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  • I would love to know who the singer she was singing about was!

  • I remember watching this live on TV, and it sounds even better now.

  • is that Charley Pride at 2:27?

  • @wsaer56 Yes. 

  • Who's the dude at 1:27 with the big beard?

  • @wsaer56 Duane Allen of the Oak Ridge Boys. The dude even lived in a tepee on his property at one time.

  • @wsaer56 that is William Lee Golden of the Oak Ridge Boys

  • Nice

  • I loved this when I saw it on tv, thank you for putting it on

  • That was priceless! Awesome! I have never heard that before today.

  • We sure know you now, Mary Chapin--priceless!

  • i remember this i always tried to remember who sang it. i did not know it was her.

  • I wanna know who the jackass this F the song was written for lol

  • @Fuktupratbag I was working in radio at the time, and the general consensus was that it sounded a lot like Dwight Yoakum.

    I saw her perform the song live once, and she cleaned it up quite a bit to make it suitable for television

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  • 2 damn funny...I love MCC!!!!

  • Love her sooo much..and she did not turn out to be one of the "jackasses" ,but a wonderfully talented, caring, beautiful woman with a voice that can melt butter..have loved her for 20+ years now and she just gets better and better..Thanks for this!!

  • I have opened for it seems a hundred bands over the last 30 plus years of playing and today I found this song. I will definitely play it the next time I open for someone. Thanks Mary. I will give you credit.

  • WHAM! A solid boot right in the ass of all the inflated egos...and the audiuence lapped it up!

  • 2 people were jackasses.

  • Thank you SO much for posting this! I remember seeing tis when it first aired and have been looking for it since then.

  • I was beginning to think I'd imagined this. Thanks for posting.

  • Being a songwriter I enjoyed this soooo much, but I havn't yet experienced being an opening act for anyone but my self. Unless you can count the person you followed in a Karoke line up or Open mic line up? Mary I'd love to cover your song at an open mic. With the mention of your credits and about where I hered it played. copyright law. As long as i don't paid to sing your song , it's ok right? And of course cite where I heard it and who wrote it.

  • Too good

  • Bloody marvellous. Jolly good show!

  • Bloody marvellous. Jolly good show!

  • same again last night at the Barbican. Or Barbicon as she pronounced it on the morning's Tery Wogan show. Sheer brilliance. 23 songs

  • Well she never became a jackass. Last night 20 years on in Bristol she was the complete opposite. Mary thanked her opening act Tift Merritt so many times during her own performance and even had Tift up for the encore and amazingly when the band had left the stage, had Tift on piano singing one of her own songs with Mary accompanying on guitar and duetting the chorus for the finale. Such grace.

  • she is dressed like one of the golden girls haha

  • i think the reason why everyone gave her a standing ovation is because they could TOTALLLY relate to that song!! im sure almost everyone at one time was someone else opening act!!! they all paid their dues..

  • It cant be K.T shes talking about because they never toured together, and i dont think K.T would treat her opening act like that because shes been there..and secondly they've always respected each others music... if you noticed K.T was the last to sit down anyway. yes i am a k.t. fan.. so dont slam K.T.

    As far as her clothes, yes it was weird, maybe that was the point she was trying to make.. everyone had fancy clothes on. and maybe she couldnt afford one.. she was pretty new at that time..

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  • First of all, K.t.oslin and Mary Chapin have never been on tour together.. so it cant be her.. and they've always gotten along pretty well.. so dont slam K.T. i think K.T could relate to that song pretty well..

  • Where is she now? Does she still sing? What is her age now? Englishman.

  • These songs are right in our faces and we don't see them...I always think 'Why didn't I think of that'....This lovely girl is supremely talented and very very intelligent....as soon as she starts singing I'm certain that artistes and musicians everywhere will start nodding their heads and saying..'That's right..That's right..Thats right'..thanks for posting this....from England.

  • It's nice to see Corporate Music Row all in a dither! It WAS interesting to see KT Oslin eating a little crow. :0

  • @Writer4762 I seriously DOUBT it was aimed toward her.. whats your beef against KT? Im guessing she probably agreed with the song!!

  • k t oslin was sure late haulin her butt outta that chair

  • @devonvanna Looked to me like she was laughing too hard to stand up at first. What's up with all the hate for K.T.?

  • You can tell by the audience reaction that she was really telling it like it is!! Great song!

  • Chapin you hit the nail right on the head. Show them bastards how the cow ate the cabbage.

  • alright, who was the inspiration for this song? Shouldnt be too hard to figure out, who was she touring with at the time?

  • @randyfloyd07 Its pretty obvious it is Dwight Yoakum Not going bald, too fat fo tight jeans, jackets covered with Atones.. Pure Dwight Yoakum

  • @randyfloyd07 By the lyrics its clearly Dwight Yoakum

  • Thank you so much for posting this! I was a DJ when this happened and there was a lot of flack from establishment Nashville towards MCC when she sang this. This is one of the first time I ever saw someone get a spontaneous standing O from the CMA audience. She is one of the finest voices in music today with great albums and live shows. She has said she would never put this song on a album so this is great to see it.

  • I have liked this video since she did it on the cma's.

    I think she is great.

  • Gosh, that dress! That dress! Hideous! But: She sure is one of the best singer-songwriters there is and ever been. Touching, moving, though provoking and funny, too. She's given the world so many beautiful moments with her music, thanks, Mary-Chapin.

  • @yalejomo im guessing she probably wore that on purpose to prove that she didnt have the money to buy a fancy dress..

  • who was she talkin about?

  • @jkoncz Its pretty obvious it is Dwight Yoakum

  • @jkoncz Dwight Yoakum

  • Wait back stage after your opening set to see the head liner and they walk buy you like they owe you money! hahahah

     Stick out your hand to say hi and all you feel is AIR when they walk by!

  • Tell'em sister....Ive worked with  & opened for some DUZZYS!

  • I've looked for this song over the years, and thanks to another casual search on the internet; I finally found it. Thanks for posting it

  • brillant! this song is amazing!

  • You go girl

  • LOVE IT

  • I saw this when it originally aired and always loved it. I'm glad I've found it again!

  • She talked about this on the radio. My recollection, through the 20 years of fog, was that, like all singer/songwriters, there is no way to write a song exactly as it happend. She said that it was a compilation of stuff that she had been through and what others had told her had happened to them. Her first words after the song were, "I just realized that I've opened for a lot of you out there."

  • does anyone know if this is on a cd?

    also did anyone ever find out who the

    JACK was?

  • @oldermusiclover Dwight Yoakum

  • @Broncosfn That's the person I thought of when i watched the awards 1990, and audio taped it on cassett, I still love to listen to this song. Dwight because he wears a hat, is going bald and wears very tight jeans and looks good in em, and has been known to where Rhinstones. Love the Dwight songs, He sure proved he can be meaqn as hatie from the movie Sling Blade, But i love ya Dwight, " "Time" CD, is still one of my FAvs

  • I loved seeing this again. She brought the house down that night with this song. Love it!

  • I remember seeing this when it aired that night. I'm glad it's here. For anyone who has been in that spot, it's priceless!

  • She is wearing funny clothes.

  • loved seeing K.T. Oslin at the end of the video!

  • @wmdude102086 me too!! im a huge fan!!!

  • @wmdude102086 me too!! im a huge fan!!!

  • haha you gotta love her

  • Who is that bearded man who appears from about 1:24-1:27?

  • @hallpriest9

    It is William Lee Golden from The Oak Ridge Boys.

  • William Lee Golden; Oak Ridge Boys

  • One of the Oak Ridge Boys. Not sure which one, but he needs to trim it.

  • I have received three replies to this comment, but I was happy after I received the first. I would like to ask that I receive no more replies to this comment, or at least no more answers to my original question.

  • I remember watching this! Loved it. Love MCC.

    Funny but true: In the first country concert I ever went to, in the Concord Pavilion in California, Reba was the star... and one of her opening acts was Garth Brooks. =D

  • @dachickenlady wow. that is unbelievable! Love Reba

  • My favorite singer/songwriter. Saw this song on another venue way back when and couldn't find a copy of it anywhere. So glad to have found this. LOVE her style and gift! Another great one is "this shirt"

  • I love it when someone thumbs their nose at corporate Nashville...Beeeuitiful!

  • I've always loved her!

  • I saw this live too and thought it was incredible! wish I could find my VHS copy of this song! You showed 'em Miss Carpenter! AMEN!

  • She told them!

  • I think it was Dwight because she said I don't wear little jackets with shiny rhinestones/stones, and Dwight always wore those little jackets/vests. Plus, Nashville always kind of shunned him because he lived way out in California and refused to live near Nashville.

  • I was watching this awards show "live" the very night it happened, plus was taping it on my "VCR," so I have it on VHS. Anyway, if you all will notice the people on the front row, they act so shocked when she says, "I'm the opening act." Well, I believe her act was a complete surprise to everyone.

  • I'm so happy to find this. It was this song that made me a MCC fan. I have all of her cd's, but I've found the last few a little tedious. There are some terrific songs on these albums, but they don't stand out and grab your attention because the albums are so one note. I miss the days when she managed to work a little fun into the mix. I keep wondering what happened to her sense of humor. I hope it's only disappeared from her work and not from her life.

  • M.C.C. is the best!

    THEBESTTHEBESTTHEBEST!

    "T.O.A." COULD be re: Dwight Yoakam, although she pretty much shamelessly lusts after him in "I Feel Lucky."

    Could ALSO be about Garth Brooks or Alan Jackson (balding, hat, tight jeans - ?)

    George Strait just doesn't strike me as the "jackass" type. Still, all four of 'em are so vain, they probably think this song is about them . . .

  • Without a doubt the most memorable performance in any awards show I have ever seen. I wondered at the time how many showbiz dudes and divas changed their attitudes after hearing this song. As others have mentioned, the lyrics sure point to Dwight Yoakam. Most fans never saw the top of his head until he appeared years later in "Sling Blade," and no other country artist wore their jeans as tight as Dwight. If so, the smartest singer/songwriter of the last 20 years paid him back with interest.

  • Shes really authentic. Thats what makes someone original.

  • It had to be Dwight Yoakam, cuz George Straight isn't bald, or wasn't then. Come on MCC tell us who the song is about!

  • So who was she singing about?

  • a genius singer, songwriter.

    just didn't get the fashion gene.

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  • Thank you, Thank you , Thank you

    I've been trying to find a copy of this dong for soooo long

    Thank You

  • I'm so glad I found this on youtube, it's GREAT.

    Thanks for posting it!!!! TOO FUNNY

  • So much raw talent, and so much beauty...

  • lol "Tracking"

  • I love you Mary!... xo

  • OMG! I remember watching this in 1990! I still have it on a VCR tape somewhere. I've been a huge fan ever since. Thanks for uploading this!

  • OH MY GOD that was GREAT

  • I love that she gets a standing ovation for it, that was great.

  • LOL. I remember this!

  • thank you thank you  for posting this!

  • Rumor at the time was it was George Straight and it is a fact she was opening some before this show

  • Thank you soooo much for posting this! Chapin always was (and still is) one of the classiest ladies in music. She is still releasing great music that never gets played, but it is worth searching out.

  • WOW! Its hard to believe that was twenty years ago...I remember when she did that song at the CMA...Nice find, I love MCC.

    Me Long time fan!

  • Hell... straight or not I would let her park her boots under my bed any day-lol

  • love it She is amazing. Did you see K T Oslin a the end not wanting to stand up? She was probably that jack ass. I am pretty sure that she slammed Reba once and told her to hold on for the ride lol

  • KT Oslin still rocks... all these years later... to bad she quit the business

  • Actually, I'm about 90% sure it was Dwight Yoakam. The tight jeans and jacket, he always wears a hat, and just the year before this performance, he'd done a cover of "Long White Cadillac". Plus, IIRC, she opened for him for a while.

  • you would kill on game shows!

  • almostfm, I think you are correct about Dwight Yoakam being the inspiration for the song. Tight jeans. hat covering up his balding head, and the short fancy stone jacket.

  • i'm doubting it's Dwight Yoakam - cause she says "Dwight Yoakam's in the corner, tryin to catch my eye" in "I Feel Lucky"

  • That would make sense. I saw D.Y. in nyc back then. He kept the audience waiting for over an hour after the opening act finished. He came out wasted and was cursing out the audience when someone up front said it was about time he came out. I still like his music but never paid to see him live again after that.

  • @sostenuto99 she did stand up.. she mightve had some bad shoes on or she was tired.. but she did stand up and she was the last to sit down.. K.T would never treat her opening act like that because she was a opening act herself..

    She has never ever slammed Reba.. that quote is out of context. she has no animosity or jealousy toward Reba. They even mentioned that on a Nashville Now show.. Reba knew exactly what she meant and never took it a offensively...

  • Never saw this before. Thanks for posting! I love it! I only recall a few of Carpenter's hits from a while back - "Passionate Kisses" and "He Thinks He'll Keep Her."

  • Thanks for posting this. It was such a great moment in an award show and so appropriate.

  • This was what made me love this woman! Still funny (and true), almost 20 years later!

  • I seriously doubt that she is a "jackass"

  • 'im not going bald, so i dont wear a hat!!'

    'i was so darn nervous, i just wanted to barf!'

    'if i ever get rich and famous, i guess i'll be a jack*** too!'

    'you don't know me im the opening act!'

  • I think she was singing this on her experience alone at the time of this

  • I haven't seen this in 18 years. I had it on video but it got lost by the wayside. Thank you so much.

  • Is she singing about anyone in particular?

  • Its such a pleasure to see someone have the guts to stick it to the Divas and Prima Donnas that are everywhere in the music business today...I had to watch it about 4 times...awesome!

  • do you possibly have any Shenandoah footage from this award show? I noticed they were sitting behind K.T. Oslin during that video.I would love to see some footage is available

  • I have the whole song in my mp3 collection its very funny!!!

  • Where did you get it?  I've been searching for the song forever. It is very funny!

  • I remember her coming out to the stage that year and few people knew who she was, but after this performance, few people would ever forget her. Great then, great now, and always unforgettable.

  • this was so funny, and still is true today. She made the show memable that year.

  • I've been trying to find this performance for months. Thanks so much for posting!

  • AWSOME! I have been looking for this thing forever! thank you!

  • Lalaarchive Thank you for posting this. I have looked for it forever. Gotta give Mary credit! It took a lot for her to come out and sing that at the CMA's and it did get her attention and more importantly, appreciation. She did it *her way*

  • I've been looking for this one for years! I remember the night this was broadcast, and my mom (RIP) and I were laughing so loud we thought we'd die. Thank heavens CBS didn't hit the censor button.

  • Thanks, L. Very nice, very funny.

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