“Man, he made his mark! Gordon Terry at one time was hot as a pistol!,” exclaims musician-friend and five times-ROPE president Mac Wiseman (who succeeded Terry as president). Terry, who first joined the Nashville Association of Musicians, AFM Local 257, on May 19, 1951, was a Lifetime Member. Federally charted in 1983, ROPE’s primary goals, as the late Justin Tubb succinctly pointed out, were “simply to help fellow entertainers in need and hopefully someday build a retirement home or community for retired entertainers in need of a place to live out their golden years,” a project currently underway in sponsorship with the Country Music Association. A founding father of ROPE, Gordon and industry friends started it as a non-profit fellowship for insiders and their families. A charter member of the Fiddlers Hall of Fame, he also played guitar, mandolin, recorded as a vocalist, and was President Emeritus of the trade-oriented Reunion Of Professional Entertainers (ROPE) organization. Topics included the Music Performance Gordon Terry, a member of Fiddlers’ Hall of Fame, succumbs April 9 By WALT TROTT Fiddlin’ great Gordon Terry, 74, died April 9, after a long battle with diabetes and emphysema. Attendees included members from other Locals: Atlanta Local 148-462, Chattanooga Local 80, Knoxville Local 546, and Memphis Local 71. There’s never been a Musicians’ Hall of Fame, so we want to recognize all the greats, past or present, like guitarists Pete AFM President Tom Lee, Secretary- Treasurer Sam Folio and other officials visited Nashville, April 3, for a Regional Meeting hosted by Local 257. “It’s international and will include all genres. We were awaiting his return call, but it’s press time, so we did get to chat with the International Musicians’ Hall of Fame & Museum publicist Anita Mandell, who tells us the 30,000 square foot facility will officially open the first week of June 2006. He’s also a hit songwriter - think “Somebody Lied” (Ricky Van Shelton) and “Old 8X10” (Randy Travis), and you’ve got it. That somebody is Joe Chambers, who owns Chambers’ Guitars music store on West End Avenue, and another in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Somebody finally cares enough, so there will be a Musicians’ Hall of Fame right here in Nashville that’s slated to open downtown at 301 Sixth Avenue South. April-June 2006 Musicians’ Hall of Fame to open in Nashville By WALT TROTT Drake, Marshall Grant, producer Billy There’s good news out there.Local 257 hosted Regional Meet Official Journal of the American Federation of Musicians AFM Local 257
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