Country awards 'are no longer true blue' COUNTRY music legend John Williamson has resigned his post as president of the Country Music Association of Australia over what he sees as the Americanisation of the annual country music awards. Williamson, a co-founder of the CMAA and a multiple winner of Golden Guitars at the annual country music awards, said yesterday he felt he could no longer hold the position as president. He blamed this in part on the fact that the album The Great Country Songbook, by Australian stars Troy Cassar-Daley and Adam Harvey, is nominated for album of the year at January's awards ceremony in Tamworth, NSW. The album features mainly covers of American country classics.