NEWS IN BRIEF Dierks Bentley to Perform for Nashville Musician Thu. October 11.2007 6:23 PM EDT
Dierks Bentley, the Grascals, Mark O'Connor and Ricky Skaggs are among those scheduled to perform during an Oct. 22 benefit concert for Butch Baldassari, a Nashville musician and record producer who is battling cancer. Baldassari, founder of the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble, also serves as adjunct associate professor of mandolin at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music. The lineup for the concert at the Martha Rivers Ingram Performing Arts Center at Blair includes Shawn Camp, Kathy Chiavola, John Cowan, Bela Fleck, Tony McManus, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble, Maura O'Connell, John Mock and Three Ring Circle. All proceeds will go to Baldassari and his family. Crowell, Gill, Mandrell, Hendrix Tapped for Walk of Fame Thu. October 11.2007 6:12 PM EDT Rodney Crowell, Vince Gill, Barbara Mandrell, songwriter Bob DiPiero and the late Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Killen are in the latest round of inductees into the Music City Walk of Fame. They will be recognized when commemorative sidewalk markers are unveiled in the Hall of Fame Park in downtown Nashville on Nov. 5. Hendrix moved to Nashville in 1962 after being discharged from the Army at nearby Fort Campbell, Ky. He performed in Nashville at clubs on Jefferson Street and in Printer's Alley before moving to New York. Killen was a noted music publisher and record producer. The Music City Walk of Fame was created in 2006 to honor those who have made significant contributions to the musical heritage of Nashville. Time Life Issuing Opry Video Classics Thu. October 11.2007 6:12 PM EDT Grand Ole Opry performances from the '50s to the '70s will be released Nov. 20 as Opry Video Classics, an eight-DVD set featuring Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Tammy Wynette and many others. Released by Time Life, the 120 performances are divided into themes for the individual DVDs. One of the discs is devoted to duets, including rarities such as Don Gibson and June Carter's "Oh Lonesome Me" and Bobby Lord and Cline's "(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You." Time Life will also issue a single DVD, Legends, featuring Patsy Cline's "Crazy" and other songs performed by Cash, Lynn, Conway Twitty, Willie Nelson, Ray Price and Ernest Tubb. Kay --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
