"Golden Voice" Legends Honored at Award Show
The third annual Golden Voice Awards, honoring veteran country performers, took place Thursday (June 14) aboard the General Jackson showboat on Nashville's Cumberland River. Hosted by John Conlee during Fain Fair week, the show benefits the Performers' Benefit Fund, which helps cover insurance and medical needs of Grand Ole Opry members.
The winners:
Golden musician awards -- Billy Grammar (lead guitar); Billy
Linneman (bass); Spider Wilson (rhythm guitar); Jerry Whitehurst
(keyboard); Don Helms (steel guitar); Buddy Spicher (fiddle); Kenny
Malone (drums) 06/15/01