Carpetbagger Country:  When your career goes south, so do you."

Nashville is getting sick of aging rock stars trying to go country. They’re calling it "Carpetbagger Country".

WILL HOGE tweeted, "Carpetbagger Country:  When your career goes south, so do you."

Last week, Steven Tyler released a new (sort of) country song that left me flat, and I am a fan of Aerosmith, Steven Tyler and country music. Poison’s Bret Michaels is flirting with country, Jon Bon Jovi recorded “Who Says You Can Never Go Home” with Jennifer Nettles, and other tracks with Big & Rich and LeeAnn Rimes at Blackbird Studios inNashville, which is owned by Martina McBride. It didn’t do much.

Bob Seger is up for an ACM award for his duet with Jason Aldean on Bob;s “Turn The Page” from a CMT Crossroads television show.

Robert Plant and Allison Krauss won a Grammy for their "Raising Sand" album. Hootie & The Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker made the transition and is doing very well. But now, the mass influx of aging rockers is turning some of the country artists off, saying they’ve got their own singer, songwriter, performers.

Rock radio was very good to a lot of these rockers but now has no stations that will play any new music they come up with. A few can hit the road to stay alive, and very few, get a steady Vegas gig.

I can’t blame them for trying, but I don’t think very many will be able to make the transition.

Respect the "Nashville Cats."

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