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Ronnie Dunn’s Country This: How the 2005 CMA Awards Changed Me

We’re closing in on the 47th annual Country Music Awards Show. Kix (Brooks) and I hosted the 38th and 39th CMAs.

Ronnie Dunn’s Country This: Going Digital and the Future of Terrestrial Radio

I bought a 1956 Chevy pickup truck a few months ago. I had to have it. It looked killer! I had to update the sound system and I did -- it sounded like I was in the recording studio, but it rode like a wagon, floated all over the road and the spark plugs fouled every other time that I drove so I got rid of it. It made me realize how far the advancement of the automobile has come.

Ronnie Dunn’s Country This: Big Trucks, Big Radio and the Meaning of Country Music

“Think these things over carefully. Followers want to follow real, valuable people who contribute to their lives. Why are YOU valuable?” Ghandi ? Sophocles ? Merle Haggard or Jay Z?

Ronnie Dunn’s Country This: The One in Ten Thousand Syndrome

The one in ten thousand syndrome … everyone in the house is on their feet but one. Who do you laser in on? Yep, that one. Don’t sweat, it we all do it. We all wanna be accepted. You’re never going to please all the people all the time.

Ronnie Dunn’s Country This: Are Twitter and Streaming Radio Taking Over?

Ronnie Dunn is a country music legend with as many awards under his belt as road miles. Twice a month he’ll provide his thoughts on country music, the music industry, or life as he sees it in a feature called Ronnie Dunn’s Country This, exclusively on Taste of Country.

Ronnie Dunn’s Country This: What Is ‘Country’?

Ronnie Dunn is a country music legend with as many awards under his belt as road miles. Twice a month he'll provide his thoughts on country music, the music industry, or life as he sees it in a feature called Ronnie Dunn's Country This, exclusively on Taste of Country.

Ronnie Dunn’s Country This: The Reality of Radio Station Playlists