Bob
Dylan, Shel Silverstein, Dean Dillon
Inducted into Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
“I’m
Movin’ On” is NSAI Song of the Year; Troy Verges
is Songwriter of the Year
Nashville,
TN - Bob Dylan, the late Shel Silverstein and Dean Dillon
are the newest additions to the Nashville Songwriters Hall
of Fame. The three men were inducted Sunday, Nov. 3, during
annual ceremonies conducted by the Nashville Songwriters Foundation
at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel in Nashville.
In conjunction
with the Hall of Fame inductions, the Nashville Songwriters
Association International (NSAI) conferred a series of Songwriter
Achievement Awards. “I’m Movin’ On,”
by Phillip White and D. Vincent Williams, was named Song of
the Year. The Songwriter of the Year prize went to Troy Verges,
writer of “Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man.”
A collection
of top Nashville tunesmiths – including Pat Alger, Gary
Burr, Roxie Dean, Angela Kaset, Fred Knobloch, Gretchen Peters,
Hugh Prestwood, Don Schlitz and Thom Schuyler – teamed
up to pay tribute to Bob Dylan, whose classic songs include
“Like A Rolling Stone,” “Lay Lady Lay,”
“All Along The Watchtower,” “Blowin’
In The Wind,” “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight”
and “To Make You Feel My Love.” Hall of Fame member
Schlitz inducted Dylan, whose tour schedule prevented him
from attending.
Singer/songwriters
Bobby Bare and Don Henry revived favorites from Shel Silverstein’s
catalog, which includes “A Boy Named Sue,” “Marie
Laveaux,” “The Unicorn,” “Queen Of
The Silver Dollar,” “Sylvia’s Mother”
and “The Cover Of The Rolling Stone.” Longtime
friend Bare inducted Silverstein.
Leslie
Satcher and MCA recording artist George Strait treated the
audience to a sampling of Dean Dillon’s many hits, a
collection that includes “Homecoming ’63,”
“All The Good Ones Are Gone,” “Set ’Em
Up Joe,” “The Chair,” “Nobody In His
Right Mind Would Have Left Her,” “Unwound”
and “Ocean Front Property.” Hall of Fame member
Red Lane formally welcomed Dillon into the Hall.
Each Hall
of Fame inductee was presented with the coveted “Manny”
(short for “Manuscript”) Award.
Besides
honoring the Song and Songwriter of the Year, the writers
of NSAI’s Professional Songwriters Division also singled
out 10 songs and their writers for its 2002 Achievement Awards
(informally dubbed “The Songs I Wish I’d Written”).
Recipients were “Angry All The Time” (Bruce Robison),
“Bring On The Rain” (Billy Montana, Helen Darling),
“I Wanna Talk About Me” (Bobby Braddock), “I'm
Movin' On’ (Phillip White, D. Vincent Williams), “I’m
Tryin’” (Chris Wallin, Jeffrey Steele, Anthony
Smith), “Long Time Gone” (Darrell Scott), “Ol’
Red” (Mark Sherrill, Don Goodman, James Bohon), “Riding
With Private Malone” (Thom Shepherd, Wood Newton), “The
Good Stuff” (Jim Collins, Craig Wiseman) and “Where
Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)” (Alan Jackson).
“I’m
Movin’ On” was the top choice of the NSAI Pro
writers. Four Troy Verges songs – Jessica Andrews’
“Who I Am,” Martina McBride’s “Blessed,”
Trisha Yearwood’s “I Would’ve Loved You
Anyway” and Andy Griggs’ “Tonight I Wanna
Be Your Man” – placed among the top 40 vote-getters
and earned Songwriter of the Year honors for Verges.
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