Alabama Music Hall of Fame announces inductees and award winners

This week the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Board announced the selection of seven people to be inducted during the 13th Induction Banquet and Awards Show to be held in the Convention Center in Montgomery, Thursday, March 25. David Johnson, executive director of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, said, “We are proud to be returning to Montgomery for this celebrated event honoring our state’s great music achievers and unmatched musical heritage. During this event, the audience will be entertained by some of the most successful and talented Alabamians in the music industry as well as witness seven achievers being awarded with our most prestigious honor – induction into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.” The Board has hired Montgomery native and Nashville-based television producer Jimmy Carter and Crimson Tide sports network producer/engineer Tom Stipe, of Tuscaloosa, to produce the show.

The inductees and their categories are:

Performing artist/group category
The Blind Boys of Alabama and Eddie Levert, (the lead singer of the O’Jays.)

Music creator
Atlanta songwriter/record producer Buddy Buie and Nashville session musician Jerry Carrigan

Entertainment industry
Macon, Georgia, record producer/musician Paul Hornsby

John Herbert Orr Pioneer Award
The late Muscle Shoals musician Terry Thompson and singer/Colbert-Lauderdale County State Senator Bobby Denton.

Governor’s award
B. A. Nugent, of Point Clear.

Music industry award
Integrity, Inc. chief executive officer Michael Coleman, of Mobile.

Sam Phillips innovator’s award
Concert promoter Tony Ruffino, of Birmingham.

Jerry Wexler award
Former Muscle Shoals recording artist Mac Davis, of Los Angeles, California.

Arthur Alexander songwriter’s award
Singer/songwriter Mac McAnally, of Sheffield.

Alabama’s rising star award
Singer Jamey Johnson, of Nashville.

Media award
Original MTV veejay Alan Hunter, of Birmingham.

For more information on the Alabama Music Hall of Fame please see www.alamhof.org

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