Big Machine to Make Motley Crue Country Tribute Album
Glam metal band Mötley Crüe confided in the world today that they are calling it quits after three decades, and are doing so in a dramatic fashion by signing a legally-binding contract that stipulates that the band cannot tour after 2015—the time after an upcoming 75-city final tour is scheduled to wrap up.
But buried in the litany of announcements and side stories about the Mötley Crüe retirement was a little nugget of info with a country music angle. Apparently the band has signed a contract with Scott Borchetta and Big Machine Records—the home of Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts, and Tim McGraw—to produce a country-themed Mötley Crüe tribute album to be released this summer.
Scott Borchetta was at the press conference announcing the Mötley Crüe retirement, and proclaimed himself a “not-so-secret” fan of the Crüe, saying, “Our album will highlight just how great the Mötley Crüe song catalog is.”
Mötley Crüe will not be playing any of the music on the album, and the band is not planning to “go country”. Instead the music will be handled by a list of current country stars. Confirmed artists already on board for the tribute album include Big Machine artists Florida Georgia Line, Brantley Gilbert, and Justin Moore, as well as LeAnn Rimes Eli Young Band, and reality star Cassadee Pope.
Insert your favorite anecdote about how modern country is nothing more than rehashed 80’s hair metal here.
January 28, 2014 @ 5:40 pm
80s hair metal would be a major improvement over bro country…
January 28, 2014 @ 11:11 pm
I agree but what would a bro country act covering 80s hair metal be? Brohair? Brometal?
January 28, 2014 @ 11:17 pm
what makes you think this won’t be a mashup of the two?
January 29, 2014 @ 10:28 am
Actually, in sonic terms, there would be no difference between bro-country and 80s hair metal.
January 29, 2014 @ 5:11 pm
Some of the lyrics are similar too.
Girls, Girls, Girls = girl, girl, girl/hey girl/that girl (repeated over and over)
Dr. Feelgood = that real good feel good stuff
January 29, 2014 @ 10:45 pm
The melody in 80s hair metal power ballads was magnitudes better than in bro country.
January 29, 2014 @ 2:16 pm
Less trucks and dirt! An improvement for sure.
January 28, 2014 @ 5:41 pm
My. god.
January 28, 2014 @ 5:48 pm
This is NOT what I was expecting to hear from the Crüe about their retirement. They’ve been peddling that angle for about two years now, so where is the “official” announcement located, Trigger? Oh, and are you going to review this album? I can’t wait to hear your feelings on “Dr. Feelgood” by Taylor Swift, “Girls, Girls, Girls” by Florida Georgia Line, “Home Sweet Home” by Carrie Underwood and “Shout at the Devil” by Brantley Gilbert. Also, what is the benefit of having a contract that binds them from touring after 2015? What possible benefit could that have?
January 28, 2014 @ 5:49 pm
Also, a country album from these guys would be … interesting, if not necessarily good. Guitarist Mick Mars has made mention of his liking for country music in the past and even has said at other times that he’s wondered whether country music was his true calling.
January 28, 2014 @ 5:58 pm
Honestly, I’ve been trying to spend all day avoiding this story, and I’m angry I had to post this one. I don’t care where their press conference was, though I have gleaned that the point of signing the contract is so they don’t screw their fans by doing incessant farewell tours like so many other performers have done (incidentally, there’s murmurs this is going to happen with George Strait).
I’m sure when the album is released I will give it a sniff. All of this just smacks to the sensationalized news cycle and surreptitiously squeezing fans out of their hard -earned dollars.
“And now to present the CMA for Male Vocalist of the Year, Motley Crue!” (they come out on stage in full full glam metal attitudinal regalia).
And I don’t really have a big problem with Motley Crue. This is all just too much.
January 28, 2014 @ 6:04 pm
If you’re angry about it, why post it? I doubt much of anyone that frequents this site gives a crap about Mötley Crüe. Heck, the majority of their fans from their heyday don’t give a crap about them anymore. But you’re right about the CMA awards: it baffled me when KISS showed up in 2010 (?) and presented an award in full makeup. I thought at least they’d perform one of their songs like Steven Tyler did at the same show, but nope. Mötley Crüe would be even more of a bastardization of the proceedings given their jackass personalities and propensity to shock. I like their music but have no need for anything else from the band.
January 28, 2014 @ 6:14 pm
You are completely right, it does just smack of a desperate last attempt to garner attention and money before they retire. Pretty tragic really. I guess for some it’s not about exiting gracefully and with dignity intact. Fair enough, grace and dignity don’t put gas in that Lamborghini, son!
January 28, 2014 @ 7:32 pm
That Strait is signing a similar “no tour” contract or that he will tour after his farewell tour? We already knew he’d be playing shows, just not the 20 city full-blown arena tours he’s been putting on annually.
January 29, 2014 @ 2:28 pm
No, I haven’t seen any plans on him signing any “no tour” contracts, but there has been murmurings of additional cities or additional legs of his farewell tour being added, which is just about the way it always works. That’s why this Motley Crue announcement had such an impact.
January 29, 2014 @ 4:24 pm
Winning Entertainer of the Year probably fueled those flames. In this case, I hope so. I missed him last year and it will take a miracle for me to see him this year.
January 28, 2014 @ 10:51 pm
Trigger, don’t go away mad!
Honestly, I just started laughing when I saw the title of this post. This is going to be awesome. Trying to figure out what dopey Big Machine whore is going to cover what glam metal song is endless comedy (see comments regarding Rascal Flatulence and Live Wire below). I have been having a really hard time guessing which song would be best for Tim McGraw to auto tune. Seriously, all this is going to do is reveal what a bunch of schlock bro country and pop country are.
The only real downside is if Big Machine somehow forces the Mavericks to record something for the album.
January 29, 2014 @ 6:05 am
I think we’re all going to need to seen in some paypal donations to keep Trigger supplied with Tums and Whiskey so he can make it through this year without being sent to the nervous hospital.
January 28, 2014 @ 6:11 pm
Haha! At first I thought it might be one of those ‘Picking on ….’ albums. I have one called Picking on Aerosmith and it’s an instrumental album of Aerosmith songs done bluegrass style. It’s hilarious, and actually very pretty. I think this Motley Crue Tribute might actually be quite funny. I was always trying to convince my hillbilly singer/song writer ex to cover Britney’s ‘Oops, I did it again’ in a honky tonk style. It totally lends itself to that, and would be funny as shit. Damn, I’m all about the comedy. I love Motley Crue! I grew up on that stuff and still bust out Girls, Girls, Girls from time to time. Hey, it’s a good album!
January 28, 2014 @ 6:39 pm
There are two tragedies here, the first being a country Motley Crue album. The second being the talent of LeAnn Rimes being totally wasted.
January 28, 2014 @ 6:53 pm
I thought this was a fake news post. Than I remembered hearing that Motley Crue was doing their last tour and realized it was real.
January 28, 2014 @ 6:59 pm
I can’t decide if I want Rascal Flatts to cover ‘Dr. Feelgood’ or ‘Girls,Girls,Girls’.
January 28, 2014 @ 7:30 pm
Dude, “Live Wire” and they should do a frame by frame remake of that video.
January 28, 2014 @ 7:55 pm
It would take a dozen people to get Gary LeVox stuffed into Vince’s red leather pants. And I think he has too much jiggle for the leather vest with nothing underneath.
January 29, 2014 @ 11:01 am
There is an interesting story I read yesterday about Rascal Flatts causing a huge debate in the Ohio State Senate. I don’t know if I’m allowed to link so I won’t, but basically, some Senator wants them to be the official country band for the state of Ohio and a bunch of other Senators are pissed. Some want Dwight Yokum, Johnny Paycheck, or Roy Rogers to be named. Ironically, David Allen Coe’s name was never brought up.
January 29, 2014 @ 6:01 am
You’re kind of bringing in a good point without knowing it.
Considering who will likely be involved, it’s going to take a very heavy dose of Auto Tunes to pull this off.
January 28, 2014 @ 7:02 pm
Worst idea ever. At least from an artistic point of view. From a monetary point of view? Probably fantastic for Brochetta and Nikki Sixx.
The album is going to sell. And it’s going to be terrible. But there is going to be some money made.
Trust me, Sixx will control which songs get covered and they will be the ones in which he owns ALL the publishing rights.
It’s a money grab. And it will be successful. But it won’t be listenable.
January 28, 2014 @ 7:36 pm
This is actually a pretty smart move by Big Machine. This album will allow suburban soccer moms to relive their high school glory days through their favorite songs, which as a bonus, are performed by their favorite “country” artists of today. Should be a hit.
January 28, 2014 @ 7:47 pm
So which artist will Pamela Anderson appear with in the music video – Brantly or FGL?
January 29, 2014 @ 10:00 am
Leann Rimes. and the video has to be at least R-Rated.
January 28, 2014 @ 8:04 pm
If this were April 1, I’d laugh like hell. Sadly, it’s not.
January 28, 2014 @ 10:06 pm
Some days it’s tough to tell which are the joke stories here. I had to jump to the tags to make sure this was legit.
January 28, 2014 @ 10:08 pm
“Big Machine to Make Motley Crue Country Tribute Album”
Of course they are.
How about this little gem I found. A local Nashville music show from 1984 called Saturday Night At the Video featuring cheesy hair metal band Burning Hearts, with none other than Scott Borchetta on the bass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U7HD3yGDtM
Truly a douchebag in the making.
January 28, 2014 @ 11:56 pm
This is Scott Borchetta’s Shooter Jennings feather boa and eyeliner moment. I knew he had done some time in bad glam metal bands. We’ll have to figure out the best way to use this against him.
January 28, 2014 @ 10:13 pm
The first time I think I ever saw a steel guitar (or something that looked like one) was in a Crüe video… Same old situation maybe, or Just Go Away. I can’t remember and I can’t say it redeems whatever the hell this is going to be, but I felt the need to share anyway.
January 29, 2014 @ 10:47 am
Are you sure it was a steel guitar? Is it possible that it was a slide guitar? There IS a difference.
Just because a steel guitar is crammed into a non-country song, does not make it country.
January 28, 2014 @ 11:09 pm
Is anyone surprised Scott’s doing a metal tribute album instead of a country one? None of the names mentioned have the pipes to pull off metal except for maybe Cassadee since she’s a rock singer. Justin Moore’s voice has the heaviest twang in country so this will be funny.
January 28, 2014 @ 11:19 pm
Got no prob with Crüe , I rather liked em as a teen and saw them on Theater of Pain tour.
Now though….Country versions of MC?? And by FGL & such …. For crying out loud, this is truly getting totally out of hand. Blame Borschetta & nobody else.
January 29, 2014 @ 5:57 am
Please tell me this is one of those Joke articles?
If Anyone missed this back in the 90’s, my favorite country tribute album (still listen to it all the time) is Common Threads where an A-List of country stars sang Eagles songs.
1. Take It Easy – Travis Tritt
2. Peaceful Easy Feeling – Little Texas
3. Desperado – Clint Black
4. Heartache Tonight – John Anderson
5. Tequila Sunrise – Alan Jackson
6. Take It To The Limit – Suzy Bogguss
7. I Can’t Tell You Why – Vince Gill
8. Lyin’ Eyes – Diamond Rio
9. New Kid In Town – Trisha Yearwood
10. Saturday Night – Billy Dean
11. Already Gone – Tanya Tucker
12. Best Of My Love – Brooks & Dunn
13. The Sad Cafe – Lorrie Morgan
January 29, 2014 @ 6:35 am
That is not a bad album and it was the first thing that crossed my mind when I heard about this. I actually think, in theory, this album hast he potential to be awesome. For example, if you had those same artists cover Crue songs. Unfortunately, we are getting Florida Georgia Line and Rascal Flatts.
January 29, 2014 @ 7:20 am
I don’t think Alan Jackson would sing a Motley Crue song.
For me this is not a surprising revelation since majority of today’s country music are just 80s rock toned down with a twang. Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean are all perfect in this record.
I would judge this record with a rock ears rather than country since there’s no way they’ll countrify this up. They’ll just gonna do what Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean has been done.
January 29, 2014 @ 7:55 am
I’m trying to picture Carrie Underwood singing “Shout at the Devil” or “God Bless the Children of the Beast”. I really don’t think we’ll see her sign on to this crap.
January 29, 2014 @ 8:37 am
Umm… you are aware that Carrie Underwood covered “Home Sweet Home” and took it to #21 right? I think that’s the inspiration behind this whole thing in the first place.
Motley Crue has enough hokey songs that they actually could turn into decent trad country tunes (S.O.S., Don’t Go Away Mad, Smokin In The Boys Room).
January 29, 2014 @ 7:25 am
That is a good album. At the beginning, the Eagles were basically an alt-country band, so I think the songs translate very easily to mainstream country. Peaceful Easy Feeling and Tequila Sunrise are country songs….
January 29, 2014 @ 9:12 am
Common Thread was a damn good record. I often make the observation that most of what was on that album sounds more country than what Nashville calls country anymore, especially Alan Jackson’s “Tequila Sunrise.”
January 29, 2014 @ 10:21 am
The Eagles tribute record was pretty decent. Plus the Eagles were country leaning rock and roll. I got no problem with The Crue solid rock band always had been. However, there is no way to sucessfully mix actual country music with this music. Especially with todays cast of country misfits and no talent hacks. Some of the bluegrass metal stuff has been fun and entertaining but you can bet this will blow very badly.
January 29, 2014 @ 10:53 am
you can bet this will blow very badly.
Oh, believe me, I absolutely agree.
January 29, 2014 @ 7:27 am
First, I cannot help but shake my head at the irony. The Crue were part of the downfall of metal in the 80s. I confess, I own “Shout at the Devil” and play it, it has great nostalgic value to me as the first metal album I bought. However, I quickly moved onto real metal at the time, especially after they dropped the crappy follow up “Theater of Pain.” They became the ultimate in sleazy hair metal that became all the rage when I was a teenager. How appropriate that they’d find a resurrection in the junk that passes for popular country music today. The ultimate insult will come when we hear these songs on high rotation on country music radio. It’s time to rise up and shout at the Nashville music machine!
January 29, 2014 @ 7:44 am
Randy,
I can definitely see what you’re saying about the Crew and real metal. I never considered them to be metal. I always thought of them as more hard rock, sleaze, or hair metal, like Guns ‘n Roses. Their songs are more melodic than most metal.
January 29, 2014 @ 9:17 am
Not totally sure I’d agree with MC being part of the downfall of metal in the ’80s; I always reserved that barb for bands like Poison and Winger, with Tommy Lee and the boys being somewhere between that and the likes of Metallica & Iron Maiden. Their earlier stuff was a lot better, though.
January 29, 2014 @ 2:33 pm
Had not thought at all about this getting radio play, but with Borchetta’s deals with Clear Channel, it very well might. We might see Bobby Bones interview them, and The Crue handing out an award at some country event is almost a forgone conclusion.
January 29, 2014 @ 2:54 pm
I don’t know if it would get airplay or not. Maybe something like ‘Home Sweet Home’ if it’s covered by the right act. The ‘Common Thread’ album many have mentioned here got a little airplay back in the nineties but not a ton (I think Vince Gill’s version of ‘I Can’t Tell You Why’ made it to about the top 20). Plus the Eagles were and are a far more well thought of act and their songs were much more iconic than Motley Crue.
As a side note I think Vince Gill’s version was better than the original Timothy B. Schmidt version. A perfect song for Vince Gill to sing.
January 29, 2014 @ 7:45 am
Although I came of age in the 1980’s and learned to play guitar by copying the three-finger power chords, pick-hand taps, and artifical harmonics that epitomized the “hair acts” of that period, I never was a big Crüe fan. Between the Satanic imagery, vocals that were screamed rather than sung, and Tommy Lee’s rotating drum cage, I always felt they were more interested in the show than the music. That being said, I did like a few of their songs, and am always interested to hear another artist’s take on something that has been recorded previously. Seldom impressed, but always interested. I’d mainly like to know if they will be performing “countrified” versions of the songs or trying to do a faithful impression of the original.
The band from that sub-genre of rock that I really liked was Dokken. I’ve fooled around with acoustic versions of some of their songs for years and have considered recording a CD of this material called “Dokken on the Front Porch” or something like that.
January 29, 2014 @ 7:47 am
Mötley Crüise?
January 29, 2014 @ 9:26 am
I love country.
I love metal.
This, however, just makes me want to die. blehh.
January 29, 2014 @ 9:41 am
You’re not going to save pop country music.
Pete Seeger just passed away, Paul James premieres a new video, the new Scott H. Biram album is available to stream, and this is what’s on your front page?
Seems like your priorities are a little fucked there bud.
January 29, 2014 @ 10:56 am
All of the legends like Hank, Faron, Haggard, Jones, Buck, Loretta, Waylon, Willie, et. al. were on mainstream country radio in their time. Back when country was country.
I see nothing wrong with Trig providing us with articles/news on how far off course mainstream country radio has become and the continued whoring out of the country name.
January 29, 2014 @ 1:46 pm
You can’t be comparing those greats to Motley Crue, so I can let that slide. And, I don’t know what you’re getting at with that comparison.
My point is that the core audience for this site (at least the old core audience) comes here for coverage of lesser-known greats that are keeping the tradition of country music alive. Covering all this gossipy non-sense doesn’t do any good for whatever cause this site is supposed to have.
Maybe hating on all the mainstream and pop artists just doesn’t work on me, I don’t know. I’d rather celebrate the musicians in the genre than shit talk the bad ones. I can’t be the only one that feels this way.
January 29, 2014 @ 2:51 pm
What is gossipy about this article? Good lord, it took me about 15 minutes to write and is just explaining something that happened. If you don’t want to read it, by all means, don’t read it. But clearly it is something that some people care about, and fits perfectly well into the coverage this site has delivered for 6+ years.
January 29, 2014 @ 1:48 pm
Also, I don’t think anyone is unaware of how much of a mess country music is in right now when looking at radio artists.
January 29, 2014 @ 2:47 pm
First off Matt, two of those three stories are in the news stream at this very moment, and one hasn’t happened yet. And once again I’m getting chastised by someone for not writing about things they’re clearly already aware of.
Scott Biram:
I cannot cover the Scott Biram stream because AV Club has exclusivity to it. Rest assured, I will be featuring the album once it is released. I also did feature Scott’s new album in my Albums to Look Forward To in 2014 post (https://savingcountrymusic.com/albums-to-look-forward-to-in-2014).
I would have LOVED to have premiered the stream myself, and honestly, think it would have served Scott and Bloodshot better because of the demographics of this site compared to AV Club. But unfortunately because Saving Country Music is seen in many channels still as a “blog” I don’t gets these opportunities, despite being able to generate even more traffic to specific content than a site like AV Club.
Possessed By Paul James
This has not happened yet, so how am I supposed to cover that as opposed to this story? Also, once again, when his video is released through CMT tomorrow, they will have exclusivity to that content for 24 hours. There is also the conflict of since I had a hand in the production of PPJ’s album if it is ethical for me to cover the video as more than a news story.
Pete Seeger
I was actually awake late at night when the news finally broke about this, and dozens of outlets that have been tipped that his death was imminent posted their per-written obituaries. Was I really going to write a better obit than the New York Times? Since you mentioned it, you clearly saw the news, so what is my role? I put it in the news stream, and I mention it on Twitter, and I defer to the people that have the opportunity to write a better obit than I can cover the story. Did The New York Times write obituaries on Steve Fromholz and Will Indian? No, Saving Country Music did, because nobody else was going to.
Now, go read the Mary Sarah article I just posted, or the 4 album reviews I wrote last week and leave a comment over there. I don’t think I’m the one with the “fucked” priorities.
January 29, 2014 @ 4:03 pm
Please stop with the demand that I go read your other articles. I already do, and that’s why this kind of writing bugs me so much.
Like I’ve said many times in the past. I love your articles about lesser-known artists and underground roots/country music, but these other ones are all over the internet on other sites. There are tons of channels where people can soak up this satirical writing about pop music.
I know how much you say you’re into people voicing their opinions and not censoring, so that’s why I’m here giving my opinion. I just think your time is being wasted focusing on all the mainstream articles that have already been written about.
I’m just trying to be constructive. Sorry is fuck offended you, but I’m passionate about this.
January 29, 2014 @ 9:51 am
George Jones died last year and there hasn’t been a country tribute album made for him. Motley Crue announced their last tour and on the same day it was announced that there is a country tribute album being made for them. Something is very wrong here.
January 29, 2014 @ 11:14 am
http://www.opb.org/radio/programs/state-of-wonder/article/deer-lodge-records-pays-tribute-to-george-jones/
Disc 1:
1. ”˜White Lightning”™ ”“ Sassparilla
2. ”˜She Thinks I Still Care”™ ”“ The Wellspring
3. ”˜Still Doing Time”™ ”“ Lewi Longmire & Portland Country Underground
4. ”˜The Race Is On”™ ”“ Water Tower
5. ”˜When the Grass Grows Over Me”™ ”“ Tyler Stenson
6. ”˜Walk Through This World With Me”™ ”“ Copper & Coal
7. ”˜The Grand Tour”™ ”“ Keeter & Ali
8. ”˜Selfishness in Man”™ ”“ Drunken Prayer
9. ”˜Seasons of My Heart”™ ”“ The Tumblers
10. ”˜He Stopped Loving Her Today”™ ”“ Stephanie Lynn
11. ”˜Tennessee Whiskey”™ ”“ Brush Prairie
12. ”˜Finally Friday”™ ”“ Honky Tonk Union
13. ”˜I Always Get Lucky With You”™ ”“ Hank Sinatra
14. ”˜The Ghost of Another Man”™ ”“ Shawn Smith
15. ”˜Where the Soul Never Dies”™ ”“ Brandon Schott w/ Andy Reed
Disc 2:
1. ”˜Wings of a Dove”™ ”“ Fernando
2. ”˜We”™re Gonna Hold On”™ ”“ Hook & Anchor
3. ”˜The Battle”™ ”“ Meredith Brothers
4. ”˜If You Couldn”™t Get the Picture”™ ”“ Bert Sperling
5. ”˜Must”™ve Been Drunk”™ ”“ Hearts of Oak
6. ”˜Golden Ring”™ ”“ Neon Renaissance
7. ”˜The Door”™ ”“ Owen Grace
8. ”˜I Just Don”™t Give a Damn”™ ”“ Gabe Rozzell
9. ”˜Choices”™ ”“ NoPoMoJo
10. ”˜Bartender Blues”™ ”“ Countryside Ride
11. ”˜If I Don”™t Love You (Grits Ain”™t Groceries)”™ ”“ Bad Assets
12. ”˜Milwaukee, Here I Come”™ ”“ The Rocky Butte Wranglers
13. ”˜Her Name Is”¦”™ ”“ Drugstore Cowboy
14. ”˜Too Much Water”™ ”“ The Fall To Pieces
15. ”˜Who”™s Gonna Fill Their Shoes”™ ”“ W.C. Beck
January 29, 2014 @ 10:57 am
This is a joke. Just like KISS.
1996 they “shocked” the people by showing up on the Grammy’s to say goodbye.
“Half” of them are still around saying goodbye parodizing themselves for the sake of money.
Absolutely no shame.
This news should have come 30 years ago.
And as far as a “country” MC tribute album, I’m not even gonna comment.
Sorry to be so angry. I just can’t stand these bands who make millions when they don’t have an ounce of originality to offer.
I know Trigger basically stated this in a much less caustic manner, I just had to vent.
January 29, 2014 @ 2:53 pm
Honestly, I could have made a lot more fun of this, but I know there are a lot of Motley Crue fans out there, and I didn’t want to alienate them by making fun of this mess. Really, it makes fun of itself, so I just have to get out of the way.
January 29, 2014 @ 3:52 pm
I apologize if I offended anyone with my last post. I hope we can all see at least some sense in it!
January 29, 2014 @ 4:59 pm
This thing reads like an SNL parody of a fake covers album.
February 1, 2014 @ 1:28 pm
If anything it should be fairly entertaining. I happen to like songs taken from other genres and given a country/blugrass sound. “99 Problems” by Hugo, to name one. I think the Gourds did a version of “Gin and Juice” in country style, which is entertaining as well. It would be more fun to listen to than anything else on the current radio playlists right now, I think.
February 4, 2014 @ 10:22 pm
Suggested titles “Deal with the Devil” or “It’z Just How We Crue”
February 5, 2014 @ 8:56 am
Motley Cruise….
February 5, 2014 @ 9:02 am
I don’t see much wrong with this, except you got some pretty douche bag artists covering Crue tunes.
You know Brantley Gilbert, sorry, “BG” will shoot up some PED’s for his cover song video.
FGL…this is right up their alley and will give them a big hit come summer with a cover of “Girls Girls Girls”
Any chance Big Machine approached Crue with this idea and Crue, knowing how Big Machine can milk this out through pop/bro country, thought…hell, let’s tour one more time. Bring some of these Big Machine artists out on stage to duet a couple, get the momentum going on this and we will make more money than we ever have and we won’t have to lift a finger again.