ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition has gone country! The show visited Nashville this week to rebuild the Lighthouse Christian School which was destroyed by the flood that hit the town in May. Carrie Underwood and LeAnn Rimes were on site to lend a hand to the reconstruction of Music City. Another caring face was also seen at the shoot, Leanne Touhy – the real-life mother whose story was told in the film, The Blindside. The crew from the TV show also stopped by the Grand Ole Opry to film Carrie’s performance. The episode will air on ABC during CMA Awards week on November 7th.
And speaking of the devastation from the flood, Brad Paisley was one of many musicians who lost some of his most valuable instruments, but he has recovered with some new instruments. Before joining Little Jimmy Dickens on stage to reset the oak center piece on the Grand Ole Opry stage, Brad purchased a 1938 Herringbone Martin D28 guitar. Little did he know, the guitar was a piece of sentimental history. Brad said, “This is something that I’ve bought since the flood that has a really unique story. I didn't know it before I bought it, but this guitar was purchased from an old man from Colfax, West Virginia, whose father worked on the B&O Railroad right alongside my grandfather.” Brad believes the guitar was brought to him by fate, which is why he used it during his first performance on the new Opry stage.
Darius Rucker and the band Hootie & The Blowfish are going to be honored with their own monument in South Carolina next month. The group was formed in 1986 after they met as freshman at the University of South Carolina Columbia. The monument will be a 20-foot tall, steel and black granite piece, placed near their alma mater on October 10th. The tribute comes just months before the group’s 25th anniversary next year.
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