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The Country Music Association announced today that Bobby Bare<\/strong>, \u201cCowboy\u201d Jack Clement, <\/strong>and Kenny Rogers<\/strong><\/a> will become the newest members of the revered Country Music Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n Rogers will be inducted in the \u201cModern Era Artist\u201d category, while Bare will be inducted in the \u201cVeterans Era Artist\u201d category. Clement will be inducted in the \u201cNon-Performer\u201d category, which is awarded every third year in a rotation with the \u201cRecording and\/or Touring Musician Active Prior to 1980,\u201d and \u201cSongwriter\u201d categories. Bare, Clement, and Rogers will increase membership in the coveted Country Music Hall of Fame from 118 to 121 members.<\/p>\n Kenny, who\u2019s currently in the studio working on new music posted a video thanking his fans just moments after he got the call from Steve Moore<\/strong>, CMA Chief Executive Officer:<\/p>\n \u201cThe highest musical honor achievable for a Country Music artist or industry leader is to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and these are all outstanding and highly deserving individuals,\u201d said Steve Moore<\/strong>. \u201c\u2019Cowboy\u2019 has been responsible for producing many of the iconic songs in Country Music. Bobby pioneered the Country concept album and was one of the first artists to take the format to Europe. And Kenny\u2019s crossover success throughout a lengthy career introduced Country Music to a much wider audience.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is big \u2013 an honor and the validation of a dream, totally unexpected,\u201d said Bare. \u201cNow I\u2019ll be famous forever. Thanks to all of my supporters and thank you CMA.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been chosen for the Country Music Hall of Fame? I thought I was already in the Hall of Fame,\u201d said Clement. \u201cI could have gotten in there any time I wanted. Kyle [Young] gave me a key.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I was young, my dad said, \u2018Son, you have to think big to accomplish small\u2019 and the Country Music Hall of Fame was as big as it gets,\u201d said Rogers.\u00a0\u201cHe wanted that for me.\u00a0So every record I\u2019ve ever made, every concert I\u2019ve performed, and every song I\u2019ve written was done for the single purpose of achieving that goal.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sure you can imagine how special it is and how exciting it was when Steve Moore called me with the news of my acceptance,\u201d Kenny added. \u201cIt\u2019s not the end of my journey, but it is certainly the high point, no matter what else I accomplish. From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank all the members who voted for me and all the friends who encouraged and believed in me, and my dad, for his vision of success.\u201d<\/p>\n Induction ceremonies for Bare, Clement, and Rogers will take place at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in the new CMA Theater later this year. Since 2007, the Museum\u2019s Medallion Ceremony, an annual reunion of the Hall of Fame membership, has served as the official rite of induction for new members.<\/p>\n \u201cThe announcement of new Hall of Fame members is always a cause for celebration,\u201d said Kyle Young<\/strong>, Director of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. \u201cI find it remarkable that all three 2013 honorees were born in the 1930s during the worldwide Great Depression and commercial Country Music\u2019s formative years. They were present for the birth of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll, the \u201960s folk revival, the ascent of hard Country, and the rise of sophisticated pop Country with a global impact. Cowboy Jack, Bobby, and Kenny are unique personalities whose contributions to the canon of American popular music are inerasable.\u201d<\/p>\n [youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xe083AmrLS0?rel=0]<\/p>\n CMA created the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1961 to recognize noteworthy individuals for their outstanding contributions to the format with Country Music\u2019s highest honor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Country Music Association announced today that Bobby Bare, \u201cCowboy\u201d Jack Clement, and Kenny Rogers will become the newest members of the revered Country Music Hall of Fame. Rogers will be inducted in the \u201cModern Era Artist\u201d category, while Bare will be inducted in the \u201cVeterans Era Artist\u201d category. Clement will be inducted in the \u201cNon-Performer\u201d category, which is awarded every third year in a rotation with the \u201cRecording and\/or Touring Musician Active Prior to 1980,\u201d and \u201cSongwriter\u201d categories. Bare, Clement, and Rogers will increase membership in the coveted Country<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}