It's Jason Aldean's party at the Country Music Association Awards, but a melancholy song about dying young by rising stars The Band Perry is the early surprise.
Blake Shelton and Kenny Loggins opened an eclectic Country Music Association Awards with a high-energy version of Loggins' hit "Footloose," but Hank Williams Jr. stole the show.
A giddy Taylor Swift won her second entertainer of the year award and rising sibling act The Band Perry was the night's top winner as The Country Music Association Awards celebrated the young women of country music on Wednesday night.
Blake Shelton and Kenny Loggins opened an eclectic Country Music Association Awards with a high-energy version of Loggins' hit "Footloose," but Hank Williams Jr. stole the show.

Hank Williams Jr. is about to have his say.
Hank Williams Jr. is about to have his say.

The ongoing Wall Street protests get such cozy press.

Hank Williams Jr. will no longer sing the words "Are you ready for some football?" on Monday nights on ESPN.
I was interviewed Tuesday by ABC 7 News about Hank Williams Jr.'s remarks about President Obama and Speaker John A. Boehner playing golf together ("ESPN pulls intro after Williams' Obama comments," Web, Monday).