RE: dreaded artist of the decade (plus Rushmore)

[Ph. Barnard]

Jon:
> Blackhawk is utterly unmeritorious, but by God, if you want to get to
> Diamond Rio, you're going to have to get past me and Louise Kyme - and
> buddy, let me tell you, she is tough.

Hoowee, "utterly unmeritorious" is the nicest thing one can say <g>.
Guess I'll just leave the Rio boys to Louise...

Btw, Jon, I must confess I'm hearing more and more 
mainstream Nashville cuts that strike me as good, respectable stuff 
these days.  Maybe there *is* a trend....  Yesterday , for 
ex., I heard that Trisha song, "Powerful Thing" (or whatever the 
title is) and thought it was an entirely enjoyable sort of pop-twang 
number, nice fiddle line, etc.  Better than a lot of what I've heard 
in recent times....


--junior