Abilene has a Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame Museum, where star athletes, coaches, and other community leaders that assisted the growth of High School athletics in West Texas.
Reba McEntire, Jean Shepard and songwriter Bobby Braddock have been selected as the newest inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Kix Brooks made the announcement during a Tuesday morning (March 1) press conference at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in downtown Nashville. The three will be formally inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame during a medallion ceremony late
Some in Nashville say Miss Wanda Jackson is the predecessor for the like of Joplin, Pat Benatar, Lady Gaga and others. Jackson says "I don't know what got into me once I hit the stage", it was a music party.