Kenny Chesney, June Carter Cash, Tony Brown Join Country Music Hall of Fame: ‘I Feel the Gravity of This Moment’

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The Country Music Hall of Fame added 3 to its rank connected Sunday nighttime (Oct. 19)—stadium headliner and hitmaker Kenny Chesney, the precocious multi-faceted singer, songwriter, actress, comedian and writer June Carter Cash, and revered producer, musician, and statement enforcement Tony Brown.

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The trio joined 155 previously-inducted members erstwhile they were formally welcomed arsenic members of the Country Music Hall of Fame during an invitation-only evening held astatine the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s CMA Theater. The evening featured performances and tributes from artists including George Strait, Eric Church, Vince Gill, Trisha Yearwood, Kacey Musgraves, Kelsea Ballerini, Megan Moroney, Steve Earle and Lyle Lovett.

A five-time Grammy winner, and co-writer (with Merle Kilgore) of 1 of state music’s astir enduring songs, “Ring of Fire,” Carter Cash was lauded for her indelible contributions to state music, and joined 4 contiguous household members already enshrined successful the Hall of Fame: The Carter Family (A.P. Carter, Maybelle Addington Carter, Sara Dougherty Carter) was inducted successful 1970, portion June’s husband, Johnny Cash, was inducted successful 1980.

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum main enforcement serviceman Kyle Young called it “the astir implicit household reunion successful the Hall of Fame’s history.”

By the property of 10, Carter Cash had joined her parent and sisters successful performing arsenic The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle; they joined the Grand Ole Opry successful 1950 and became regular performers. Through those performances, Carter Cash became known for her prowess arsenic an entertainer and comedian. Later on, her talents arsenic an histrion would radiance successful roles connected Gunsmoke and and successful the 1997 movie The Apostle. Beyond her Grammy-winning collaborations with Cash, including “Jackson” and “If I Were a Carpenter,” Carter Cash besides wrote respective songs that were recorded by Cash, including 1963’s “The Matador.” Her 1999 medium Press On and her 2003 posthumous medium Wildwood Flower some won Grammys for champion accepted people album. Along the way, Carter Cash besides encouraged and supported galore artists successful Nashville’s euphony community, including Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings.