Ray Price Hospitalized, Recovering In Houston Hospital
Nashville, TN – Country Music Hall of Famer and 2004 ACM Pioneer Award recipient Ray Price was hospitalized Thursday, September 23.
“Price was flown from his home in Mt. Pleasant, TX to a hospital in Houston suffering from chest pain. Additional tests revealed blockage in Price’s main artery. Surgery to remove the blockage took place this morning (24th). Ray is recovering in a Houston hospital,” says Price’s publicist Kirt Webster.
Cards may be sent to Ray Price, P.O. Box 1986, Mt. Pleasant, TX 75456.
Ray recently finished recording his new album, ‘My Old Friend,’ which is a tribute album featuring songs originally made popular by country music’s most memorable legends.
There will be more updates to come on Ray Price’s condition when it is made available.
Americana Awards Winners
In tonight¹s third annual Americana Honors & Awards
ceremony, held at the Nashville Convention Center as part of the 2004
Americana Music Association Conference, Loretta Lynn picked up two awards:
Album of the Year and Artist of the Year. Newcomer Mindy Smith won the
award in the New/Emergent Artist of the Year category. Rodney Crowell won the Song of the Year category with his track ³Fate¹s Right Hand.² Will Kimbrough won as Best Instrumentalist.
In addition, the crowd of Americana artists, music industry executives, entrepreneurs and press were treated to live performances by Live performances by Tony Joe White & Shelby Lynne, Steve Earle, Jason Ringenberg, Chris Hillman, Slaid Cleaves & Ray Wylie Hubbard, Mindy Smith, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Mavis Staples, Rodney Crowell and more.
Also in the Americana Honors & Awards ceremony, three Lifetime Achievement Awards were issued to the late Jack Emerson (executive Chris Hillman (performer) and Cowboy Jack Clement (songwriter.) The President¹s Award was issued to the Carter Family. And the Spirit of Americana Free Speech Award was issued to Steve Earle, who also performed at the event. [p] The Americana Honors & Awards were held at the fifth annual Americana Music Association Conference in Nashville, during which registrants were treated to Americana or ³alt-country² music filling the streets of Nashville in the form of artist showcases, panels and other events. [p] Here are the winners for 2004, to be announced September 24th: [p] 2004 Americana Music Association Award[br] Album of the Year [br] Loretta Lynn - "Van Lear Rose" (Interscope)[br] [p] 2004 Americana Music Association Award[br] Artist of the Year[br] Loretta Lynn [br] [p] 2004 Americana Music Association Award[br] Song of the Year [br] ³Fate¹s Right Hand² Rodney Crowell[br] [p] 2004 Americana Music Association Award[br] Instrumentalist of the Year[br] Will Kimbrough[br] [p] 2004 Americana Music Association Award[br] New/Emerging Artist of the Year[br] Mindy Smith [br] [p] 2004 Americana Music Association Award[br] Lifetime Achievement Executive[br] Jack Emerson[br] [p] 2004 Americana Music Association Award[br] Lifetime Achievement Performer[br] Chris Hillman[br] [p] 2004 Americana Music Association Award[br] Lifetime Achievement Songwriter[br] Cowboy Jack Clement[br] [p] 2004 Americana Music Association[br] President¹s Award[br] The Carter Family[br] [p] 2004 Americana Music Association[br] Spirit of Americana Free Speech Award[br] Steve Earle[br] [p] [b]Multi-Platinum Hitmaker Brad Paisley to Headline Nashville Concert with Special Guests, Los Lonely Boys[/] [p] Just four days prior to the 2004 CMA Awards in Nashville, four-time CMA nominee and Arista Nashville recording artist Brad Paisley will headline a concert at Nashville's Vanderbilt University. Opening the show will be Los Lonely Boys, the three-man sensation whose Platinum-selling self-titled debut album hit the pop Top 10 and spawned the multi-format hit single and video, "Heaven." [p] The November 5 concert will be a highlight of Vanderbilt's annual Homecoming activities. Open to the public, the 7,000-seat show will be housed in Vanderbilt's historic Memorial Gymnasium. Doors open at 8 PM, with a 9 PM showtime. Tickets will go on sale to the public through Ticketmaster on October 8. [p] [b]Katrina Elam Celebrates Album Release With Hometown Visit And Grand Ole Opry Live Debut[/b] [p] Universal South recording artist Katrina Elam is getting ready to celebrate one of the biggest days of her life. The Bray, Oklahoma native will release her self-titled debut CD from Universal South Records on October 5. To mark the event the singer–songwriter is planning a special homecoming performance and autograph session at the Duncan, Oklahoma Wal*Mart near her hometown. “Any time I get to come home and enjoy my mom's home cooking and see my family and friends it’s great, but to be sharing a moment like releasing my first album with them is even better! I can't imagine celebrating this with anyone other than the people who encouraged me to take this step in the first place!” said Katrina. [link url=http://forums.about.com/ab-countrymusic/messages?msg=13065.1]More...[/link] [p] _z_countrymusic_z_);
