Brooks & Dunn opening for the Rolling Stones...

[Blue Belle]

Things that make ya go hmmm??

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20051221/D8EKAF3G2.html

Brooks & Dunn to Open for Stones

<SNIP>"We've thrown around the concept of opening for the Stones forever," singer Ronnie Dunn said Tuesday. "I can't believe we're doing it."

<SNIP> Though billed as the world's greatest rock and roll band, the Stones have drawn from country music over much of their storied career. Their early 1970s albums "Sticky Fingers" and "Exile on Main Street," in particular, had strong country influences often attributed to Keith Richards' friendship with Gram Parsons of the Flying Burrito Brothers and previously of The Byrds.

<SNIP>By opening for the Rolling Stones, Brooks & Dunn become an instant trivia question for obsessive Stones fans. The group's opening act announcements can be as anticipated as their set lists, with everyone from Metallica to the Black-Eyed Peas to Beck warming up the crowd in recent years.

I wonder if Brooks & Dunn will still be soaking in the afterglow when the stones rip into "My Sweet Neocon"??