Sandra Burroughs, Alabama Music Hall of Fame, CMA Awards
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C ountry music's biggest night is just hours away!
You can watch the 54th annual academy of country music awards right here on abc and waay 31 tonight.
Joining us via zoom this morning to talk about alabama's connection to this year's show is our friend, the director of the alabama music hall of fame, sandra burroughs.
Sandra, good morning!
Wait for response -alabama always has special ties to cmas; one of the bigger ties this year is vocal group nominee little big town.
They have central alabama connections right?
-who else should alabama be watching for tonight?
-jake owen is up for music video of the year, a lot of people may not know florence's own ben and jesse skipworth helped create the video for his song 'homemade.'
From singer/songwrit ers, to musicians and the creative type how proud are you to be in an area so rooted in talent and music history?
-alabama was the first group to win "entertainer of the year" , they were also the first to threepeat the "entertainer of the year" award ; the hall of fame has a special section just for the famed group.
Extra fact: kenny chesney and alabama hold the record for the most consecutive wins for "entertainer of the year."
Be sure to visit our friends at the alabama music hall of fame in tuscumbia to learn more about alabama's c ountry music's biggest night is just hours away!
You can watch the 54th annual academy of country music awards right here on abc and waay 31 tonight.
Joining us via zoom this morning to talk about alabama's connection to this year's show is our friend, the director of the alabama music hall of fame, sandra burroughs.
Sandra, good morning!
Wait for response -alabama always has special ties to cmas; one of the bigger ties this year is vocal group nominee little big town.
They have central alabama connections right?
-who else should alabama be watching for tonight?
-jake owen is up for music video of the year, a lot of people may not know florence's own ben and jesse skipworth helped create the video for his song 'homemade.'
From singer/songwrit ers, to musicians and the creative type how proud are you to be in an area so rooted in talent and music history?
-alabama was the first group to win "entertainer of the year" , they were also the first to threepeat the "entertainer of the year" award ; the hall of fame has a special section just for the famed group.
Extra fact: kenny chesney and alabama hold the record for the most consecutive wins for "entertainer of the year."
Be sure to visit our friends at the alabama music hall of fame in tuscumbia to learn more about alabama's rich music history for yourself!
Director of the alabama music hall if fame, sandra burroughs thanks so much for joining us this morning!
Wait for response anchor push fs to coverage on abc.
It's country music's biggest night and waay 31 has you covered... the c-m-a's started airing on a-b-c and has continued since!
The 54th annual cma awards starts at 7 p-m right here on waay