Cranking out news for the geeks, music buffs and gossip junkies, my way. -Greg

Its official we’ll be heading to Nashville for the 44^th Annual Country Music Awards. I have to say were pretty excited. Over the years we have been to many, many country concerts mostly in Saint Louis, MO. We’ve been to Kenny Chesney in Chicago and this past summer made it to the huge BamaJam Festival in Alabama. There is no doubt that this will be the biggest and greatest event yet for us. Come November 10^th G Machine will be taking notes and pictures on country music’s biggest night of the year. Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are back to host and a gang of the biggest stars are performing:

• Dierks Bentley
• Kenny Chesney
• Lady Antebellum
• Miranda Lambert
• Brad Paisley
• Reba
• Rascal Flatts
• Blake Shelton
• George Strait
• Taylor Swift
• Sugarland
• Carrie Underwood
• Keith Urban
• Zac Brown Band with Alan Jackson

Check back often for updates as it gets closer to the show. And make sure to check back after the event for a full story on the 2010 CMA’s in Nashville! -Greg

So the never ending Taylor Swift fad is wrapping the year up with 8, yeah 8 Grammy Nominations. Some of the larger being Record and Song of the Year. It would seem that Taylor is really pounding the music industry and has more than just taken it by storm. Its no secret that I’m a huge anti-Taylor fan, but it looks that there’s a lot more real fans out there than anti-fans. Kenny Chesney has also grabbed a Grammy Nomination this year for his “Down the Road” with Mac McAnally, for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. Taylor Swift maybe having a great year, but she still ain’t no Kenny Chesney. – Greg

Well it looks like Taylor is taking her ability to write to a different level. Taylor Swift and American Greetings are getting together to create a line of greeting cards, stationery, online greeting cards and more. Now, I know there is a joke in here somewhere, just give me a minute. Taylor says “My idea of a great song is a song that says how I feel better than I could. I feel the same way about greeting cards,” there it is, my idea of a great Taylor Swift song is one that she doesn’t sing, enter the greeting card, lol. She goes on to say “I’ve always been fascinated by feelings and how we express them to each other. Getting to write and design these cards is a wonderful experience.” Good for Taylor I like the idea of her using her talents for writing rather than performing. -Greg

So it seems that my man Kenny Chesney didn’t have a problem with Taylor winning EOY, so I’ll try (I said “try”) not too. Kenny is just showing his great nature and being the good guy. Maybe Taylor really did deserve it, or maybe it was just an extra pity vote or 2000, from the whole Kanye interruption. Still she is a talented song writer and apparently she has a HUGE following, I just think Kenny is on another level entirely and if you have ever been to 1 of his concerts, you know why.  -Greg

 Here is what Kenny and Taylor had to say before and after the award for Entertainer of the Year, from CMT:

Taylor Swift shared Kenny Chesney‘s congratulatory comments immediately after she was named entertainer of the year award at Wednesday’s (Nov. 11) CMA Awardsin Nashville. “He just said, ‘I’m so proud of you and I love you so much,’” she recalled. “We were texting earlier, and we were saying that same thing, like, ‘No matter what happens tonight, I love you so much.’ And it was just like I really, really love Kenny a lot. All the other people in the category with me have taken me out on tour as their opening act. Every one of them — Keith, Brad, George, Kenny — all of them. And so those are people that I’ve looked up to and just held up in my head as these heroes, and they’re always going to that for me.” Swift also said she was holding her breath during the announcement and that winning the night’s top award was “the most crazy, unexpected thing.”

So I am the Toby Keith Concert last night, not a bad show. He starts out with American Ride, which it hadn’t occurred to me before, but Lynn points out a verse in the song, “Got herself a record deal, can’t even sing a note.” Now I can’t say for sure, but I think it’s safe to say who he’s talking about, Taylor Swift. Honestly I had never been a huge Toby Keith fan, but at that moment I like him just a little more! You know last time he said something bad about some gals, the Dixie Chicks, they pretty much fell off the planet. Let’s just see how far it goes, thanks Toby! -Greg

Jen Schatz Hermen, sorry if you read this.. but its just my opinion.. and who am I?

Ok I’m not copying anyone else’s story for this one.. I have my own thoughts and comments for this one! So, I don’t really agree with what Kanye did, was sort of rude, but I love who he did it too. I can’t stand Taylor Swift, she is a great song writer which no one can argue that. Her talent beyond that is ZERO! She has a horrible voice, puts on a terrible performance every time, sounds like a bad night of karaoke even on the radio which should sound even better with the help of sound editing, and mastering. The only reason she is so popular if her teeny-bopper following that has no idea what real music should sound like. Even though I agree she is a great songwriter, the songs she writes are the same thing over and over and over and over and over. She would be best off selling 1 song to a different performer and let them perform it, as well as break up this ridiculous repeat of her songs over and over. I can’t stand the fact that she keeps winning awards, she is not good. Not good at all, I’m disappointed that she is winning any real awards, if it was teen choice awards, or I’m 13 and have no idea what I really am listening too, then that would be ok. Please stop buying her albums, please stop buying tickets to her shows, please kids wake up and stop obsessing over this girl. Please, stop the insanity! -Greg