November 19, 2020

 

Backlash over CMA Prine snub


Some country icons who died this year were honored during the 2020 CMAs (including Kenny Rogers, Charlie Daniels, and Mac Davis), but three icons went unmentioned during the broadcast: John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Billy Joe Shaver. In protest, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires have announced that they’re returning their lifetime membership cards to the Country Music Association. The Country Music Association offered the following comment:
The CMA Awards broadcast historically does not include an In Memoriam segment. An In Memoriam did air in 2017 to honor the victims of the tragic shooting at Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas. In order to recognize those we have lost each year, the CMA does include an In Memoriam tribute on our website and in our annual CMA Awards Program Guide, which was mailed to CMA members ahead of this year's broadcast. To note, this year's In Memoriam includes those lives lost prior to the program guide’s printing deadline of October 14, 2020.

# posted by Stewart @ 7:57 PM
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