Bachman, others get 2014 hall call
NASHVILLE — The Musicians Hall of Fame has inducted 12 new members including guitarists Buddy Guy, Peter Frampton and Randy Bachman from The Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive.
“I don’t like the word ‘rock star’ or ‘super star,’ ” Bachman said after Tuesday’s induction ceremony. “I am a guitar player, a songwriter who got lucky because I stayed at it and didn’t give up, long enough that people noticed me.”
Also inducted during ceremony in Nashville were, pedal-steel player and singer Barbara Mandrell, country musician Jimmy Capps, bassist Will Lee, and guitarists Corki Casey O’Dell and Velma Smith. Posthumous inductions went to Stevie Ray Vaughan, along with his band Double Trouble, and pedalsteel guitarist Ben Keith.
The Musicians Hall of Fame also gave their first Iconic Riff Award posthumously to Roy Orbison for his guitar work on Pretty Woman, and their first Industry Icon Award to Mike Curb, the founder of Curb Records. Performers for the awards show included Neil Young, Duane Eddy, Brenda Lee, The Oak Ridge Boys and Chris Isaak. This was the first induction since the hall moved to its new permanent location inside Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium.
Barbara Mandrell, who was the first artist to win the CMA Entertainer Of The Year for t wo consecutive years, said learning how to play steel guitar and saxophone as a teenager helped launch her career.
“It opened the doors for me, ’cause there weren’t a lot of little girls playing steel guitar,” Mandrell said.