{"id":20926,"date":"2022-08-28T14:23:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T21:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=20926"},"modified":"2022-08-28T14:27:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T21:27:04","slug":"20926","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2022\/08\/20926\/","title":{"rendered":"T GRAHAM BROWN & HALWAY TO HAZARD TELETHON Monday, August 29"},"content":{"rendered":"

T. GRAHAM BROWN AND HALFWAY TO HAZARD HOST \u2018APPALACHIA RISES: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER\u2019 TELETHON<\/strong><\/h1>\n

MONDAY, AUGUST 29TH FROM PRESTONSBURG, KY<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Monday, August 29th marks one month after disastrous rains tore apart multiple counties in the Appalachian mountains of Eastern Kentucky, killing at least 39\u00a0and displacing hundreds more, leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake.\u00a0\u2018Appalachia Rises: Come Hell or High Water\u2019<\/em>\u00a0will help address the ongoing financial burden that has resulted from the widespread flooding. The\u00a0live telethon airs tomorrow, August 29, Monday night at 7 pm ET<\/strong>\u00a0on CBS affiliate WYMT-TV, WYMT.com, and 7-8 pm on WKYT\u2019s CW Lexington and will be hosted by\u00a0T. Graham Brown\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Halfway to Hazard, featuring live performances from the hosts,\u00a0Tyler Booth, and Taylor Austin Dye. Other artists such as\u00a0Trace Adkins,\u00a0Dillon Carmichael,\u00a0Lee Greenwood,\u00a0Tracy Lawrence, Kentucky favorites\u00a0John Michael Montgomery,\u00a0Walker Montgomery,\u00a0JD Shelburne and\u00a0Wynonna, have committed support to the live broadcast event.
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\nThe Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg, Ky. will host the telethon. A limited number of $15 tickets went on sale Friday, August 26th at 12 pm ET at\u00a0macarts.com, with all proceeds benefitting the flood relief efforts. Monetary donations will also be requested upon entry and all proceeds of the event will benefit\u00a0The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky. For more information, or to donate, please visit\u00a0wymt.com\/floodrelief.<\/p>\n

In addition to the telethon, Brown enlisted the support of the Kentucky State Fair to sell the \u201cCome Hell or High Water Kentucky Strong\u201d t-shirts at the Texas Roadhouse Concerts Series shows, through Sunday, August 28th. T-shirts are $25 and are available in the artist merchandise area with proceeds being provided directly to Kentuckians.
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\n\u201cI am so thankful to the folks at the Kentucky State Fair for helping us continue this Kentucky Strong effort,\u201d says T. Graham Brown. \u201cThis project can only work with everyone\u2019s help and so far people are reacting and wanting to help. Kentucky has been very good to us entertainers in country music, it was only right for me to step up and help give back.\u201d<\/p>\n

T. Graham has taken the lyrics to his song \u201cHell and High Water\u201d and helped create the \u201cCome Hell or High Water\u201d t-shirt, which is an outline of the Kentucky Commonwealth punctuated by the words Kentucky Strong! In addition, T. Graham and his Hillbilly Iced Tea and Lemonade wrapped tour bus recently delivered much-needed supplies including water, flashlights, batteries, generators, tarps, coolers, baby supplies, cleaning supplies, hoses, and more that were donated by the Nashville community to those Kentuckians in need.<\/p>\n

Graham Brown is a CMA award winner and currently hosts Live Wire on SiriusXM\u2019s Prime Country on a monthly basis. He has recorded 15 studio albums and charted more than 20 singles on the Billboard charts. He has had multiple number-one hits in country, gospel, and blues. Brown\u2019s voice is also recognized for his singing in advertising campaigns for McDonald\u2019s, Disneyland, Almond Joy, Coca-Cola, Dodge Truck, Ford, Hardee\u2019s, and many others including the Taco Bell \u201cRun For The Border\u201d television spots. In early 2015, Brown released his latest Grammy-nominated album,\u00a0Forever Changed<\/em>, which featured collaborations with Vince Gill, Jason Crabb, The Oak Ridge Boys, Jimmy Fortune, and more. In 2020, Time Life partnered with T. Graham to reissue several of his classic albums, and has recently released his latest album\u00a0Bare Bones<\/em>. T. Graham Brown still actively tours and is sponsored by Hillbilly Iced Tea and Lemonade and makes multiple appearances on the legendary Grand Ole Opry. Brown\u2019s uniqueness has made him one of the most beloved and iconic performers of the day. Tgrahambrown.com<\/p>\n

Halfway to Hazard is an ACM-nominated duo from the great state of Kentucky. Their debut album, co-produced by Tim McGraw included their hit \u201cDaisy\u201d and allowed them to tour with Tim, Faith Hill, Jason Aldean and many others.<\/p>\n

Aside from the music H2H is known for their philanthropy and have raised close to $2 million for their home state throughout various relief efforts. The Kentucky Music Hall of Fame has recognized them in the past for their charitable contributions and for their music.
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T. GRAHAM BROWN AND HALFWAY TO HAZARD HOST \u2018APPALACHIA RISES: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER\u2019 TELETHON MONDAY, AUGUST 29TH FROM PRESTONSBURG, KY Monday, August 29th marks one month after disastrous rains tore apart multiple counties in the Appalachian mountains of Eastern Kentucky, killing at least 39\u00a0and displacing hundreds more, leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake.\u00a0\u2018Appalachia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":20929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[14008,14003,14004,14005,14006,14007,14009,14010,14011,14012,14013,14014,14015,9846,14016,14017,14018,11756,8548,14019,14020,14021,14022,14023,1261,14024,14025,14026,14027,7826,7825],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20926"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20933,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20926\/revisions\/20933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}