George Strait to honour Jim Lauderdale at Americana Awards

George Strait to honour Jim Lauderdale at Americana Awards | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2015, file photo, country music legend George Strait poses for a portrait in Las Vegas. Strait will honor singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale with a lifetime achievement award at the Americana Honors and Awards Show on Sept. 21, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Al Powers/Powers Imagery/Invision/AP, File)

NASHVILLE – Country music star George Strait will honour singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale with a lifetime achievement award at this year’s Americana Honors and Awards Show, to be held Sept. 21 in Nashville.

Strait has recorded more than a dozen of Lauderdale’s songs. He will present him with the Wagonmaster Award, named for country music icon Porter Wagoner, it was announced Friday.

Lauderdale has been host of the annual awards show for the last 14 years. He was named artist of the year at the first Americana Honors and Awards Show in 2002.

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