He's a bright guy. I don't have anything to do with him creatively. He was really trying to make a difference. So I don't know where the resistance to roots country is coming from. Radio blames the record companies.
Record companies blame radio.
You have all these millions of people buying the flavor of the month. It is what it is. Ultimately you have to have the courage to do what you want to do. She puts her fork in her salad, then leaves it. When I think about this man and what he has done and the body of work he has done and is still doing as a writer, as a bandleader, as a singer, the fact that he isn't on the charts is a travesty.