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02-12-2008, 04:03 PM
Emmylou Harris to enter Country Hall of Fame (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23128914/)
Tom T. Hall, Statler Brothers also among honorees in Nashville
...Harris, a native of Birmingham, Ala., first became known for her duet work with Gram Parsons in the 1970s. After Parsons’ death in 1973, she began a successful solo career that has spanned pop, country rock and Americana, and earned her 12 Grammy Awards.
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Her most commercially successful album was a 1987 project with Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton called “Trio.”
“I’ve been thinking about this incredible journey I’ve been on and how I’ve been blessed,” Harris, 60, said. “It’s wonderful to be a member of this place that holds so much reverence for me.”
The Statler Brothers, originally from Staunton, Va., were first hired as a vocal backing group by Johnny Cash. They had their first hit in 1965 with “Flowers on the Wall.” They had several more Top 40 hits through the 1970s and 1980s, including “The Class of ’57,” “Do You Know You Are My Sunshine” and “I’ll Go to My Grave Loving You.”
“We feel like we’re in rarified air here, we never expected to be here,” said Don Reid, who, with Harold, was one of the only two brothers in the group. “We always looked at the Hall of Fame as a place where our heroes were.”
Tom T. Hall, originally from Olive Hall, Ky., is best known as a songwriter who jump-started his solo career following Jeannie C. Reilly’s No. 1 hit with his “Harper Valley PTA.”
Hall was a top touring and radio act in the ’70s, and has written children’s songs, several novels and produced a PBS special on bluegrass music....
I had a slight opportunity to see Emmylou at the Ryman a couple of years ago. The people I was with didn't want to take the time, though, and I wasn't driving. *sigh* We drank at Tootsie's instead.
Tom T. Hall, Statler Brothers also among honorees in Nashville
...Harris, a native of Birmingham, Ala., first became known for her duet work with Gram Parsons in the 1970s. After Parsons’ death in 1973, she began a successful solo career that has spanned pop, country rock and Americana, and earned her 12 Grammy Awards.
Story continues below ↓advertisement
Her most commercially successful album was a 1987 project with Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton called “Trio.”
“I’ve been thinking about this incredible journey I’ve been on and how I’ve been blessed,” Harris, 60, said. “It’s wonderful to be a member of this place that holds so much reverence for me.”
The Statler Brothers, originally from Staunton, Va., were first hired as a vocal backing group by Johnny Cash. They had their first hit in 1965 with “Flowers on the Wall.” They had several more Top 40 hits through the 1970s and 1980s, including “The Class of ’57,” “Do You Know You Are My Sunshine” and “I’ll Go to My Grave Loving You.”
“We feel like we’re in rarified air here, we never expected to be here,” said Don Reid, who, with Harold, was one of the only two brothers in the group. “We always looked at the Hall of Fame as a place where our heroes were.”
Tom T. Hall, originally from Olive Hall, Ky., is best known as a songwriter who jump-started his solo career following Jeannie C. Reilly’s No. 1 hit with his “Harper Valley PTA.”
Hall was a top touring and radio act in the ’70s, and has written children’s songs, several novels and produced a PBS special on bluegrass music....
I had a slight opportunity to see Emmylou at the Ryman a couple of years ago. The people I was with didn't want to take the time, though, and I wasn't driving. *sigh* We drank at Tootsie's instead.