Yep. Call me nuts, but I'd so love to see my favorite country singer, Bucky Covington, walk away with one of those silly CMT Music Awards belt-buckle doodad trophies this year. "A Different World" is a terrific song and performance, of course, but it isn't just that, nor is it the fact that the video really is a lovely, sunny, fairly-artsy-for-a-country-music-video delight to watch. It's all that, and a big dollop of pure respect for a talented guy who worked hard in bars and clubs far away from Nashville, New York or L.A. long before Idol and Hollywood came along, and who stuck to a dream long enough to make it happen. That's an attitude I can support and give lots of spare time to celebrate, whether it's a very gracious new celebrity, or an unknown but gifted guy or girl next door.
I think we all have that dream deep inside, about something we're good at (and everyone is good at something--not Pollyanna talk, just fact.) We work hard (only it doesn't seem like hard work, because we're doing what we love), we hone our talents and perfect our craft, we keep our eyes peeled for the...
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