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With an astonishing two decades of hits, Brooks & Dunn 's music clearly speaks for itself. Thus, instead of writing a long goodbye prior to the duo's final concert on Thursday night (Sept. 2) at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, the CMT .com editorial team compiled 10 of their favorite Brooks & Dunn songs.

It probably comes as no great surprise to the fans of Shelton Hank Williams, aka Hank III, that the artist who confounds country music conventions and tours on a split personality country-metal bill, does things his own way. Whether its sticking up his middle finger at Nashville and its most hallowed grounds, the Grand Ole Opry, or feuding with his own record label, Hank III does m ...

In a widely circulated essay titled "The Problem With Music," producer Steve Albini, best known for recording Nirvana's In Utero , describes the mental image he conjures when he thinks of a band about to sign a record deal. It's a trench 4 feet wide, 5 feet deepand it's filled with shit.