The Academy of Country Music recently sponsored Rock the Cradle, a Nashville benefit for the Baptist Hospital Foundation. The event, co-chaired by Connie Bradley and Troy Tomlinson, featured Big & Rich and raised over $325,000 for babies born in the Beaman Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
(L-R): Troy Tomlinson, Alison DeMarcus, Ken Robold, Butch Waugh, Big Kenny, Teresa George, Tiffany Moon, John Rich, Amy Cannon, Paul Barnabee, and Connie Bradley
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BMI writer/artist Preston Leatherman recently signed a management agreement with James Lucente and Chris Keaton. The Houston native and multi-instrumentalist recently released a live EP titled Live From The Basement: Vol. 1 featuring both old and new songs.
(L-R): James Lucente, Preston Leatherman (seated), BMI’s David Preston, and Chris Keaton
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Nashville restaurant proprietor and Sony Music Nashville Assoc. Dir., Artist Development & Marketing Rachel Fontenot recently filmed an episode of Food Network’s Heat Seekers from her East Nashville restaurant Mad Donna’s. The episode will feature the restaurant’s Habanero Mac & Cheese and ghost pepper-infused Vodka of Doom. Heat Seekers from Mad Donnas is set to air in January, 2012.
Rachel Fontenot (center, in black) prepares her spicy foods during the Food Network taping.
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