Chris Willman Music WriterSteve Earle, Bobbie Gentry and Steve Earle are among the veteran tunesmiths announced Monday as 2020 inductees into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame — although their honors will have to wait a year, as this year’s and next year’s classes will be inducted together as part of a double-header ceremony scheduled for November 2021.Also making the cut for the 2020 class were contemporary hitmakers Kent Blazy and Brett James.For Nov.
1, 2021, the org is planning “a special double-sized event” that will include these five plus a separate crop to be announced next year, simultaneously celebrating the Hall of Fame’s 50th and 51st anniversaries.Nominations were announced in September and additionally included Shawn.
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