Hi Don,

I like looking at a cute belly button as much as the next guy. But,... if Faith Hill were to come to town on the same night as Nanci Griffith or Mary Chapin Carpenter I'd be hard pressed to choose between Nanci or Mary. And if they weren't in town and Faith was I'd probably stay home and rent a film or get in some banjo practice.

This is a sizzle or steak arguement. All too rarely does the talent equal the packaging in Nashville music or modern Pop. Robin and Linda Williams have been on the verge of being overnight successes for 30 years. Beautiful Harmonies, incredible writing, excellent instrumentation, paid ahead on their dues. But the Nashville Machine doesn't seem to discover talent thats in their fifties. Robin and Linda are at the age in their performance lives where most people get in Halls of Fame.

So it can't be the talent, skill, and the something special that has held them back. (If they are held back, Maybe they are right where they want to be. But that is another and maybe equally intriguing debate.) It has to be the Nashville Machine.

Don