Baseball, apple pie, country music... and Captain America

Throughout my four fun-filled days in Nashville for the 2011 CMA Music Festival -- during which time, I'm happy to say, I made my very first pilgrimage to the mecca of country music, the Grand Ole Opry -- I was amused and intrigued by the various and sundry promos on display for the forthcoming Captain America movie. Was this Paramount/Marvel's way of hyping the action-adventure as a summer blockbuster as all-American as... well, country music?

Whatever the motivation, the hoopla obviously elevated the film's profile -- and even may have attracted a few new fans for the red-white-and-blue superhero.

Indeed, the hoopla may have attracted some new fanboys, too.

Are you ready for some Country?

Joey + Rory are a fun couple of Country music singer-songwriters -- with, as you tell from this witty music video, a healthy sense of humor about their unabashedly old-fashioned approach to music. I interviewed them at the Country Music Hall of Fame last June during the CMA Music Festival in Nashville. And you can read the Q&A piece I did for Cowboys & Indians here.