Grudge Match: Reba McEntire vs. Reid Speed

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Reba McEntire

Reid Speed

KNOXVILLE — We compare two pop-culture subjects to see which you like better. To be included in next week's tally, vote for your favorite before noon on Monday. This week's match:

REBA MCENTIRE vs. REID SPEED

Oh, no ... snow! George Strait was set to headline a country mega-show tonight at Thompson-Boling Arena with Reba McEntire and Lee Ann Womack, but the show has been rescheduled to April 2 due to expected inclement weather. Also, “psy-trance” band Infected Mushroom and breakbeat DJ Reid Speed, who were slated to perform tonight at The Valarium, have postponed to a date to be determined. So, between Reba and Reid, who would you rather cut a rug with?

BACKGROUND:

McEntire: She has topped the charts with country hits and her own TV show. Also: record producer.

Speed: She's a DJ, record producer and "paradigm shifter." Hey, sometimes those paradigms need shifting. Who ya gonna call?

SIDE PROJECTS:

McEntire: Has her own lines of clothing, shoes, home decor items and luggage. Yep, luggage.

Speed: Runs her own record label, Play Me Records.

SOUNDS

McEntire: Soaring Southern vocals with guitar and fiddle twangin'.

Speed: Budda-budda-budda-budda-bwomp-bwomp-freeow-boom-boom-boom!

THE WORD FROM ONLINE

McEntire: "She's the second best-selling female country artist of all time."

Speed: "She thinks fast, moves fast, mixes fast, talks fast, lives fast."

LAST WEEK: DEREK DOOLEY VS. LANE KIFFIN

Our pick: Derek Dooley, because he made such a nice first impression.

Your pick: Dooley received a warm welcome to Knoxville with 95 percent of the vote (a whopping tally of 1838 to 90).

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