That's Entertainment

   It was a 3-hour show and I only caught the last hour of CMA Fest. It was my own fault because though the TV is on almost all the time, I pretty much ignore it and am usually in another room. But tonight, while I was doing some work at the computer in the kitchen, I was drawn in by the sound of really good music. So I watched the last hour of the show. I don't listen to country music anymore, so was unfamiliar with most of the performers. The show was concert style, with little banter among the co-hosts, just sheer musical performances, with many first-class guitarists doing their thing.Such a relief not to hear the delivery of phony dialog, nor any overdone awards. Songs were sung with no semi-naked girls writhing on the floor, no elaborate designer costumes focusing on who  reveals the most body parts.
    The majority of the performers, at least in the part I saw, were male, and most of the songs dealt with love for their woman, or women, as the case may be though at least one reveled in his newfound freedom: "I ain't got to see my future ex-mother-in-law anymore."  Another  invited his bartender to serve him straight liquor and "Lay my six foot four ass on the floor."  The only female singer I heard cautioned the need  to "Hide the Wine,"  with the audience accompanying her to the chant of "Lock it up! Lock it up."  ( Maybe a hidden political message in there somewhere.)  All in all, the most entertaining TV hour of the year.