Everybody Wants To Party In Nashville!

Music City outdid itself last week hosting the NFL Draft and having 600,000 hit the streets, making Nashville look like New York City on New Year's Eve!

Tim McGraw and Dierks Bentley did post draft free concerts. Luke Bryan did a half-hour on-set. Taylor Swift showed up to add some additional buzz. It was impressive. The NFL was very happy and the folks throwing the party were overwhelmed.

Nashville wants another shot at hosting The Grammys and being host city for a Super Bowl. The Grammys might try Music City again. The Super Bowl probably no time soon. The city needs a dome station ... then maybe.

Grammys' first and only time outside NY/LA was years ago, March 3rd, 1973. Aired live on CBS from The Tennessee Theater. The 15th Grammys: Andy Williams hosted; one of the big winners was Johnny Cash, another George Harrison for the Bangladesh concert.

The logistics were all screwed up and Nashville didn't handle it well. Moving VIPs around town was a disaster. The Grammys after that have only happened in New York City or Los Angeles.

The Billboard Awards had a total audience of 7.96 million, down 12.5% in the 18-49 demo. All the award shows are down. CMAs, ACMs, AMAs ... all down 24% in 18-49 and 18 % in total viewers.

The youngest music fans and the older ones are not blending well. Bro Country and Classic don't mix but someone better figure out how or CMAs are headed for another slide. Are award shows still viable in 2019? The biggesdt thing: cord cutters! TV is shrinking! To be continued...

One-third of 2019 is over . Luke Combs and Dan & Shay seemed to be having the most momentum for the 2018 award season. Everyone on both of those teams hitting home runs. Luke was a big winner at the Billboard Awards. Combs is unique and his music is resonating. Carrie Underwood won the Country Female Award.

Carrie is busy getting her huge tour underway. Her fan base supports her in every way. She is the female artist getting big airplay and sales. Studies and commentary still flying on the lack of females on the air at Country radio. The big question is why? Are men turned off by the singing styles and subject matter? Who knows, but you never hear those questions discussed. Tammy and Loretta sang to the ladies and this generation seems to, so what is the problem? No one is brave enough to even guess. Still the problem grows.

The announcement of Ryman getting into the TV show business is rumbling around Music Row. Nothing public yet. Talk shows, variety shows? What could be the golden ticket?

Tour season is almost in full swing. Carrie out for full first weekend and many more start in the next two weeks. Summer is here!