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Photo Coverage: Music Industry Veteran Hazel Smith Honored at Inaugural Music Row Storytellers Event

By: Aug. 16, 2016
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Music industry veteran Hazel Smith was honored Monday, August 15 at the first-ever Music Row Storytellers event, an evening benefiting Music Health Alliance, sponsored by CMT.

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The event is meant to honor those that stand the test of time in telling the stories that make the music industry so fascinating - the journalists, interviewers, reporters, show hosts and others who chronicle and share the stories of Music Row and its musicmakers. Inaugural honoree Smith has been a constant presence in country music as long as many can remember.

After moving to Nashville in the late '60s, the divorced mother of two would go on to be a songwriter, publicist, manager and journalist. Her ability to capture a moment was never more evident than when she coined the phrase "Outlaw Music" in the 1970s. Hazel would go on to tell many more of Music Row's stories as a writer for Country Music magazine, contributor to Country Weekly, radio reporter, columnist for CMT.com, and weekly TV show host for the network.

Photo credit: Jessica Steddom

Photo Coverage: Music Industry Veteran Hazel Smith Honored at Inaugural Music Row Storytellers Event Image
Back Row, L-R: Sheila Shipley Biddy, Director of Operations, Music Health Alliance / John Zarling, event co-chair and SVP/Partnership Marketing & Promotion Strategy, BMLG / Tatum Hauck Allsep, Founder & Executive Director, Music Health Alliance Front Row, L-R: Heather McBee, event co-chair and VP/Accelerator Programming, Nashville Entrepreneur Center / Music Row Storytellers honoree Hazel Smith / Maurice Miner, event co-chair and President, Maurice Miner Media & Marketing

Photo Coverage: Music Industry Veteran Hazel Smith Honored at Inaugural Music Row Storytellers Event Image
Music Row Storytellers honoree Hazel Smith and Grammy Award winning artist Alison Krauss share a moment onstage.

Photo Coverage: Music Industry Veteran Hazel Smith Honored at Inaugural Music Row Storytellers Event Image
Grammy Award winning producer Dave Cobb engages with Music Row Storytellers honoree Hazel Smith during a Q&A audience exchange.

Photo Coverage: Music Industry Veteran Hazel Smith Honored at Inaugural Music Row Storytellers Event Image
Music Row Storytellers honoree Hazel Smith and Mike Dungan, Chairman & CEO of Universal Music Group Nashville reminisce onstage



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