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Did you know that Merle Haggard once set the Guinness World Record for buying the largest round of drinks? He bought 5,095 C.C. waterbacks for the crowd at Billy Bob’s honky-tonk in Texas back in 1982. If you don’t know, a C.C. waterback is a shot of Canadian Club whiskey with some water to chase it down.He did this in honor of his 28th hit song, “C.C. Waterback“ . . . and his tab was $12,737.50. Which in today’s money is over $40,000.His record stood for an impressive 34 more years, until 2016, when it was broken at a brewery in England celebrating the Queen’s 90th birthday.They bought a round of 412 beers, which was over 42 gallons. Merle’s round of shots was around 40 gallons, so he got beat out. It was an impressive run, though. Merle was a legend.
Brooks and Dunn recently talked about the country music industry and here is what Ronnie Dunn said:
Beyoncé fans got upset last month when “Cowboy Carter” didn’t get any CMA nods. Luke Bryan was recently asked why HE thinks she didn’t, and what she’d have to do to get nominated. Luke said “everyone LOVED” the fact that she made a Country album, and no one’s mad about it. The CMA’s voting body might just lean toward artists who make themselves part of the Country COMMUNITY a little more. Quote, “Come into our world and be country with us a little bit . . . Come to an awards show and high-five us, and have fun, and get in the family.” He added it’s also just a crapshoot. A lot of great music gets overlooked, and he’s been snubbed too.