Country music is full of amateur athletes who dreamed of playing in the NFL, MLB or NHL. Here are 11 who gave up a professional athlete's paycheck for the dream of making country music.
A year filled with recognition and awards will spill into 2017 for Charley Pride. The country legend is set to receive the Grammy's Lifetime Achievement Award in February.
Legendary country artist Charley Pride has received the Ameripolitan Master Award for his work, making him the first-ever living recipient of the prestigious prize.
Neal McCoy has teamed up with the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store to release "Pride: A Tribute to Charley Pride" on CD, due out Nov. 3rd. It's only natural for Neal to do the Pride tribute album, McCoy got his start by opening for Charley Pride. In this album Neal does a duet with another country legend, Trace Adkins as they cover the Charley Pride classic "Roll On Mississippi"
Neal McCoy just released the Charley Pride classic "Roll on Mississippi" featuring Trace Adkins. The two did an awesome job honoring Charley, and on September 24th, McCoy is releasing "Pride: A Tribute Album To Charley Pride." Neal tells Billboard magazine "I've been fortunate to have had some hits, met some great people, but it's all due to Charley Pride getting me into c
Every week I am inundated with up to fifty new songs, some from artists that are hot. Then there's the songs from the artists who maybe should have stayed retired. Then there's those that are unknown in the business. Every once in awhile I'll get one that has some form of familiarity. As was the case this week with a young man named 'Dion Pride,' and he even looks like his daddy Charley Pride. But