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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
(Mon., Feb.11)
Music publisher Wesley Rose, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, was born in 1918.
Gene Vincent was born in 1935.
Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire" album was certified gold in 1965.
Roger Miller's "Golden Hits" album was certified gold in 1966.
Vince Gill made his country chart debut with "Victim Of Life's Circumstances" in 1984.
A federal grand jury in Memphis indicted rockabilly pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis on tax evasion charges in 1984. He would be acquitted the following October.
Kenny Rogers had a benign growth removed from his vocal cords in 1986.
MUSIC AND MORE
CMA
The CMA Awards are staying in Nashville. On Friday, the Country Music Association's board of directors voted to table discussions about moving the annual awards show to a location other than Nashville, country.com reports. New York and Atlanta both had invited the CMA to bring the awards to their cities for a year.
The CMA said music industry leaders would work with the mayor of Nashville to plan the future of the show. "We are pleased," said CMA chief Ed Benson, "that the mayor has expressed a strong interest in helping us achieve our goals to grow the industry."
This year's show will be held Nov. 6.
JEFF CARSON UPDATE
Jeff Carson is back home in Franklin, Tenn., recovering from back injuries suffered in a sledding accident last week.
Country.com reports the singer was released from Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Friday, one day after crashing into a tree on his sled. While he suffered a fracture of the sixth vertebra, doctors decided no surgery was needed. Carson will, however, have to wear a brace for six to 12 weeks. His appearance Tuesday at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville has been canceled.
HANK WILLIAMS JR.
Hank Williams Jr.'s new project is as much about his family's history as it is about new music.
"The Almeria Club and Other Selected Venues" takes the listener on a musical journey, chronicling landmarks from Hank Sr.'s music career in the late 1940s. The album is named after a rural Alabama club where Hank Sr. and his wife, Audrey, performed in 1947.
"The album was a real kick for me, not only musically but from the standpoint of what it represents to my heritage and the ol' family tradition," Williams said. "Had he been here, Hank would've done it this way," he said, referring to his father.
In support of the project, which was released Jan. 8, Williams will be featured this coming weekend on Country Music Television. On Saturday, he will appear on CMT's "Most Wanted Live" prior to his first appearance in two decades on the Grand Ole Opry later that night. On Sunday, Williams and his pal, Kid Rock, will be spotlighted on "CMT Crossroads," a documentary of the people behind the music.
(Thanks to UPI's Crystal Caviness in Nashville)
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