John Denver Gets Dissed At Award Show by Charlie Rich

Taylor Swift was not the first award winner to get dished at an award show, Country Legend Charlie Rich had won the entertainer of the year award for Country Music and as such he was chosen to give out the award the following year. This was about the time that John Denvers Star was rising rapidly as he crossed two genres of music, those being country music and folk music, he was very popular with the young people and was not always thought of as a traditional country artist. This was obviously the way Charlie Rich felt as when it came time to hand the aware out for the Entertainer of the Year he fumbled with the envelope and then let it fall to the floor after reading the name of the winner. He picks it back up and pulls out a lighter and proceeds to set the card on fire in front of a live audience and says the winner is my friend John Denver he drawls this phrase glaring at the camera while holding the burning paper aloft. , johndenver, music, countryroads, countrymusic, jamestaylor, gordonlig