The Clark Brothers haven’t exactly hidden their relationship with American Idol victor Carrie Underwood from the public, but that hasn’t stopped some disgruntled viewers of The Next Great American Band from voicing their opinion that the show was fixed now that the Brothers have been named the winners. Last month fiddler Ashley Clark told EW, “I started working for Carrie Underwood a few months after moving to Nashville, and then went on tour with her. … She’s been so busy but is really supportive. Not like she put in a call for us or anything, since that might give us an upper hand” and Idolator pointed us to Rickey.org’s post on the matter. Still, some viewers claim the Brothers’ dominance of the far-less-successful Idol spin-off is proof that the show had selected them as winners in advance. Click above to watch some Clarks playing with Underwood on the “Idol Gives Back” charity episode, which was taped well before The Next Great American Band went into production.
Comments
toni | 1/2/2008, 8:46 pm EST
what is wrong with people. obviously those people didnt watch the show. cause the clark brothers were above and beyond any other band on the show. not only did they deserve to win we are lucky they did. anyone who is claiming conspiracy must have been one of those fools voting for denver and the mile high orchestra!!
TC | 1/2/2008, 10:06 pm EST
It’s jealously, pure jealousy.
Clark Brothers are natural talent and passionate performing. Some folks will have a problem with this.
UAW/MF | 1/3/2008, 7:20 am EST
TC | 1/2/2008, 10:06 pm EST
“It’s jealously, pure jealousy.”
Deep philosophical observations like this come from the same geniuses who use the word “retarded” to describe everyone and everything they don’t like!
Some people should just not speak!
BB | 1/5/2008, 11:53 pm EST
The Clark Brothers are incredible professional musicians who happen to play country/bluegrass/and everything else well. It makes sense that when the hottest country music star needed a touring group she would pick the most talented people she could find.
HP | 1/6/2008, 9:54 pm EST
Yeah, we’re lucky they won all right. Just thinking about the alternative gives me the willies.
Karen | 1/8/2008, 6:42 pm EST
The Clarks never made it a secret that they had backed up some popular entertainers. Now they will be stars and deservedly so. The best band won fair and square.
Annoyed | 1/12/2008, 2:00 pm EST
Geez, that’s so ridiculous. They won because of their talent, not their connections. I’m usually not a fan of that kind of music, but they’re the only band whose performances I’ve watched over and over.
JoJo | 1/27/2008, 5:38 pm EST
The show “The Next Great American Band” never interest me before. One time I occidentally watched Danver and I thougth he is the one should win so I watched and watched every week and discovered I really like Clark Brother’s music. I searched the internet for their songs but never can find it. I recorded the final result on the show and played it again and again by skipping others except for Clark Brother’s part. I can tell you, this is not a fix. They really got it. I am not a music lover but I love to watch and hear they play.
shi | 2/29/2008, 9:02 pm EST
I completely agree with JoJo, except for the thinking-Denver-should-win part. I dvr’d the show from episode 2 and have them still saved on my hard drive so I can rewatch them (and I did so last night). They have a MySpace account http://profile.myspace.com/ind ex.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewpro file&friendID=30731682
and blog with an update of what they are doing http://blog.myspace.com/index. cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&fr iendID=30731682.
You can also do a search on iTunes for The Clark Family Experience for the album they had made with their brothers.
Brenda | 5/3/2008, 12:05 pm EST
It was clear from the first episode that The Clark Brothers were the most amazing and talented musicians from the whole lot on NGAB. The other bands didn’t even come close. Every week they touched our hearts and kept us wanting more. Ashley already had a huge fan base with Carrie Underwood, giving the Clark Brothers a slight advantage, but only because Ashley and his brothers were the most deserving out of all the other bands.
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bill b | 5/5/2009, 8:34 pm EST
the clarke brothers are unique and awesome..whay are they not on tour??why has there been no c.d.??this is the conspiracy…
laura | 5/22/2009, 3:14 pm EST
why are they not everywhere
Miss Ellie | 6/3/2009, 7:11 pm EST
Still waiting and hopeing for a CD, the Clark Brothers are unique and deserve to be heard!!!!!
Miss Ellie | 6/3/2009, 7:12 pm EST
Still waiting and hopeing for a CD, the Clark Brothers are unique and deserve to be heard!!!!!

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