January 13, 2006

Lineup set for this year’s Country in the Rockies event

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Lineup set for this year’s Country in the Rockies event

The stars are lining up as plans for the 12th annual Country in the Rockies ski and music benefit take shape.

Country music star Clint Black will headline this year's fund-raiser on the slopes in Crested Butte, Colo., Jan. 28-Feb. 1. The annual event benefits the T.J. Martell Foundation's fund-raising efforts to advance cancer research in the Frances Williams Preston Laboratories at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

Other country artists on the bill include soul-musician Steve Cropper, actor-musician John Corbett, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member Jeff Hanna, Little Big Town, Blue County, Matraca Berg, Paul Overstreet, Dean Dillon, Casey Beathard, Gary Morris, Chuck Cannon, Crosby Loggins, Doug Johnson, Jon Vezner, Kathy Mattea, Suzy Bogguss, Deborah Allen, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Gary Chapman and Aaron Barker.

For more information about Country in the Rockies, including a full artist lineup, registration information and event updates, log on to: www.citr.org, or call 256-2002.