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Bill Anderson Receives Another Hall of Fame Honor

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Grand Ole Opry star Bill Anderson will be inducted to America’s Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame in LeMars, Iowa.
 
Bob Everhart, the National Traditional Country Music Association President, praised Anderson not only for his music contributions, but also for his role as a goodwill Ambassador for Nashville.
 
"Mr. Anderson is a goodwill Ambassador for Nashville. He has firsthand knowledge of how the clean-up operation is doing after the flood, and he also has firsthand knowledge about how Nashville is back in 'business as usual.' It seems the 'media' pretty much exploded and exploited the flood and all the damage, in many news stories, and then pretty much left it hanging there,” Everhart said. “There are some folks in Iowa who still think Nashville is underwater, and of course that is not true anymore."
 
Anderson, a successful singer and songwriter, wrote his first hit at 19. The song, “City Lights,” recorded by Ray Price, was an instant hit and remains one of Country Music’s most popular songs.
 
"Bill Anderson is one of the most enduring and talented songwriters and recording artists in Country Music," Everhart said.
 
America’s Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame is located in the Pioneer Music Museum in Anita, Iowa. Since 1976, hundreds of individuals and groups have been honored for their contributions to traditional country music. Anderson will be honored during the annual 'National Old Time Country Music Festival & Pioneer Exposition of Rural Lifestyle' in LeMars, Iowa.
 
"We do this festival for seven days, simply because there are so many great performers of what we call traditional Country Music." Everhart said. "We have ten sound stages, and well over 650 performing artists coming every year. We're in our 35th year now, so it's sort of become a 'reunion' of kindred souls, especially those that have such a deep and abiding love for America's traditional and classic Country Music."
 
Dates for the festival, held at the Plymouth County Fairgrounds, are Aug. 30 - Sept. 5.