Third Day Hall of Fame

silentthunder89 · Subject: Third Day Hall of Fame Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:04 pm

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NEWS SOURCE: Provident Label Group
June 26, 2009

(Nashville, Tenn.) June 26, 2009 – Multi-platinum, GRAMMY and AMA winning rock band Third Day
received the news this week that the Atlanta-based group has been selected as a new inductee into the Georgia Music Hall of
Fame. The 31st Annual Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards Show takes place Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, at the Georgia World
Conference Center in Atlanta, GA. The show will broadcast live on Georgia Public Broadcasting viewed locally on Atlanta’s
Channel 8.

Other honorees to be inducted during the awards show include post-grunge rock band, Collective Soul; music promoter, Peter
Conlon; GRAMMY® winning songwriter Bryan-Michael Cox; music industry pioneer Johnny L Carson; the late singer and songwriter,
Roy Hamilton; the late record executive, Shakir Stewart; and the late bass guitarist, Berry Oakley.

Previous inductees include a very talented and musically diverse group of people including: Ray Charles (1979), Alan Jackson
(2001) and Lynyrd Skynyrd (2007).

In order to be nominated for this prestigious
“Georgy Award” an artist must be born in or reside in Georgia for at
least one year and receive a state of national acclaim for achievements
in the field of recorded music.
“This is a very special honor for Third Day
because we are all Georgia boys thru-and-thru and have a sound with
Georgia inspired roots,” said Mac Powell. “It is one of the biggest
highlights of our career to be recognized by an organization which
acknowledges such a diverse and talented group of people.”
For tickets and information, call 770-491-9494 ext. 15.

About Third Day:
Over the
past decade, the Atlanta based, multi-Platinum rock band Third Day
(made up of members Mac Powell, Tai Anderson, David Carr and Mark Lee)
has racked up 26 No. 1 radio singles and sold more than seven million
albums. The band has garnered 24 career GMA Dove Awards, three GRAMMY
Awards (with eight career nominations), an American Music Award, three
American Music Award nominations and multiple ASCAP honors for
songwriting. The band's hit “Call My Name” from its Revelation project,
was even recently cut by Keith Urban.

One of the top-ranked touring bands according to
Pollstar magazine, Third Day has played for audiences reaching into the
millions. Due to its mass appeal, Third Day has been featured by top
media outlets including “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” (NBC), “The
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” (CBS), “60 Minutes” (CBS), ABC’s
“Nightline,” USA Today, New York Times and even graced the cover of
Billboard magazine (June 7, 2008). For more information on Third Day
and to check out summer festival dates, please visit: www.ThirdDay.com.

I'm not necessarily a big Third Day fan, but it's always pretty cool when a Christian band gets this kind of honor.

**alldatndensum** · Subject: Re: Third Day Hall of Fame Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:23 pm

Three cheers for Third Day!

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Tall Tyrion · Number of posts: 600 Age: 41 Registration date: 2007-05-17

I like the first few albums... after that, not so much.

But kudos to them, they are a great band.

rockerVu2 · Number of posts: 4957 Age: 82 Registration date: 2007-02-09

Third Day is a great band, I agree with you Nick.

Staybrite · Subject: Re: Third Day Hall of Fame Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:13 pm

Fantastic.
Great band, they are most deserving of the honor.

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MetalFRO · Number of posts: 160 Age: 32 Registration date: 2009-03-15

Wow, awesome news for those guys!