The nominees again for Best Song are:
Jack Ingram – “Blaine’s Ferris Wheel”
Kiefer Sutherland – “Shirley Jean”
Turnpike Troubadours – “Come As You Are”
Lucinda Williams – “Can’t Close the Door on Love”
Randy Rogers Band – “Things I Need to Quit”
Aubrie Sellers – “Loveless Rolling Stone”
Miranda Lambert – “Tin Man”
Jack Ingram – “Blaine’s Ferris Wheel”
This award came down to being between Ingram and Turnpike Troubadours, and it was a tough decision, but in the end, Ingram’s six-and-a-half minute song about concert promoter/pub owner (an so much more) who brought a Ferris Wheel offered so much. As a song, as a story, as a piece of art, this song is absolutely perfect.