The Stark Truth—You’re So Music Row If...
Part 2
• You make laminates for birthday parties. –Tony Benken, Robbins Nashville
• You’ve tickled the ivories and had lunch with Owen Bradley in the park. –Larry Holden, Country Weekly
• Your resume includes more than three now defunct labels. –Ken Tucker, Billboard/Radio & Records
• You have a management company, a publishing company and a record label but wait tables on the side. –Regie Hamm, artist/songwriter/producer
• You describe the area’s buildings in terms of what music business USED TO be located there. –Robert K. Oermann, R.K.O. Media Products
• You think that Ricky Skaggs and Madonna would be a great duet act. –Charlie Monk, Monk Family Music Group
• You’re proud to tell folks you’re a patron of the arts, but were seen carrying a picket sign at the dedication ceremony for Musica. –Wade Jessen, Billboard/Radio & Records
• You remember when Demonbreun was lined with cheesy museums and shops and you had to avoid hitting tourists crossing the road instead of industry execs. –Craig Campbell, Campbell Entertainment Group
• You live in your truck, but had the most played song of 1983. –Tony Benken, Robbins Nashville
• You honestly believe Lynyrd Skynyrd would’ve been considered a country band if they showed up today. –Brian Mansfield, journalist
• You thought Coffey might be Rique’ returned in a new incarnation in Nashville. -Chet Flippo, CMT
• You’ve been married to Steve Earle. –Ken Tucker, Billboard/Radio & Records.
• You pride yourself in being an “In Charge” record label executive, but you let radio tell you what the single should be. –Roger Murrah, Murrah Music Group
• You’re nominated for song of the year and can’t afford tickets to the show – Regie Hamm, artist/songwriter/producer
• You talk about holds as though they were cuts, and you talk about cuts as though they were releases. –Robert K. Oermann, R.K.O. Media Products
• Your expense account exceeds your income. –Tony Benken, Robbins Nashville
• You refuse to attend a music event/concert if you have to actually pay for a ticket. –Mickey Jack Cones, producer/songwriter