Corey Smith recently became an honorary “Friends and Family” member of the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. The Georgia native is currently working on his next album.
Photo: Back row (L-R): Pamela Johnson (Vice President of Development, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum), Rachel Weingartner (Membership Manager, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum), Jay Orr (Vice President of Museum Programs, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum), Genevieve Jewell (The Collective), Rachel Cunningham (The Collective), Cass Scripps (APA), Kavi Haleman (The Collective), Craig Dunn (The Collective) and Corey Smith.
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A recent episode of GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown was filmed at the new Johnny Cash Museum in downtown Nashville. The museum houses a collection of the Man in Black’s awards, stage clothes and personal belongings. The museum even includes a stone wall and iron fence that were excavated from his Hendersonville, Tenn. lake house.
Pictured, (L-R): Host Nan Kelley, Joanne Cash Yates (Johnny Cash’s sister) and Kelly Hancock, museum director of hospitality and events and Johnny Cash’s niece.
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The Valory Music Co. recording artist and Season 2 of The Voice contestant RaeLynn briefly took a break from the Locked & Reloaded Tour with Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley to spend time at the USO Warrior and Family Center at Fort Belvoir. The center is home to the Fort Belvoir military community as well as our nation’s wounded, ill and injured troops, their families and caregivers.
RaeLynn. Photo: The Valory Music Co.
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