Stars Gather At ACM Honors

September 23rd, 2009

It was a star-studded evening last night at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville. Country artists such as Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Joe Nichols, and Jamey Johnson gathered to honor some of country music’s most legendary artists including Hank Williams Jr., Randy Travis, Dolly Parton, and Merle Haggard.

Lee Ann Womack hosted and performed at the event while Underwood, Nichols, Shelton, and Lambert (among others) came to to pay tribute to those being honored.

“I feel like I need to be older, or dead,” Travis joked about receiving the Cliffe Stone Pioneer award. “Great thanks to so many wonderful songwriters in this town. The hits don’t happen without them.”

Special honorees included:

Jerry Reed (posthumously), Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr – recipients of the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award
Merle Haggard & Harlan Howard (posthumously) – recipients of the Poet’s Award
Dolly Parton – recipient of the Jim Reeves International Award
David Young – recipient of the Mae Boren Axton Award
“Beer For My Horses” – recipient of the Tex Ritter Award (produced by Showdog Productions, in conjunction with CMT Films – executive producers: Leslie Belzberg, T.K. Kimbrell, and Jeff Yapp; producers: Toby Keith and Donald Zuckerman; director: Michael Salomon)

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