The headline meant to say Mac Davis Dead at 78
Just received this from the Country Music Association:
MAC DAVIS, LEGENDARY SINGER-SONGWRITER
AND FORMER CMA AWARDS HOST, PASSES AWAY AT 78
Mac Davis, former CMA Awards host and beloved singer-songwriter who penned iconic hits such as Elvis Presley’s "In The Ghetto" and "A Little Less Conversation" passed away today, Sept. 29, 2020. He was 78.
Today our Country community lost an amazing entertainer, songwriter and artist. I remember watching Mac’s TV show as a kid as well as his three years co-hosting the CMA Awards with Barbara Mandrell, which proved his command of the TV medium as well as the music. Personally, though, I am saddened to recall a wonderful day spent with Mac and his wife Lise Gerard at our CMA Songwriters Series show at the Library of Congress just a few years ago. He held command of the room backstage with lively stories and a genuine love of the craft of storytelling. When he performed “In the Ghetto” that night, fellow songwriter Pam Tillis pointed out that sadly the song is as pertinent today as it was when Mac wrote it in the late 1960s. His timeless artistry will be sorely missed.
–Sarah Trahern, Chief Executive Officer, Country Music Association
A 1974 CMA Entertainer of the Year nominee, Davis co-hosted the CMA Awards with Country superstar Barbara Mandrell from 1980-1982. Davis penned hits recorded by Rascal Flatts, Dolly Parton, Ray Price, Kenny Rogers and many others, as well as recorded hit songs himself, including “Texas in My Rearview Mirror,” “Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me,” “Stop and Smell the Roses,” and “Hooked on Music.”
https://www.etonline.com/mac-davis-country-singer-and-in-the-ghetto-songwriter-dead-at-78-153915
Just received this from the Country Music Association:
MAC DAVIS, LEGENDARY SINGER-SONGWRITER
AND FORMER CMA AWARDS HOST, PASSES AWAY AT 78
Mac Davis, former CMA Awards host and beloved singer-songwriter who penned iconic hits such as Elvis Presley’s "In The Ghetto" and "A Little Less Conversation" passed away today, Sept. 29, 2020. He was 78.
Today our Country community lost an amazing entertainer, songwriter and artist. I remember watching Mac’s TV show as a kid as well as his three years co-hosting the CMA Awards with Barbara Mandrell, which proved his command of the TV medium as well as the music. Personally, though, I am saddened to recall a wonderful day spent with Mac and his wife Lise Gerard at our CMA Songwriters Series show at the Library of Congress just a few years ago. He held command of the room backstage with lively stories and a genuine love of the craft of storytelling. When he performed “In the Ghetto” that night, fellow songwriter Pam Tillis pointed out that sadly the song is as pertinent today as it was when Mac wrote it in the late 1960s. His timeless artistry will be sorely missed.
–Sarah Trahern, Chief Executive Officer, Country Music Association
A 1974 CMA Entertainer of the Year nominee, Davis co-hosted the CMA Awards with Country superstar Barbara Mandrell from 1980-1982. Davis penned hits recorded by Rascal Flatts, Dolly Parton, Ray Price, Kenny Rogers and many others, as well as recorded hit songs himself, including “Texas in My Rearview Mirror,” “Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me,” “Stop and Smell the Roses,” and “Hooked on Music.”
https://www.etonline.com/mac-davis-country-singer-and-in-the-ghetto-songwriter-dead-at-78-153915
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