Not to mention, the lead singer (who
wasn't with them in the bar days) sucks. You'll argue that the country
music industry needs them for their record sales, but I say it would be
a lot better off artistically without them
-HD