Speaking of the CMA's, I was in the City on Tuesday night for at Joe's Pub for their songwriter series, this time it was a singer/songwriter spotlight with Jon Randal, Lori McKenna, Jamie O'Neal and Jo Dee Messina because the awards were being announced the next morning and they had a big banner behind the stage for the award show.

ABC had someone there interviewing the artists and taping the show for what I assume is stuff for online or to be used as part of promos. At one point, I caught the camera pointing at me out of the corner of my eye (he was at my table doing cutaway shots as I was near the stage and I was a party of one so I had the free area. Jessi Alexander was there also because the local dates she was with Trisha was canceled and she was taping some promo spots for the award show.

I had wanted to talk with Lori and Jessi after the show but the CMA person that was there made everyone leave. Tried waiting outside but had a train to catch to get back home (which I was listening to XM during the ride). Funny thing as I was driving home from the train station, I was listening to US Country and about 1:40 am, the station goes quiet and I'm thing why the dropout so I change the channel and the music comes on so its not a dropout. So I grabbed the Myfi and turned that on and no music on 17 and the pad data still showing the last song.

Cant wait for the next one there, Victoria Shaw, Gary Burr and Don Henry and guests. With those three, the crowd wont know what hit them.

Have to go to the local theater tomorrow and make my final payment on group tickets for the Kathy Mattea Fan Club and fellow Clowns from the mailing list/ Yahoo Group. I secured the first two rows and part of the third row whit everyone coming in from all over the US and a few from Overseas who are coming to visit their daughter and to see the shows.