Issue 544 52Nd Acms: Radio Reacts Country Radio Pros Offer Thoughts on Last Night’S (4/2) 52Nd ACM Awards
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April 3, 2017, Issue 544 52nd ACMs: Radio Reacts Country radio pros offer thoughts on last night’s (4/2) 52nd ACM Awards. WSM-FM/Nashville morning host Marty McFly: After see- ing Lady A’s performance I will never use the term “band geek” again. That was great! I’m pretty sure Faith sounded amazing, but she looked so beautiful it was hard to bring me out of my “Faith haze.” They need an “I’m really damn good at everything” award for Keith Urban. WQHK/Fort Wayne PD Dave Michaels: The last few ACMs, I’ve been in the audience, and I can truthfully say that watching from home was much more comfortable. This was one of the Marty McFly better ACM Awards I’ve seen recently as far as performances went. Miranda’s performance of “Tin Man” was a highlight, as was Lady A’s “You Look Good.” My wife really liked the Backstreet Boys at the end. I Weight Of These Wins: ACM Female Vocalist and Album really like the artists that thanked Country radio. honoree Miranda Lambert and team cheer her record-setting KKBQ/Houston Dir./Operations John- eighth consecutive Female win. Pictured (l-r) are ShopKeeper ny Chiang: I thought the show was very well Management’s Crystal Dishmon, Sony/Nashville’s Ken Robold produced and executed. The pacing was terrific and Randy Goodman, Lambert, ShopKeeper Management’s – never felt like three hours to me. My favorite Marion Kraft and Sony’s John Zarling and Steve Hodges. parts were the Lady A incorporation of the UNLV marching band and of course Dave Michaels ACM Quotebook Jason Aldean the FGL collaboration with the • “Whenever any of us are up Backstreet Boys. for these awards, we all want to WRBT/Harrisburg MD/mornings Nancy win. Everybody can come up here Ryan: Lady Antebellum literally blew me away! and blow smoke up your ass, ‘It’s Amazing energy to start and just nice to be nominated.’ Whatev- then the surprise addition of er. I can promise you every one of Johnny Chiang another set of horns was a them wanted to win. But we’re also jaw-drop. We spoke to Brett El- friends and root for each other.” dredge on Saturday and he promised Vegas style –Jason Aldean on competing for “different” and he delivered. Loved every second Entertainer. of it. The sheer joy of the Brothers Osborne • “It’s basically like my diary jumping up onstage to accept their award ... Tim Nancy Ryan won Album of the Year. And my and Faith’s duet, the passionate kiss at the end ... dad actually had the title ‘Weight (continued on page 7) ©2017 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] April 3, 2017 Page 4 Of These Wings’ for a song and we Miranda MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE never wrote it. I asked permission Lambert from him to use it because I thought Play It Again's Maggie Rose discusses her it was beautiful and really fitting.” most influential music: –Female Vocalist and Album winner 1. Paul McCartney: I saw him in Nashville Miranda Lambert and obviously my expectations were super • “I kind of want you to – narcissis- high, but he exceeded them. He's responsible tically – walk into my house and see for all these melodies that are ingrained in my my awards, but is that like gloating brain. And he played an hour longer. He was a little bit? Do you put them in a side like, "Nashville, you know we gotta go home room? But I don’t want to act like I’m at some point," towards the end of the show. not appreciative of the awards. There’s That was very inspiring. Maggie Rose a whole mental acrobatics with what 2. Saint Paul And The Broken Bones: you do with these things.” –Brothers Seeing him come onstage with the glasses ... at the time he was Osborne’s TJ Osborne on plans for his ACM trophies. a little bit of a nerdy looking fella. He opened his mouth – and it • “I was looking at sounds cheesy, but my eyes started welling up with tears because the clock and was like, I was like, "What do you know?" I had expectations about him Little Big Town ‘We got to get this go- sounding a certain way and then his voice blew my mind. ing so we can have In 3. Jason Isbell's "Elephant": That song [made me feel] like, ‘N’ Out, champagne "I don't know how to do anything. I shouldn't be here." He talks and Big Little Lies!’” about something really heavy, like dealing with cancer, in the –Little Big Town’s most poetic but conversational way. It just takes you there. Karen Fairchild on 4. Linda Ronstadt: She made music for herself. She drifted rushing their Vocal between country and rock and she was her own person. And Group acceptance her voice.UPDATE No one can duplicate what she was doing. speech. 5. Van Morrison's "Into The Mystic": This song is a full- • “When they called body experience to me. I will always stop what I'm doing to take my name I just looked a listen to it if it comes on. at Lauren and was • Highly regarded music you've never heard: The Band like, ‘This is not hap- is one of my husband Austin's absolute favorite bands, and I pening and I’m not going.’ She kept hitting my leg saying, ‘Go, hate to admit I only know some of their well-known works. I now. Get up there!’” –Thomas Rhett on winning Male Vocalist. should do a little homework. • “In any other world of media or competition it would be • "Important" music you just don't get: New Wave. I love hard for a competing awards show to the Pixies, but I didn't really get the industrial type of sound. It honor another, but in country music just sounded dark to me. we really are a family and I think they Thomas • An album you listened to incessantly: I really loved really wanted to honor the work.” Rhett Born and Raised by John Mayer. It was recorded beautifully. The –”Forever Country” producer Shane writing was really descriptive and direct. McAnally on the CMA project taking • Obscure or non-country song everyone should listen the ACM for Video. to right now: Them Vibes are a Nashville band and they have • “This is for you, Linda Lee. We this song called "Mamma's Gotta Secret," and it's so awesome. love you. She’s here with us tonight.” It reminds me of a modern-day Led Zeppelin production. –WYCD/Detroit’s Rob Stone accept- • Music you'd rather not admit to enjoying: I love Electronic ing his and Lee’s ACM Major Market Dance Music and I'm not apologizing for listening to Top 40. I love Personality onstage during Party For A me some Nick Jonas. He can sing higher than I can sometimes. Cause at The Joint in Las Vegas. ©2017 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] April 3, 2017 Page 7 Chart Chat • Aaron Watson expanded Big Label Records promotion On Feb. 2, 2015, Luke Bryan’s “I See You” team (3/31). became the sixth No. 1 from his Crash My Party, setting a new record for chart-toppers from a sin- 52nd ACMs: Radio Reacts gle album. Now, he’s done it again as “Fast” be- (continued from page 1) comes the sixth song from Kill The Lights to reach Reba’s moving performance ... and FGL/BSB had everybody on their the chart pinnacle. Congrats to Luke, Royce feet dancing (everybody but Newman). It was fast moving and fun. Risser, Bobby Young, David Friedman and Luke Bryan WLHK/Indianapolis morning host Dave the extended Capitol, UMG/Nashville and O’Brien: Loved the show! From the high-en- Red Light team on doubling down on a milestone. Songwriters ergy performances by Carrie and Keith, Lady are Bryan, Rodney Clawson and Luke Laird. Cheers! Antebellum and Brett Eldredge to the stripped- And kudos to George Briner and the Valory reps on posting down but captivating performances by Miranda 97 adds for “Craving You” by Thomas Rhett f/Maren Morris, and Maren Morris, it ran the gamut of styles topping this week’s board. and emotions, just like Country music should. I love the new Brothers Osborne, Old Dominion, Thomas Rhett/Maren Morris, Chris Stapleton, Dave O’Brien News & Notes Lady Antebellum and Little Big Town. Cole Swin- iHeartMedia WRXL-HD2/Richmond & FM dell and Dierks Bentley were loose and having fun on their duet translator W253BI has added Premiere’s The Bobby Bones and Tim and Faith could not have given us a sweeter moment with Show in mornings. Concurrently, Classic Rock clustermate WRVQ their performance and genuine delight at the end of it. Acceptance afternoon host Mojo comes aboard for a split midday shift. speeches were short, real and heartfelt, and the hosts did another Listen here. The signal launched in 2015 (CAT 7/27/15). great job. I liked their pictures from around Vegas, particularly Prophecy has flippedKIXT/Waco TX to Classic Rock. fishing at the Bellagio and joining Cirque. iHeartMedia FM translator W227CX/West Palm flipped WJVC/Nassau VP/Programming Phathead: from a simulcast of Country WAVW/Stuart to Christmas. Top performances go to Lady Antebellum, FGL/ Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus and former Tennessee Titan/ BSB, and Keith/Carrie.