Country Mike Blog

There is No Arizona

Mike Sudhalter  |  January 11, 2009

For many years, that's what NFL fans believed. The Cardinals weren't for real....now they're hosting the NFC Championship Game next Sunday against their former division rivals, the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Eagles will likely be favored in this game, but anyone who's ever rooted for an underdog will be pulling for the Cards to make the Super Bowl.

Besides, a Cards-Chargers Super Bowl could be dubbed the Interstate 8 series. Please, hold your applause.

On a more serious note, Texas Music magazine had a cover story on Buddy Holly, a Lubbock native who died in a 1959 plane crash along with southern Californian teen rocker Ritchie Valens and Port Arthur native J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson.

None of these artists were considered country at the time of their tragic accident, but I think each of them had elements of the genre in their music. What do you think?