THE MAINE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM   IN 2009 THE MAINE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION, INC., IN  ORDER TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ALL MAINE MEMBERS OF THE 5 DIFFERENT MAINE COUNTRY MUSIC & BLUEGRASS ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NOMINATION PROCESS, AND  VOTE FOR THE ANNUAL INDUCTIONS INTO THE MAINE HALL OF FAME, RELINQUISHED THEIR SPONSORSHIP AND CONTROL OF THE HALL OF FAME.  OFFICIALLY IN NOVEMBER 2009 WE RECEIVED OUR 501 C 3 NON PROFIT DESIGNATION FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. ON AUGUST 17th 2008, THE MINI HALL OF FAME WAS OPENED AT THE BEAUTIFUL SILVER SPUR CLUB ON RTS.11/121, IN MECHANIC FALLS, MAINE. THIS WAS THE CULMINATION OF 31 YEARS OF EFFORT BY THE MAINE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM BUILDING COMMITTEE. THIS BEAUTIFUL HALL WILL SERVE UNTIL A PERMANENT BUILDING IS ACQUIRED AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING THE SPACE IN THE MUSEUM AND HOPE TO HAVE IT COMPLETED VERY SOON.  IN THE MEANTIME THE HALL IS OPEN FOR VISITORS AND WE ARE WORKING ON SETTING UP A SCHEDULE OF OPEN FOR VISITORS.  FIVE PLUS ACRES OF LAND WERE ACQUIRED IN THE TOWN OF GREENE MAINE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ERECTING OUR OWN BUILDING, BUT THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD. WE WILL KEEP EVERYONE POSTED OF ANY PROGRESS ALONG THAT ROAD.	SLIM AT PIONEER SHOW - APRIL 2006 - ALONG WITH ANOTHER MAINE HALL OF FAMER, RUSTY ROGERS.
THE HALL OF FAME WAS CREATED WITHIN THE MAINE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION AS A SEPARATE AND SELF OPERATING ENTITY TO HONOR THE VERY BEST OF MAINE PERFORMERS AND PRIME MOVERS IN THE COUNTRY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT FIELD; BEGINNING IN 1978 WITH THE INDUCTION OF HAL LONE PINE, KEN MACKENZIE, AND DICK CURLESS AND HAS  CONTINUED ANNUALLY TO THE PRESENT WITH THE ADDITION OF 98 MORE MEMBERS.       THE HALL REPRESENTS A CROSS SECTION OF COUNTRY MUSIC'S BEST PERSONALITIES, INCLUDING SINGERS, INSTRUMENTALISTS, FOLK MUSIC ARTISTS, BLUE GRASS PERFORMERS, WRITERS, COMEDIENS, RADIO & TV PERSONALITIES ETC., WHO HAVE GIVEN A LIFETIME OF EFFORT TO THE COUNTRY MUSIC INDUSTRY IN MAINE, AND IS THE HIGHEST HONOR ONE CAN RECEIVE FROM HIS OR HER PEERS. THE TIME FRAME INCLUDES "MELLIE DUNHAM" INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN FIDDLER WHO DIED IN 1931 TO THE GREAT INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED JAZZ GUITARIST, JOHNNY SMITH, WHO GOT HIS START IN COUNTRY MUSIC IN 1937, GEORGIA MAE, NEW ENGLANDS FIRST LADY OF COUNTRY MUSIC FOR OVER 40 YEARS ON WBZ RADIO IN BOSTON,*ROCKY STONE, A MEMBER OF MICKEY GILLIE'S URBAN COWBOY BAND, AND THIS YEARS ELECTED INDUCTEE, GLORIA JEAN, FROM SCARBOROUGH, ME, A COUNTRY STAR SINCE SHE WAS 9 YEARS OLD ON THE KEN MCKENZIE SHOW. All are most deserving of the honor and we welcome them to the Hall Of Fame. THE HALL OF FAME NOW NUMBERS 104 MEMBERS FROM MAINE'S COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY.__ ROLL OF MAINE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME 1978 TO DATE          An asterisk (*) indicates the member is deceased. 1978 *KEN MACKENZIE, *DICK CURLESS, *HAL LONE PINE 1979 *CURLY O'BRIEN, BETTY CODY, BETTY GRIBBIN 1980 *YODELIN' SLIM CLARK, AL HAWKES, *GENE HOOPER 1981 **TONY & JUANITA,*DUKE KNIGHT,*FIDDLIN' HAROLD CARTER 1982 *GUS FIORE,*BILL CLEMENT 1983 *PAUL ROBERTS, *DON DOANE, SR. 1984 *FRED PIKE, *BARRY DEAN, *SIMONE MACKENZIE 1985 *JUD STRUNK, SLEEPY WILLIS 1986 *LITTLE JOEY DIPIETRO, *MELLIE DUNHAM 1987 CHARLIE GILLIAM, *MAURICE FOURNIER 1988 ELMER LARSON, JEANIE CARTER 1989 *RUSTY WELLINGTON, **RAY & ANN LITTLE 1990 NORM DECOTEAU, *"HAPPY JACK" THURLOW 1991 *DICKIE MUNROE, PETE DIXON 1992 LOU MATHIEU, RUSTY ROGERS 1993 EBB LOVLEY, SMOKEY VAL 1994 RUSS ADAMS, DEAK HAMILTON 1995 KENDALL MORSE, IRA SALLY 1996 *BEVERLY DODGE, *MARCEL MAURICE GIASSON 1997 *LUCKY TIM FARRELL, ALAN "MAC" MCHALE 1998 BILL BEDARD, FLO HOOPER 1999 RAY COUTURE, FRED "TOMMY" THOMPSON 2000 GINGER MAE, JIMMY COX 2001 BOB ELSTON, *CHARLIE BROWN 2002 SLIM ANDREWS, BOB ALLEY 2003 DAVE MALLETT, *"MISS MARILYN" BROWN 2004 *"BANJO BILL" ANKETELL, DENNY BREAU 2005 JACKIE KING, IRA ALLEN, *LENNY BREAU 2006 BING CROSBY, BEN GUILLEMETTE, *TED CONLEY 2007 MARLENE CARPENTER, SONNY BICKFORD 2008 BOB & GRACE FRENCH, & ELTON RECORD 2009 ED BOUCHER, *JIMMY CAL CALDERONE, HAROLD CROSBY, *DAVE DALTON, LEFTY DEAN, AL DOANE, *DUKE DUPONT, GEORGIA MAE, CURLEY GLIDDEN, DICK HENDERSON, *JOE LAFLIP, *RALPH "TAT" LATHAM, *ERNIE LINDELL, *MILO T. & *DIXIE LEE, *GEORGE MOODY, *BOB OBRIEN, *DUKE PELILLO, *PETE ROSS, *DAYTON SERBER, *JIM SMALL, JOHNNY SMITH, *ROCKY STONE, *"SHORTY" THOMAS, *LOUISE THURLOW, *DOC & *CHICKIE WILLIAMS, JACK WOODBURYTHE ABOVE 2009 INDUCTEES WERE ENSHRINED IN THE HALL OF FAME AS A ONE TIME SPECIAL INDUCTION TO HONOR THEM FOR THEIR REAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO COUNTRY MUSIC IN MAINE IN DAYS GONE BY AND CONTINUING RIGHT UP TO THE PRESENT TIME IN MANY CASES.                                                            2009 ANNUALLY ELECTED INDUCTEE-GLORIA  JEAN 2010 ROSEANNA ROGERS --JIMMY SPELLMAN 2011 *LARRY DEAN                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             FOR A COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY OF EACH HALL OF FAMER LISTED ABOVE PLEASE GO TO MY LINK PAGE AND LINK ON TO E-MAIL ME and I will see that you get a copy of their Biography.
BARRY DEAN (GARY MIX NEPHEW OF TOM MIX) CO-FOUNDER OF THE MAINE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION AND HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE	ELTON RECORD 2008 MAINE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE-PRESENTATION BY HALL OF FAMER BOB ELSTON