Originally Posted by
Ivan Kelsall
From doc holiday- " Bradley Walker was the 2007 IBMA vocalist of the year....". You may or may not remember that many years back,the Australian (British born) girl singer Olivia Newton John,was crowned Female Country Singer Of The Year by the Country Music Association ,purely on the grounds of having a big hit with John Denver's song "Take Me Home Country Roads". Was she a 'Country singer',or merely a singer of a 'Country' song - there's a HUGE difference. I think that the same may apply to Mr Walker. I listen to a LOT of Bluegrass radio stations on the I'net & i've yet to hear one 'Bluegrass' track from BW,also,when i look at his website,there's not a 'Bluegrass' recording on there.
Please don't get me wrong here - i'm not criticising BW's talent,simply that like the case of Olivia Newton John,some artistes take on the 'colour' of their latest song release.
As for Lynyrd Skynyrd - I love ''Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time's'' version of "Sweet Home Alabama". Maybe we should be putting Larry & the gang in for a Rock band gong,:cool:
Ivan