News & Notes from the Rodeo Trail, July 6
The ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy announced July 2 that the Class of 2020 Induction Ceremony scheduled for Aug. 1 in Colorado Springs, Colo., and associated activities will be canceled due to the extreme restrictions placed on events in Colorado from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The press release read as follows:
We are so sorry to have to make this decision as this was not the outcome we were hoping for.
Unfortunately, we would be unable to have the kind of numbers of attendees to truly honor the class as well as have the events be successful and worthy of the honor it is meant to be. Without the ability to have the entire families and many friends of the inductees attend, we have made the decision to cancel and move the events to next year.
“We did not enter into this very difficult decision lightly,” said Kent Sturman, Director of the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy. “None of us wanted to make this decision but it is best under the circumstances.”
The ProRodeo Hall of Fame is going to work diligently to plan a robust and successful event for this amazing class to be held in 2021. Watch for more details as decisions are made throughout the year.
Charlie Daniels, a Country Music Hall of Famer and Southern rock legend, passed away Monday morning at Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tenn. Doctors determined the cause of death was a hemorrhagic stroke. He was 83.
Daniels’ death was confirmed by his publicist, Don Murry Grubbs. He is survived by his wife, Hazel, and son, Charlie Daniels Jr.
Daniels was a current and longtime member of the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund. The mission of the JCCF is to provide need-based financial assistance to athletes injured through their participation in professional rodeo.
Daniels was an icon at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, performing numerous times.
In October 2015, Daniels produced a song that uniquely captured the road that the cowboys endure to qualify for the Wrangler NFR while seeking the coveted gold buckle and title of world champion. Entitled “It Don’t Get No Better Than That,” the song was the ultimate tribute to the cowboys and Las Vegas, the city that has hosted the world’s richest and most prestigious rodeo since 1985.
Proceeds from the song were donated to the JCCF and other organizations.
“Being such a big rodeo fan, writing a song about cowboys and cowgirls, broncs and bulls and the excitement that surrounds the Wrangler NFR in Vegas every year was a natural for me,” Daniels said in a press release about the song. “It don’t get no better than that.”
Daniels left an indelible mark on America’s musical landscape. From his Dove Award-winning gospel albums to his genre-defining Southern rock anthems and his CMA Award-winning country hits, he parlayed his passion for music into a multi-platinum career and a platform to support the military, underprivileged children and others in need.
Daniels recorded his self-titled solo album in 1970 for Capitol Records. Two years later he formed the Charlie Daniels Band and the group scored its first hit with the top 10 song“Uneasy Rider.” Since, the CDB populated radio with such memorable hits as “Long Haired Country Boy,” “The South’s Gonna Do It Again,” “In America,” “The Legend of Wooley Swamp” and of course, his signature song, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” which won a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group in 1979 as well as single of the year at the Country Music Association Awards.
On May 15, The Cowboy Channel and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association launched the PRCA on The Cowboy Channel Plus App, which brings the most exciting PRORODEO streaming to fans’ fingertips.
The new and exciting app will also allow subscribers to stream The Cowboy Channel’s Western lifestyle content on any device, anytime, anywhere.
As the world’s destination for all things PRORODEO, the PRCA on The Cowboy Channel Plus App will keep fans up-to-date with their favorite PRCA rodeos and athletes, as well as provide behind-the-scenes access to livestreamed and on-demand PRCA rodeo events from around the country.
The content can be accessed via the mobile app (available on Android and iOS), as well as any browser, smart TV or device. Viewers will be able to enjoy free access to up-to-the-minute news, bios, rodeos and highlights. Those with a subscription will unlock premium content such as up to six simultaneous live rodeo feeds, classic PRCA archived rodeos, The Cowboy Channel video-on-demand programming, and the only place viewers can stream the National Finals Rodeo.
The Cowboy Channel Plus App is available for only $9.99 a month or save up to 25% and purchase the whole year for $89.99. To sign up for the PRCA on Cowboy Channel Plus app, visit www.cowboychannelplus.com.
Courtesy of PRCA