Nope, it was because Shelton dared suggest that todays young listener doesnt want to listen to old records.
Gasp! Shock! Heresy!
Sayeth the Shelton on the Great American Country networks Backstory documentary TV series, Country music has to evolve in order to survive. Nobody wants to listen to their grandpas music. And I dont care how many of these old farts around Nashville going, My God, that aint country! Well, thats because you dont buy records anymore, jackass. The kids do, and they dont want to buy the music you were buying.
Then, Ray Price, 87 years young and a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, got wind of the comments and was all like, Oh, no, he dint! Fightin back online yes, online Old Man Price tsk-tsked, Its a shame that I have [to]
spend 63 years in this business trying to introduce music to a larger
audience and to make it easier for the younger artists who are coming
behind me.
"Every now and then some young artist will record a rock and
roll type song, have a hit first time out with kids only. This is why
you see stars come with a few hits only and then just fade away
believing they are Gods answer to the world. This guy sounds like in
his own mind that his head is so large no hat ever made will fit him.
Stupidity Reigns Supreme!!!!!!!
Then Price mustve gotten really angry,
because he added in all caps, YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY AS US OLD-TIMERS.
CHECK BACK IN 63 YEARS (THE YEAR 2075) AND LET US KNOW HOW YOUR NAME
AND YOUR MUSIC WILL BE REMEMBERED.
Yeah, Blake! Put that date into your Filofax and let Price know! Youve got him in your Rolodex, right?