By Allen Morridon - American Songwriter

“You people are either very lucky or very hooked up.” Bill Flanagan, the television executive and music critic, was warming up an invitation-only crowd at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan Tuesday night for a taping of the latest episode of CMT Crossroads. “This is the hottest ticket in New York tonight,” he said without exaggeration, “and the biggest show in Crossroads’ ten-year history.”

The critically-acclaimed CMT series matches country and rock stars, usually for one-night-only concerts (the Robert Plant/Alison Krauss pairing was an exception). The new show debuts November 25, the day after Thanksgiving.

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