Chris Willman Music WriterThe Country Music Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2021, with the Judds and Ray Charles representing superstar inductees and musicians Pete Drake and Eddie Bayers joining the hall’s ranks as well.Drake and Bayers have something in common: Drake is the first steel guitar player ever to get voted into the Hall of Fame, and Bayers the first drummer to be thus included.
They tied in the voting for the recording or touring musician category, which is why the hall has four inductees this year instead of three.“Speaking as a daughter, it’s about damn time,” said Wynonna Judd in a live web Q&A that followed the announcement, as her mother, Naomi, slightly winced.None of the other inductees were present to add.
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