CMT Blog: Archive

I really should thank Bryan Adams for introducing me to my husband. It was the '80s, we were in college and all I wanted was to meet the Cute Blond Guy in my dorm. I knew he loved Bryan Adams, so in a moment of self-loathing, I feigned a passionate interest in the pop-rock star as well so we could have something in common. I even borrowed Cute Blond Guy's "Cuts Like a Knife" cassette so I'd have another excuse to see him when I returned it. And here we are some 25 years later, and my husband still loves the guy. He's not into country, and when I try to bring him with me to concerts, his standard answer is "If Bryan Adams is going to be there, I'll go." The odds of Adams showing up at say, a Brad Paisley show, were pretty slim. UNTIL LAST NIGHT. Adams got on board the Sony Music Nashville's 24th annual General Jackson Show and Dinner Cruise. But alas, I did not. I've heard that I missed him doing "Summer of 69" with Brooks & Dunn, "Cuts Like a Knife" with Paisley and "It's Only Love" with Carrie Underwood. My husband and I are kicking ourselves for not going. So maybe tonight we'll slow dance to "Straight From the Heart" and make a promise never to miss an opportunity like this again.