Major Labels Sue Sirius XM Over Pre-1972 Recordings

SIRIUS XM RADIO LOGOOn Wednesday (Sept. 11), Sony, Universal and Warner, along with ABKCO (a company that controls many of the Rolling Stones’ early music rights) sued Sirius XM Radio in a California court, alleging the satellite service used recordings from before 1972 without permission, according to the New York Times. Though federal copyright protection does not apply to these recordings, the suits claim pre-1972 recordings are still covered by state law.
The suit is the third major complaint filed against Sirius XM in recent weeks. The band the Turtles, best known for the 1967 hit “Happy Together,” and royalty agency SoundExchange filed similar suits last month. Each seeks up to $100 million in damages. The labels’ suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeks unspecified damages and a declaratory judgment about the rights involved in pre-1972 recordings.
Other artists mentioned in the suit are the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra and the Supremes.
Satellite radio service Sirius XM has 25 million subscribers. Last year, Sirius XM earned $3.4 billion in revenue, according to its annual report, and paid eight percent of gross royalties revenue to record labels and performers.

Pandora Names Brian McAndrews CEO, President and Chairman

Brian McAndrews

Brian McAndrews


Pandora’s Board of Directors has appointed Brian McAndrews to succeed Joe Kennedy as CEO, President and Chairman. McAndrews previously held senior positions at General Mills and ABC. In 1999, he took over Seattle-based digital agency Avenue A; the company was acquired by Microsoft for $6 billion dollars in 2007. McAndrews went on to hold positions at Microsoft and Madrona and is currently on the boards of The New York Times Co., Grubhub Seamless and AppNexus.
“We had very specific criteria for our new CEO, and we were very strategic about finding the right person — Brian is that person,” said Pandora’s founder and chief strategy officer Tim Westergren. “No one better understands the intersection of technology and advertising, which he clearly demonstrated during aQuantive’s meteoric rise. He has a recognized ability to set strategy, lead large teams and drive growth and innovation at great scale. He is also a natural cultural fit with Pandora. This is a great development for our company.”
Advertising Age dubbed McAndrews “Digital Executive of the Year,” in addition to him being named one of the 30 most influential ad executives in Adweek’s 30th Anniversary issue.
“It is a great privilege to be asked to lead Pandora at this important moment in the company’s history,” said McAndrews. “By capturing the enthusiasm of more than 72 million monthly listeners, the management team, led by Joe and Tim, has made Pandora the clear internet radio leader and created a product that consumers love. I look forward to joining this great team to build on Pandora’s success for years to come.”
McAndrew’s predecessor Kennedy announced his decision to retire from Pandora in March 2013.

Warner Music Group and Clear Channel Form Strategic Partnership

clear-channelWarner Music Group has formed an alliance with Clear Channel Media to help drive digital growth, increase listenership, break new music, and create new marketing opportunities for their roster. Through the partnership, Warner will share in revenue from all platforms and be able to promote its artists across all of Clear Channel’s 850 stations nationwide and its 243 million monthly broadcast users, as well as its iHeartRadio theaters and outdoor assets. The agreement is the first of its kind between a major music company and Clear Channel.
Through the alliance, Warner will also receive dedicated air time to introduce new songs under Clear Channel’s Artist Integration Program, as well as exposure at major nationally televised events like the iHeartRadio Music Festival and other iHeart events, on special programs using Clear Channel’s digital outlets, and through new targeted user interfaces in digital that facilitate consumers ability to purchase music as they hear it.
“WMG is showing the way for what a true 21st century music company can be ­ a music company built for the digital age. They’re now poised to use this unique relationship to benefit both their new and legendary artists,” said Bob Pittman, Chairman and CEO of Clear Channel.  “We couldn’t be more thrilled to be their partner in building these exciting new markets and promoting their artists in innovative new ways. The team at WMG understands that old formulas don’t work as well as they must in the digital age, and that we have to think differently to build a robust future for the music industry. Today, music companies and media and entertainment companies need to be more supportive of each other’s needs. This agreement begins that new era, and will help both companies thrive in the digital world.”
 
 
 

Leadership Music Holds Annual Music Summit

Pictured (L-R): Jeremy Holley, Jeff Nicholas, Charles Fetterly, Jenn Downs, PJ Loughran, Andre Gaccetta. Photo: Bev Moser

Pictured (L-R): Jeremy Holley, Jeff Nicholas, Charles Fetterly, Jenn Downs, PJ Loughran, Andre Gaccetta. Photo: Bev Moser


Members of the music industry convened yesterday, Sept. 10, for Leadership Music’s annual Music Summit at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works. Leadership’s Executive Director Debbie Linn welcomed the seated crowd, voicing hopes that the summit would “awaken the entrepreneur in you.” The sessions, which were engaging, informative and at times dry, began with an inspirational address by The Nashville Entrepreneur Center’s President and CEO Michael Burcham.
Burcham described his humble beginnings, growing up dirt poor in Mississippi before moving to Nashville, where he dove into entrepreneurship and found unyielding success. “This is a city that oozes creativity and entrepreneurship out of its pores,” spoke Burcham. “We all have the opportunity in the city to do something profoundly different and start a business.” He emphasized this point with stories about student underdogs who worked hard to create flourishing businesses and added, “If these folks can do what they’ve done, what’s your excuse? Get busy!” Burcham also presented 10 entrepreneurship lessons he has learned, including building a network of outside of your industry and learning that failure is a part of life.
Randy Goodman of the Music City Music Council broadly discussed the Council’s purpose and the state of the music business. The council, including co-chair Mayor Karl Dean, has been promoting Nashville and working to centralize the music industry here. “Nashville as a city can become a key host for music industry events,” said Goodman. “This is an amazing city, it is an it city.” The meat of Goodman’s discussion came when he mentioned the possibility of the Grammys taking place here. After noting the success of the Grammy Nominations Concert held in Nashville last year, Goodman said, “We are now in a place to make a pitch for the Grammys to be held here.”
As the day warmed up, Mark Tindle of Musicmetric came onstage to discuss analytics across the digital landscape. “I’m an advocate of utilizing information that can be gathered in intelligence, which can help us utilize sales opportunities,” he said, before inundating the crowd with information. Interesting points included the fact that consumers are more comfortable engaging with celebrity artists (Tindle cited One Direction’s Harry Styles and his enormous social media following). Tindle also discussed trends among file sharing networks like Bit Torrent. For example, the most illegally shared artists, like Justin Timberlake, Rihanna and Bruno Mars, also receive the most digital downloads.
Next up was OpenTopic’s Christian Jorg who discussed the company’s significant growth over the past several months. “I’m doing now what I really love doing which is being an entrepreneur,” said Jorg, who transformed the company from a shaky start-up into a successful business. The company is admittedly cool, providing users with a marketing platform to develop content initiatives. “We find relative sources, curate them, engage audiences, evaluate and measure,” said York. OpenTopic has already been employed by highly recognizable companies, ranging from Comcast to TV Guide, which used the platform to create a website dedicated to the 80s sitcom Cheers. Jorg’s speech emphasized the importance of a unique product in a highly competitive business sphere.
MusicRow founder David Ross moderated the morning’s first panel on video marketing, which included panelists Dez Dickerson, Jamin Guy, Brody Harper, Jared Scheel and Stokes Nielson. Panelists discussed video branding, where to release a video, the importance of production value and more. “Having a newspaper is not enough, you need the digital to go with it,” said Stokes. “You have to have very digestible pieces that can get the message across quickly.” Interesting points included the suggestion that emerging artists boost their careers by “collaborating with other artists who have a YouTube following” and the misconception that a bigger budget will result in a better video project. Dickerson touched on the most important aspect of video marketing, saying “at the end of the day, audience is the only metric that matters.”
The morning’s final panel on push and pull marketing was moderated by Warner Music Nashville’s Jeremy Holley and included panelists Jeff Nichols, PJ Loughran, Andre Gaccetta, Charles Fetterly and Jenn Downs. Panelists weighed the pros and cons of push and pull marketing and discussed the best ways to circulate a product. Downs advocated word of mouth and advised that products “be human, be real, be authentic.” Loughran similarly spoke about “brand evangelists,” saying “we procure something that begins to take a life of its own.” Meanwhile, Gaccetta piqued the crowd’s interest with a description of airport marketing, while Holley summed up the panelists’ advice, saying “create compelling content to attract consumers.”
Although the morning presentations included a few tech difficulties (it was difficult to see presenter images on the display screens) and some yawns, they provided participants with several valuable insights. The presentations ended with participants feasting on sandwiches and salads while the rain poured down on a warm Nashville day.
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Weekly Register: Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line

Pictured (L-R): Sheryl Crow, FGL’s Brian Kelley and Tyler HubbardPhoto Credit: ABC / Fred Lee

Pictured (L-R): Sheryl Crow, FGL’s Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard
Photo Credit: ABC / Fred Lee


The top Country album title in this week’s Top 200 rankings remains Luke Bryan, whose Crash My Party title sold 68k this week, for a five-week total of 847k. Bryan also holds the top Country digital track with “That’s My Kind of Night” selling 107k units this week (508 RTD).
New album releases this week include Frank Foster‘s Southern Soul at No. 11 (5.8k), Craig Morgan’s The Journey (Livin’ Hits) at No. 12 (5.1k), Reckless Kelly‘s Long Night Moon at No. 22 (4.1k), and Chris Janson‘s self-titled EP at No. 47 (1k). Sara Evans holds the top Country digital tracks debut with “Slow Me Down” selling 15k this week, coming in at No. 28 (Country) and No. 101 (overall).
Overall album  sales YTD are down 5.6 percent compared to 2012, while total Country album sales are down .4 percent. In one bright spot, Country track sales YTD are up 6 percent, compared to overall album sales, which are down 3.1 percent. Country digital album sales stand at 8.064 million YTD, a climb of 13.3 percent over last year.
Since their massive hit single “Cruise” was released, Florida Georgia Line‘s digital track sales have skyrocketed. The duo recently tallied more than 10 million tracks sold worldwide from their debut album Here’s To The Good Times (Republic Nashville), which has been certified Platinum in the United States and Gold in Canada by the RIAA.
Next week’s weekly sales register will get a bump from the releases of new projects by Keith Urban, Sheryl Crow, Steve Wariner and a gospel project from the late George Jones.

ACM Announces Returning Hosts for 2014 Awards Show

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Pictured (L-R): Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton co-hosting the ACM awards.


The good ol’ boys will be back for next year’s ACM Awards. Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan are the confirmed hosts of the 2014 event.
Shelton co-hosted the awards beginning in 2011 and in 2012 with Reba, but co-hosted with Bryan for the first time last year. Bryan is the reigning Entertainer of the Year at the ACM awards.
The ACM announced the news last night (Sept. 10) during the ACM honors and via Twitter.
ACM’s tweet reads: “It is true!! #BLUKE is back to host the 2014 #ACMs! Are you ready for more @blakeshelton & @LukeBryanOnline??!! #GuessWhosBackBackAgain.”

Warner Music Nashville Promotes Holley To Sr. VP Post

Jeremy Holley

Jeremy Holley


Warner Music Nashville (WMN) has promoted Jeremy Holley to Sr. VP, Consumer & Interactive Marketing. In this position, Holley will continue to manage all aspects of the company’s digital marketing, direct-to-fan, e-commerce, video promotion, and social media & digital music strategy. He also oversees the creative services department for Warner Music Group’s country and Christian divisions, which include Atlantic, Elektra, Warner Bros., LoudMouth, and Word Entertainment. Jeremy previously served as VP, Consumer & Interactive Marketing, and will continue to report to Peter Strickland, EVP & General Manager, Warner Music Nashville.
“Jeremy and his team have built a reputation among partners and industry peers as one of the most aggressive and innovative in the music business,” said Strickland. “Thanks to their creativity and vision, WMN artists like Blake Shelton and Hunter Hayes, and newcomers like Brett Eldredge and for King & Country—continue to enjoy new commercial and marketing opportunities.”
“I’m excited to continue working with such a talented and dedicated team of passionate music fans. John Esposito, Rod and Peter, along with our extended Warner family, are truly inspiring and I can’t wait to see what happens next,” said Holley.
Holley started his career in finance at Benchmark Mortgage, a company he co-owned, from 2000-2004. He then moved to Nashville to work as Media Manager for Milam Results Marketing, a direct response advertising agency. Holley joined the WMN family in 2005, working in radio promotions. He was quickly promoted to Head of New Media & Mobile Marketing, and subsequently began working on the country and Christian divisions’ 360 and digital efforts.
Holley has been recognized by Billboard as one of the “Top 30 Under 30” executives in the music and entertainment industry (2007), as well as one of the “Billboard Twitter 140: Music-Industry Characters You Need To Follow.” Holley has represented music rights holders on Capitol Hill, educating lawmakers about the importance of performance rights to the overall music community.

Industry Ink (9-11-13)

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Pictured (L-R): Marc Driskill, EVP/GM of Sea Gayle Music; Mike Ryan; Chris DuBois, partner of Sea Gayle Music; Mike Owens, VP Creative of Sea Gayle Music.

Sea Gayle Music has signed a publishing agreement with artist/songwriter Mike Ryan.  “Mike is an amazing artist with tremendous soul and power in his voice. He’s also a great songwriter and musician,” says Sea Gayle Executive VP/GM Marc Driskill. “We are really excited about working with Mike and having him as part of the Sea Gayle roster.

In 2010 Ryan, who attended University of North Texas, rose above 80 other competitors to win the 95.9 The Ranch Pickin’ Party singer/songwriter competition. His EP “The First One” was released that summer and produced 2 singles, “Slow Hand” and “Won’t Let it Show” that reached the top 25 on the Texas Music Chart.

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logoSongwriters Kim Williams, Doug Johnson, Jim Collins and Bob Morrison will take the stage on Saturday, Sept. 21 on Brenau University’s Front Lawn in Gainesville, Ga. to honor the late songwriter John Jarrard at the John Jarrard Songwriters Festival. Jarrard wrote songs for Don Williams, Alabama, George Strait, Diamond Rio and Tracy Lawrence before his death from a battle with diabetes in 2001.
The two-day event begins on Friday, Sept. 20 with a concert on the downtown Gainesville Square headlined by David Lee Murphy. Berklee College of Music students and Riverstreet Again will also perform during the evening, which kicks off the 10thAnniversary of Art in the Square. The Songwriters in the Round Show on Sept. 21 is the centerpiece of the event, which in its first 11 years has raised more than one million dollars to support some of Jarrard’s favorite charities including Good News at Noon Clinics and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Hall County. This year’s concert will also benefit the “Think About It” program, created by The Medical Association of Georgia Foundation to educate and prevent prescription drug abuse throughout the state.
Tickets for the event are $20 each, and tickets can also be purchased online at johnjarrardfoundation.com.

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Jan Smith

Jan Smith


Vocal coach “Mama Jan” Smith has teamed with Bogner Entertainment and will be featured in a new reality television show, in search of the next generation of Country artists. Smith has been a vocal coach for more than 26 years, working with The Band Perry’s Kimberly Perry, along with Usher, Justin Bieber and others.
Casting for the currently untitled show is open for male vocalists between the age of 14-20; the show will be filmed in Atlanta.
The application process begins with a video submission (video performance should include one song) sent to castingcall.bei@gmail.com. Submissions should be sent in a digital format and be uploaded to YouTube with a link included in the e-mail. Each submission should include name, age, current city, contact number and e-mail.

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Larry Gatlin


650 AM WSM radio has partnered with Grand Ole Opry member Larry Gatlin to host Larry Wayne Gatlin Radio-Only In America, which will begin in January 2014. The show will air on Tuesdays from 2 p.m.-3 p.m. CT on both 650 AM and at wsmonline.com beginning Jan. 7, 2014. Shows will be archived on the station website.
Larry Wayne Gatlin radio will feature a blend of music, entertainment, life in-signs and pro-Nashville conversations.

MusicRow Exclusive: 101 Ranch Records Launches, Appoints Doug Howard as President

Doug Howard

Doug Howard


101 Ranch Records has announced its official label launch, including the appointment of industry veteran Doug Howard as President. Founded by RayLynn Records creator Bob Simpson, the label’s office will be based in Nashville. The first signing to the label will be accomplished singer, songwriter, actor, producer and filmmaker Mark Collie. Tammy Collie, VP/GM of RayLynn Records, is also a member of the 101 Ranch Records management team.
Doug Howard’s notable music industry career includes the recent self-started ventures including Vandermont Music Group and WHAT MATTERS, a second production company launched in 2012. He previously held highly esteemed positions including Sr. VP of A&R for Walt Disney-owned Lyric Street Records, Sr. VP/GM of Disney Music Publishing Nashville, and VP/GM of PolyGram Music Publishing Nashville.
“It’s an honor to be working with Bob on the launch of 101 Ranch Records and we’re very excited about the road ahead of us,” said Doug Howard, president. “Mark Collie, who is a tremendously talented performer and songwriter, is a great fit as the first artist signing to the label and we look forward to him joining us on this new journey.”
Collie is best known for songs including “Even The Man In The Moon Is Crying” and “Born To Love You.” Collie will reverse his role and go behind the lens as filmmaker for an upcoming project that combines his love of film and music. Details on that project will be announced shortly. “I’m thrilled to have a new home with 101 Ranch Records and to be working with a terrific team with Doug, Bob and Tammy,” says Mark Collie. “There are some new and exciting projects coming up on the horizon that I look forward to debuting with the label.”
101 Ranch Records marks the second record label venture from Texas businessman Bob R. Simpson after the 2011 launch of the gospel label RayLynn Records.

Bobby Karl Works The Room: ACM Honors

Dierks Bentley performs during the ACM Honors.

Dierks Bentley performs during the ACM Honors.


Whether you went for the sounds or for the star-gazing, you were well rewarded at the 7th Annual ACM Honors celebration.
Staged at the Ryman Auditorium on Tuesday evening (9/10), the show was hosted by Dierks Bentley, who also performed. He was joined as a Ryman music maker by a host of others.
Dierks kicked off the night in style by rocking out on his excellent new single “I Hold On.” Later in the show, he saluted honoree Keith Whitley with “I’m Over You” and “Don’t Cheat in Our Hometown,” the latter featuring harmonies by Ricky Skaggs. The other highlight of this portion of the show was “Til a Tear Becomes a Rose,” lovingly sung by Keith’s widow Lorrie Morgan with their son Jesse Keith Whitley.
During the segment saluting Songwriter of the Year Dallas Davidson, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum did a splendid mini-medley accompanied solely by Dave’s acoustic guitar. It combined their own “We Owned the Night” with “The One That Got Away” (popularized by Jake Owen) and “I Don’t Want This Night to End” (popularized by Luke Bryan). All three hits were co-penned by Dallas.
A portion of the show remembering George Jones was highlighted by a stunning Chris Young medley of “The Window Up Above,” “The Race Is On” and “He Stopped Loving Her Today.” Chris was vocally terrific and effortlessly classy. Unfortunately, he walked off too briskly to witness the well-deserved standing ovation given to him by every star in the house.
In paying tribute to Hank Williams, The Mavericks rocked “Your Cheatin’ Heart.” Much more powerful was the prayer-at-midnight reading of “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” by Jamey Johnson and Holly Williams, followed by their equally respectful “I Saw the Light.” Jamey and Holly nailed their numbers to the hall’s legendary floor.
Guy Clark was saluted by Robert Earl Keen via a picturesque reading of “Let Him Roll.” Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell were sublimely lustrous on Clark’s “She Ain’t Going Nowhere.” The part of the show that reflected on the ACM’s California history was capped by the Bakersfield-saluting “Together Again” by Vince Gill and Paul Franklin. They were awesome.
Paying homage to the legacy of The Judds were Kree Harrison doing an elegant version of “Love Is Alive” and Thompson Square singing a spirited and accomplished medley of “Why Not Me,” “Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days)” and “Love Can Build a Bridge.” On the last named, the duo was joined by 10 kids from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, recipients of the ACM’s Lifting Lives charity largesse.
After his show-opening number, Dierks offered some charming quips by way of launching the celebration. Then David Nail took over to present the ACM’s 2013 venue honors. The Red Rock Casino & Resort in Las Vegas won its first Casino of the Year award. Joe’s Bar in Chicago was Nightclub of the Year and its Ed Warm won Promoter of the Year. Jerry Hufford of the Buck Owens Crystal Palace venue in Bakersfield was named Don Romeo Talent Buyer of the Year.
Capping this segment was the naming of the Ryman Auditorium as Venue of the Year for the third time. “Winning it in this room is really special, because it gives me the opportunity to thank the entire Ryman team,” said Ryman boss Sally Williams. “Thank you to all of you who have embraced this Mother Church.”
Next, Deanna Carter presented the MBi Awards to country’s studio professionals. This was appropriate since she is the daughter of Nashville session musician Fred Carter Jr., whom she found in the background of a photo of Johnny Cash at the Ryman that is hanging backstage.
The MBI winners were Jimmie Lee Sloas (bass), J.T. Corenflos (guitar), Michael Rojas (piano), Ilya Toshinski (specialty instruments), Mike Johnson (steel guitar) and Chuck Ainlay (engineer). Sloas, Corenflos and Toshinski were all first-time winners. Not present were winners Aubrey Haynie (fiddle), Matt Chamberlain (drums) and Jay Joyce (producer).
The Mae Boren Axton Award went to Tommy Wiggins, who was one of the founders of the ACM in 1963. “I’ve walked in my career with greats: Tonight, I soar with eagles,” said Tommy. Bob Romeo presented.
During the past year, Lady Antebellum performed for a million fans in 11 countries. Member Hillary Scott also did mission work in Haiti. “They’re the perfect ambassadors for country music,” said Mike Dungan. This was why Darius Rucker presented the group with the Jim Reeves International Award.
Hillary had a baby in July and is still on maternity leave. So Charles and Dave accepted. “You have no idea how many rednecks there are in Norway,” said Dave. “You won’t make any money, but it will be the trip of your lifetime,” added Charles of the trio’s overseas adventures.
Don Schlitz presented Dallas Davidson with his Songwriter of the Year award. “In the Church of country music, I should thank God,” said Dallas.
Pictured (L-R): ACM's Bob Romeo, Jason Aldean, Randy Owen

Pictured (L-R): ACM’s Bob Romeo, Jason Aldean, Randy Owen


The ACM’s Crystal Milestone Award is for touring accomplishments. Randy Owen gave it to Jason Aldean, who revealed that he went to see Randy’s band Alabama when he was in the second grade. “I love to play live,” Jason said of his award. “I’m just glad that people enjoy what I do. I hope I can do it for a long, long time.”
The Gene Weed Special Achievement Award was presented by Steve Wariner to Blake Shelton. “I think Blake personifies grace and integrity,” said Steve. “And nobody spins a chair around like Blake Shelton,” he added, referring to The Voice.
The always-hilarious Blake riffed on the “weed” moniker of the award before turning serious. “All I dreamed about, all I cared about, all I wanted to be was one of them,” he said, referring to the stars in the crowd. “I did it: I got to be one of you.”
The ACM gave two Poet Awards. The first went to Hank Williams, presented by Big & Rich to Hank’s daughter Jett Williams and granddaughter Holly Williams. “He would have been 90 years old next week, and this is the 60th anniversary of his death,” said Jett. “His music lives on.” Added Holly, “His writing captures something in all of us.”
The second Poet Award was given to Guy Clark by Vince Gill. “I always considered what I did poetry,” said Guy. He capped his acceptance speech by reading the lyrics of “To Live Is to Fly” by the late songwriter Townes Van Zant.
I know this report is running long, but the show did clock in at three hours. Its finale was the presentation of the two Pioneer Awards. Joe Galante presented both, because both went to acts he signed.
“We thank you so much for remembering Keith Whitley’s beautiful music and his beautiful heart,” said Lorrie Morgan. Honoree Wynonna Judd was crying when she took the stage on behalf of The Judds. “The happiest times in my life were on stage with my mother,” she said. “Thank you for this. It makes me feel worthy….Judd music is alive and well….Country music is the poetry of the common man, and I look forward to the next 30 years of my career.”
As far as the star-gazing part of the agenda, the red-carpet walk had to be moved indoors because of rain. Fans stood outside under umbrellas anyway.
Inside the Ryman were Eric Paslay, Miranda Lambert, Paulette Carlson & Cactus Moser of Highway 101, Nancy Jones, Janet McBride, Jeannie Seely and a stellar band comprised of Glenn Worf, Jedd Hughes, Brent Mason, Glen Duncan, Paul Franklin and vocalists Liana Manis and Wyatt Beard.
And then there were such Bobby Karl stars as Becky Harris, Scott Borchetta, Frank Liddell, Rod Essig, Dave Pomeroy, Joe & Linda Chambers, Carla Wallace, new songwriter Mike Freeman, Whitney Daane, Charlie Monk, Sherod Robertson, Ron Cox, Pat McMaken and Barry Coburn.
“Hope you had a great time,” quoth Dierks. We did.
All photos via Getty Images.
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