And we were doing so good... Honestly, this whole Nashville Big Bash New Year's Eve broadcast has been pretty damn good. Granted, we had that weird audio snafu in the early going where Parker McCollum's first song had Keith Urban playing over the top, but technical difficulties aside, the lineup has been stellar. You have the aforementioned Parker McCollum up there killing it, Brittney Spencer turned some heads with her performance and then joined Parker for another, Post Malone did his thing, Shaboozey sang his viral hit, Chris Stapleton never disappoints, Miranda Lambert performed from her Broadway bar Casa Rosa, and the future of country music, Mr. Zach Top, even took the stage. I mean, can we just take a second to appreciate that Zach Top is getting national recognition right now? What a glorious show of progress for country music. Dude is gonna win Entertainer of the Year someday... mark my words. All in all, it's been pretty good... I put my kids to bed, mixed up a negroni, and then sat down in front of the computer to fire up some blogs... and I really didn't have much to write about. Videos of the performances are not available yet so it makes no sense to blog that, the internet chatter has been at a minimum, no viral moments like last year when Elle King was clearly hammered on stage. But lo and behold... Kane Brown takes the stage... dressed like a character from The Matrix, and... bingo. And to be fair to Kane, his country-ish stuff can be catchy at times. I mean, it's pretty bad, but it's catchy. If I was at a party where I was making the rounds and talking to lots of people and not really listening to it, but it was playing in the background... I wouldn't hate it. And that's what he kicked off his run of performances with... songs like "Like I Love Country Music." But then he brought out his wife for a duet (who looked nervous as all hell), and performed some other pop garbage, and the country music-loving audience was no longer enjoying themselves. This is just what the internet is saying... don't shoot the messenger. I'm just here to condense the overall sentiments of the interwebs and present them for you in one place. Here's what the good people of X had to say: https://twitter.com/SlippinJimmy89/status/1874307472221233556 https://twitter.com/layingpoints/status/1874310324939350026 https://twitter.com/JoeHandsom/status/1874309950559969627 https://twitter.com/Jerry1855927/status/1874309983099379800 https://twitter.com/NattieFink/status/1874309449395167578 https://twitter.com/dslindst/status/1874307411277996260 https://twitter.com/KyleTims/status/1874307348032086213 https://twitter.com/getlikeme1823/status/1874310115303841840 https://twitter.com/B_Evs309/status/1874306747923628148 https://twitter.com/kellyshaneb/status/1874306564259242361 https://twitter.com/DramaTweetBrad/status/1874306479593054558 https://twitter.com/Oct31beast/status/1874301161106489523 Luckily, they followed it up with Eric Church to cleanse the palate. https://twitter.com/cecildauster/status/1874310915279249869 https://twitter.com/newriverjoe/status/1874310319260262818 And if anyone from Kane Brown's team has any complaints about this article.... you can email me directly at wes@whiskeyriff.com.