Friday, October 17, 2014

Music City, USA threw a Birthday party for Jerry Lee Lewis!

October 17, 2014

Words by Butch Worrell
Photos by Butch Worrell
(Cake and Book photos by “Bird”)


Jerry Lee Lewis turned 80 and launched a “Birthday” tour which touched down at the “Mother Church of Country Music”, Nashville's The Ryman Auditorium October 4th.


Tuesday, October 14, 2014

36th Annual Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards

The 36th Annual Georgia Music Hall of Fame awards ceremony was held on Saturday, October 11, 2014 in the Georgia Ballroom at the Georgia World Congress Center.
 
The evening began with a VIP Red Carpet and Governor’s Reception, a seated dinner, followed by the highly-anticipated Georgy™ Awards show. Co-emcees were Robin Meade and Monica Pearson.  Multi Grammy® Award-winning Lady Antebellum received the Performer Award, multi-platinum Collective Soul’s Ed Roland scored the Songwriter Award, legendary blues songstress Francine Reed as given the Pioneer Award, southern rock chart toppers Wet Willie snagged the Group Award. Other inductees included multi-talented celebrity funny man Jeff Foxworthy received the Spoken Word Award and important music industry game-changer Danny Beard was honored with a Non-performer Award.  Posthumous inductees honored this year were: Sean Costello, Wally Fowler, Eddie horst, Bobby Byrd and Frank Fenter.