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Father Of Bluegrass Music on DVD (The Bluegrass Blog)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:33:35 GMT

... came to create it.Nager, who will host a screening and a panel discussion during IBMA week at The Country Music Hall Of Fame and Museum (10/2), shared a bit about his involvement.“The film’s inception came through director Steve Gebhardt, who approached me about writing it (and writing a lot of the grant application materials). It was 1988 or 1989.I was then music editor...

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Legendary Performances: Marty Robbins (DVD Talk)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:41:44 GMT

Recommended Shout Factory, in association with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, has released another terrific title in their Archive Series : Legendary Performances: Marty Robbins . Gathering together 15 clips from various television shows and specials featuring Robbins, Legendary Performances: Marty Robbins is a real eye-opener for the casual country...

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Legendary Performances: Tammy Wynette (DVD Talk)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:36:00 GMT

Recommended Shout Factory, in association with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, has released another title in their Archive Series : Legendary Performances: Tammy Wynette . Featuring 15 of her best known songs culled from appearances on television shows and specials from 1967 to 1981, Legendary Performances: Tammy Wynette is a terrific introduction...

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Entertainment and Apparel Companies Pour Into There.com With New 'Virtual Merchandise' Marketing Programs (PR News Wire )

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT

K-SWISS, bebe, Eberjey, Bravado and Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum(R) to Sell Virtual Goods SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Makena Technologies, creator of the popular 3D social virtual world There.com, today announced five new partners participating in its Virtual Merchandise marketing program. Premier apparel providers, K-SWISS, bebe and Eberjey, as...

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Why sell branded virtual goods? Advertising or ecommerce revenue? (Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:05:15 GMT

... noted a few other brands also participating on There.com … music merchandiser Bravado, and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum are now peddling their virtual wares in There.com. Each will establish specialty shops to sell branded goods for There.com avatars. There.com has sold virtual goods as part of brand campaigns before, most recently for NaCo, but has also...

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CMA Inducts Tom T. Hall into the Country Music Hall of Fame (Cybergrass)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:55:00 GMT

/CMA/ -- By Bob DoerschukLove, laughter and music filled the Ford Theater in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum June 29, as Tom T. Hall and the Statler Brothers were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. It was heard it in the remarks of Ralph Emery, minutes before he presented Hall with the Medallion that symbolizes his membership. "The...

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Dailey & Vincent lead bluegrass nominees with 10 (Seattle Times)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:10:12 GMT

... years is just wonderful."Del McCoury and Kathy Mattea announced the nominations Thursday at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.Other leading nominees included Blue Highway, Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, and the Dan Tyminski Band - all of whom received six nominations apiece.Tyminski, a longtime member of Alison Krauss' Union Station, released his second solo disc,...

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Bill Monroe Mandolin Update (The Bluegrass Blog)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:14:04 GMT

Monroe’s mandolin is still housed in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. If it is to stay there, the museum may be required to divvy up $1.5 million. For the back story, be sure to read our previous two posts on this situation, here and here. The Murfreesboro Post is reporting that Robert Waldschmidt, the [...]

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Hank Williams band member Don Helms dies at 81 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:22:00 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Don Helms, a renowned steel guitarist who played in Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys band and on country classics by Patsy Cline and Lefty Frizzell, has died of an apparent heart attack. He was 81.

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More Johnny Cash Christmas Specials Coming to DVD (Music News)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:55:31 GMT

... some dude named Steve Martin. In 1979, Cash moved the special back to Nashville, bringing along country stars Anne Murray and Tom T. Hall. Andy Kaufman provides the comic relief in the 1979 broadcast, appearing as his Taxi character Latka Gravas. The DVDs — sold individually and also as a box set featuring all four specials — will be released by Shout! Factory and the Country Music...

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Kitty Wells: Queen of Country Music to Open Aug. 15 (Cybergrass)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:48:52 GMT

Nashville, TN -- The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will honor country music's first female superstar, Kitty Wells, in Kitty Wells: Queen of Country Music, Presented by Great American Country Television Network, a biographical exhibit opening Friday, August 15, 2008, for a 10-month run in the Museum's East Gallery. The exhibit will run...
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Songwriter Bob McDill Talks About His Many Hits (CMT News)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:00:00 GMT

Looking like the tenured English professor he might have become, Bob McDill is a Nashville legend whose vivid, observational and relentlessly literate songs were the backbone of country music throughout the 1970s, '80s and early '90s. Among them are Alan
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Tim McGraw fans eagerly await solo show (Today's Tribune-Review)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:04:23 GMT

When Faith Hill performed the opening acts on Tim McGraw's 1996 Spontaneous Combustion Tour, and the two country singers looked at each other longingly, it was evident to fans what was to come. "I think it was obvious ... " Michael McCall says. He is an editor for the publications put out by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. "By the end of the...
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Dailey and Vincent to Perform at Hall of Fame Medallion Ceremony (Cybergrass)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:10:57 GMT

Nashville, TN -- Acclaimed new bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent performed "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine" in tribute to the Statler Brothers Sunday night at the invitation-only Country Music Hall of Fame(r) and Museum's Medallion Ceremony marking the official induction of the Statlers and Tom T. Hall. Banjo player Joe Dean and mandolinist Jeff Parker filled the quartet parts...
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OMG TWO IN ONE DAY?! I'M UH-MAY-ZING!! :]] - Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:22:29 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States Alrighttt, two entries in one day, Kali is on a rollll :]] This one will be short though XD So last time I left off saying we're going to explore Nashville. We kinda did that; since mom and I were the reason we came to Nashville [We wanted to see Nashville for ourselves], we visited the Country Music Hall Of...
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Jerry Douglas and KOCH Records Release 'Glide' August 19th (Cybergrass)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:15:02 GMT

New York, NY -- On Tuesday, August 19, 2008, KOCH Records will release GRAMMY(r) Award-winning Dobro master Jerry Douglas' new solo album, Glide. Douglas will celebrate the launch of his latest recording as he headlines the Country Music Hall of Fame(r) and Museum's 2008 Artist-In-Residence series in Nashville, TN commencing on August 19. The residency will include special...
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Shout! Factory and the Country Music Hall of Fame Form Partnership (Cybergrass)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:23:50 GMT

Los Angeles, CA and Nashville, TN –- Shout! Factory and the Country Music Hall of Fame(r) and Museum announced an exclusive partnership to executive produce a multi-part original series of specials on the history of country music for television broadcast and DVD distribution. This announcement was made by Shout! Factory's founding partners Richard Foos, Bob Emmer...
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Museum to Unveil Plans for George Aubrey and Marg Crump Terrace on June 14 (Cybergrass)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:30:13 GMT

The Country Music Hall of Fame(r) and Museum will unveil plans for the George Aubrey and Marj Crump Terrace on Saturday, June 14th. Made possible through private philanthropy, the Country Music Hall of Fame(r) and Museum will break ground this month for the construction of a new 2,657-square-foot walled garden terrace at Fourth Avenue South and...
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Chronicle of country music planned (Variety.com)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:22:40 GMT

TV News: Shout to co-produce Leaf & Neville's doc series -- Documentarians David Leaf and Morgan Neville will chronicle the history of country music in a series exec produced by Shout! Factory and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
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Johnny Cash Honored With New Country Car (Starpulse News)

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Country music icon Johnny Cash has become the inspiration for a new vehicle exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee. [...] Read more!
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