{"id":7619,"date":"2016-04-06T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=7619"},"modified":"2016-04-04T21:51:36","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T02:51:36","slug":"flashback-to-my-first-favorite-country-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2016\/04\/06\/flashback-to-my-first-favorite-country-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback to My First Favorite Country Song"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Country Music awards ceremony<\/a> for 2016\u00a0will take place tomorrow night, Sunday, April 3rd. Or if you’re reading this after that date, well then, you can bet they’ve already happened! I’m just waiting to see if Rascal Flatts will win Vocal Group of the Year again – because if they win, this will be their\u00a0eighth ‘<\/em>Vocal Group’\u00a0trophy.\u00a0And they’re already the current record holders<\/a>\u00a0for most wins in that category!<\/p>\n

\"Rascal<\/p>\n

In this picture of them holding up their trophies at last year’s ceremony, the lead singer (Gary LeVox) is on the left. He’s definitely aged since I started listening to Rascal Flatts back when “Life Is a Highway”<\/a> was their biggest hit nearly a decade ago. My sister\u00a0had shared this song and another one by Rascal Flatts with me back then, even though I had told her repeatedly that my then pre-teen self wasn’t into country music.<\/p>\n

Well, after I listened to that song a couple of times (and found myself humming the catchy tune without even thinking about it), I thought that maybe I should give country music more of a try. \u00a0The other song she shared with me though is the one that, for whatever reason, really made me love the genre, and that song is… “Mayberry”, which was released in 2002.<\/p>\n