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Kix Brooks and John Rich Go To Washington

Posted by Lisa Ann Schleipfer on 03/11/2010
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The Library of Congress joined forces with the Country Music Association yesterday, hosting a day-long program for the CMA Board of Directors at the nation's library. The event was concluded with the Story Tellers and Story Keepers concert, featuring Kix Brooks from Brooks & Dunn, John Rich of Big & Rich, Lorrie Morgan and Randy Scruggs, along with songwriters Victoria Shaw and Bob DiPiero.

"Country Music is a record of American history and America's stories and we had some of our best storytellers here for this event," said Steve Moore, Chairman of the CMA Board of Directors.

The event included a tour of the historic Jefferson Building, an orientation to the Library's music, sound recording and folk collections, and a reception with members of the House of Representatives, Senate and invited dignitaries.

"On my tour bus it's all History Channel and ESPN," Brooks joked during the tour of the Library, which houses early Country recordings and hand-written documents from Country greats like Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. CMA donated a leather-bound DVD collection of four decades of CMA Awards broadcasts, anniversary specials and the CMA Music Festival television specials to the Library's archive.

"The purpose of our events here at the Library of Congress are meant to bring attention to these fine collections and help this incredible institution build on the Library's already unparallelled archive of sound recordings," Moore continued.

"I truly believe that Country Music has become America's music," Rich told The Washington Post. "It's wonderful to see D.C. and our lawmakers recognize and respect what we're doing."

Source: GACtv.com