{"id":10196,"date":"2018-11-11T10:18:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T16:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=10196"},"modified":"2023-09-03T20:20:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T20:20:13","slug":"ameripolitan-awards-to-honor-mr-larry-collins-and-more-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=10196","title":{"rendered":"Ameripolitan Awards To Honor Mr. Larry Collins AND MORE NEWS!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have a lot of projects brewing for 2019, I have already verbally or signed contracts with 4 festivals and a few small shows across America. So fret not my dear readers I shall be down in Memphis to cover the 2019 Ameripolitan Awards <\/a>for you!<\/p>\n

HERE IS<\/a> my complete coverage of the event as well as my LIVE BLOG<\/a> which I had fun doing last year. I’m going to embed some history of the event here, as well as the nominees for 2019 because voting is OPEN NOW, and you can vote by going HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Down below I have included all the links for the bands and artists involved and will be HEAVILY tagging them on social media. PLEASE go voice YOUR opinions and VOTE for YOUR favorite band, and if you cannot make it to Memphis YOU CAN log on here for my live blog.<\/p>\n

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About Ameripolitan<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re not leaving Country Music behind, we\u2019re taking \u201creal\u201d country music with us.
\nThe Ameripolitan Music Awards were created to benefit and acknowledge artists whose work does not readily conform to the tastes of today\u2019s \u201ccountry\u201d or other music genres and organizations. It also provides fans with a means of finding these artists and their music.<\/p>\n

Ameripolitan \u2013 This thought provoking word is intended to be an invitation to discuss the future of the music that is important to so many of us. By leaving the hopelessly compromised word \u201ccountry\u201d behind and exclusively using the term \u201cAmeripolitan\u201d, our intention is to reestablish this music\u2019s own unique identity, elevate its significance and help reinvigorate it creatively. Also, because of our place in history, we have the privilege and responsibility to pass a great musical tradition on to future generations who will otherwise have no direct connection to this music.<\/p>\n

We believe this extra effort is necessary because, for the majority of people under the age 50 years old, their country music experience has been vastly different. As far back as the 1970s, corporations began descending upon country music. Executives, disdainful of the great musical tradition they had inherited, were placed in charge of country music. With ruthless efficiency they separated the music from its roots, redefined the brand, until finally, they succeeded in remaking country music their own superficial image. Today, the only remaining vestige of tradition in country music is the name.<\/p>\n

The days of debating the definition of what is, and what is not country music now seem irrelevant. No one involved in producing country music today can even begin to comprehend the argument. Alabama and Lynyrd Skynyrd are classic country to them.<\/p>\n

In our opinion, it is time to concede the point, leave them all to their own devices, and put the whole unpleasant chapter behind us. Once we have stopped wasting our time defending the \u201cgood name\u201d of country music or decrying the ill-suited alternatives, we can go back to where the record skipped and continue on from there.<\/p>\n

The Ameripolitan Music genre is here. We invite all of you who love Ameripolitan Music to help spread the word.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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