Barbara Mandrell To Be Inducted into Music City Walk Of Fame

Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ BNA Records) - It's been 10 years since Barbara Mandrell left the stage of the Grand Ole Opry where she performed her farewell show, 'Barbara Mandrell and The Do-Rites: The Last Dance,' marking her official retirement from country music and the stage. Mandrell, a woman of her word and of her faith has not looked backed since. In the past decade, she has done everything she set out to do, namely putting her family and home life in the foreground. In addition to becoming an expert gardener, housewife and wedding planner for her son, Mandrell jumped out of a plane with the Golden Knights, sold her magnificent mansion, was honored by the American Legion with a Lifetime Achievement Award and received the coveted Pioneer Award by the Academy of Country Music. Mandrell also was honored with a tribute album in her name by BNA Records titled 'She Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool: A Tribute to Barbara Mandrell.' On November 5, 2007, Barbara Mandrell will add to her long list of accomplishments, when she is inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame in the city she calls home.

Mandrell will be welcomed and recognized in a ceremony on Monday, November 5, beginning at 3 PM in the Hall of Fame Park in downtown Nashville (between 4th and 5th Avenues South). Fellow inductees include Rodney Crowell, Bob DiPiero, Vince Gill, Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Killen. The induction ceremony, which is sponsored by Great American Country (GAC), is free and open to the public.