For 18 years, Brian Mansfield was the go-to guy in Nashville for All Things Music for USA Today.

Today, Brian Mansfield is managing editor of Country Insider.com.

He'll join us for this episode of Cadillac Jack, My Second Act.

To talk about artists like Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Dionne Warwick,

all three received nominations to be inducted into the 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

But how do you define rock and roll and do artists like Dion, Dolly, and Lionel qualify?

Two weeks away, the Academy of Country Music Awards, but you will not find them on network television

for the first time in history. Where will you watch them? And what does this say about country music and award shows?

And we will compare and contrast the Dixie Chicks and Morgan Wallens exiles from country radio.

The many differences and few similarities between the two.

It's a behind the scenes intriguing conversation

about the music industry coming up.

My name is Cadillac Jack.

I joined Atlanta Radio when I was 19 years old, put in a loyal 26 years.

Welcome to my second act.

It's a podcast where we talk about things that you are already talking about with family

and friends and coworkers, people that sit next to me in the pew on Sunday.

Conversations about current events and pop culture, music, concerts, and deering and revealing stories about marriage parenting and personal growth. I feel like that thing gets longer every week. It doesn't. I added one word, concerts. Well, I mean, I like it. I mean, we're just expanding our wealth of knowledge, basically. We can, we can edit it down if'd like. No, it's fine, but things like we're, we're strong and good at.

So, hi, my name is Donna, and I'm Kenny's wife.

And so, I think you were around for this butt dial the other day when Al, so here's what

happened.

So I usually around, I would say 9, 15 or whatever every night, I try to talk to my mom, who is 88 and lives in a sister-of-living, Nana.

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