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CHAPTER 1 The crowd at the 2012 Country Music Association CMA Awards in Nashville Tennessee murmured as the nominees were read for Song of the Year As music video clips from the five nominated songs were shown nominees Blake Shelton and his wife fellow country singer Miranda Lambert sat patiently in the audience A Night of Awards 7 ABD_ECL_SHEL_FPGS indd 710 10 14 10 59
And the CMA Award for Song of the Year goes to There was a pause as country singer Darius Rucker opened the envelope Over You by Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton 1 The crowd erupted in cheers and applause as Lambert turned to Shelton and buried her face in his shoulder Then she collected herself and they made their way to the stage to accept their award Lambert already sobbing gestured to Shelton to make the speech I lost my brother in a car wreck when I was 14 years old and later in life when I decided I wanted to be a country singer my dad always told me Son you should write a song about your brother And I lost my dad in January and it’s so amazing 8 CONTEMPORARY LIVES BLAKE SHELTON Country music has its roots in Appalachian Mountain fiddle players who made recordings in the early 1900s But it wasn’t until the 1920s that country music was recorded and listened to by a wider audience Most music historians believe country music started in 1927 with artists such as Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family Country music also includes the country western genre It uses syncopated rhythms steel guitars and bigger bands Mainstream country music is simpler and uses fewer instruments HISTORY OF COUNTRY MUSIC ABD_ECL_SHEL_FPGS indd 810 10 14 10 59
A NIGHT OF AWARDS 9 Although Shelton won other awards at the 2012 CMA Awards winning Song of the Year with Lambert meant the most to him ABD_ECL_SHEL_FPGS indd 910 10 14 10 59
