.jpg)
Wlaf1450
NASHVILLE, TN (SPECIAL TO WLAF) – Worldwide music legend and favorite son of Campbell County Dean Dillon will be honored on Friday with a Tennessee Music Pathways marker. The event is Friday at noon at the Coal Miner’s Museum at Rocky Top/Lake City. The museum is across Main Street from PCUD.
TENNESSEE TOURISM-ANDERSON CO. TOURISM COUNCIL TO HONOR DEAN DILLON WITH “TENNESSEE MUSIC PATHWAYS” MARKER SEPTEMBER 22
| WHAT: | Country music songwriter and performer Dean Dillon was born in 1955 in Lake City, Tennessee, (later renamed Rocky Top) and grew up in nearby Cherry Bottom. Dillon is a renowned songwriter having penned 26 No. 1 hits. He has written or co-written for artists including George Jones, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith and more than 70 songs for George Strait, including 11 number 1 hits (“The Chair,” “Nobody in his Right Mind Would’ve Left Her,” “Ocean Front Property” and more). After winning a talent contest at Jacksboro High School in Campbell County, Dillon began performing regularly in Knoxville on the “Jim Clayton Star Time” TV show. He graduated from Oak Ridge High School in 1973 before hitchhiking his way to Nashville where he began work as a performer at Opryland. He made his first record in 1974 and scored his first chart-topping single in 1979. In 2002, Dillion was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and is a 2013 BMI Icon recipient. The Tennessee-native now resides in Colorado. |
| WHO: | Photo and interview opportunities include: · Stephanie Wells, Director, Anderson County Tourism Council · Mayor Terry Frank, Anderson County · Mark Ezell, Commissioner, Tennessee Dept. of Tourist Development · Dean Dillon and family members |
| WHEN: | Friday, Sept. 22, at noon, ET |
| WHERE: | Coal Creek Miners Museum (adjacent to City Hall) 201 South Main St. Rocky Top |
| OTHER: | Launched by the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development in 2018, Tennessee Music Pathways is an online planning guide that connects visitors to the state’s rich musical heritage at tnmusicpathways.com. From the largest cities to the smallest communities, Tennessee Music Pathways stretches across all 95 counties and features hundreds of landmarks from the seven genres of music that call Tennessee home. |
(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 09/20/2023-6AM)
Congratulations and thank you so much for writing so many songs for my pretty eyes George Strait thats what I always call him I love him so much and you two work so good together so keep up the good work.