Trace Adkins, Lynyrd Skynyrd Will Play Two Cities on New Year's Eve Fri. October 10.2008 3:32 PM EDT
Trace Adkins and Lynyrd Skynyrd will play New Year's Eve concerts in both Nashville and Pikeville, Ky., this year. Adkins will start his performance at the Sommet Center in Nashville. After his set, he'll fly to Pikeville to close the show there. Lynyrd Skynyrd will open at the Eastern Kentucky Expo in Pikeville, then fly to Nashville to close the Sommet Center concert. The cities are in different time zones. Tickets go on sale on Oct. 18. Rascal Flatts Visit Children's Hospital in Nashville Fri. October 10.2008 3:32 PM EDT Rascal Flatts performed Thursday (Oct. 9) at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville while hosting a small party for the young patients and their families. With their record label, Lyric Street, being owned by Disney, they also brought along several characters, including Cinderella, Snow White and Mickey and Minnie Mouse. "Fast Cars and Freedom" and "What Hurts the Most" were among the songs the trio performed. Following the party, the band visited the hospital rooms of other children who were unable to attend the party. Rascal Flatts will perform its annual benefit concert for the hospital on Oct. 17 at Nashville's Sommet Center. They have raised more than $2.2 million for the facility during the past three years. Songwriter Dean Dillon Honored by Hall of Fame Fri. October 10.2008 3:32 PM EDT Dean Dillon will be the next subject of the Country Music Hall of Fame's quarterly series, Poets and Prophets: Legendary Country Songwriters. He will be interviewed and give a performance in the museum's Ford Theater on Nov. 1. Dillon has written or co-written numerous No. 1 songs for George Strait, including "The Chair," "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her," "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You," "Ocean Front Property," "Famous Last Words of a Fool," "I've Come to Expect It From You," "If I Know Me," "Easy Come, Easy Go," "The Best Day" and "She Let Herself Go." Other writing credits include "Tennessee Whiskey" (George Jones), "Homecoming '63" (Keith Whitley), "Set 'Em Up Joe" (Vern Gosdin), "All the Good Ones Are Gone" (Pam Tillis), "A Lot of Things Different" (Kenny Chesney) and "A Little Too Late" (Toby Keith). 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
