FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 1, 2016
Kannapolis, N.C. – The North Carolina Music Hall of Fame has announced this year’s eight inductees. The Induction Ceremony takes place annually in October. The inductees are as follows:
- The Avett Brothers – folk rock/bluegrass/Americana, from Concord, NC.
- Band of Oz – popular pioneer Beach music band, from Raleigh, NC.
- Chuck Brown (deceased) – funk guitarist known as the “Godfather of Go-go,” from Gaston, NC.
- The Carolina Chocolate Drops – Grammy award winning old time string band, from Durham, NC.
- Percy Heath (deceased) – jazz musician/bassist and member of the Modern Jazz Quartet, born in Wilmington, NC.
- David Holt – Grammy Award winning folk musician & story teller who appears regularly on PBS television, from Asheville, NC.
- Kellie Pickler – country vocalist and American Idol contestant, born in Albemarle, NC.
- Ron Tyson – longtime member of the Temptations, from Monroe, NC.
The Induction Ceremony will take place on Thursday, October 20, 2016 in Kannapolis, NC. This red carpet event is open to the public. VIP and General Admission tickets will go on sale early this summer. Tickets will be available online and at the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame Museum, 600 Dale Earnhardt Blvd., Kannapolis. Contact the Hall of Fame Museum for more details: www.NorthCarolinaMusicHallofFame.org, (704) 934-2320.
For more information please contact:
Eddie Ray
Operations Director/Vice Chair
(704) 934-2320 (museum)
(703) 346-6241 (mobile)
[email protected]
Bill Kopald
Chairman
(336) 299-2520 (office)
(336) 337-2521 (mobile)
[email protected]
