Monday, August 30, 2004
Country Music Retirement Center coming closer to reality
Williamson County Review Journal
Katie Gillon is a patient woman. She has had to be.
The executive project coordinator for the Country Music Retirement Center (CMRC) is working on a plan that has slowly unfolded over 10 years — though the need for it probably goes back to the very first generation of country music stars.
“We’ve been looking for land — 40-50 acres, preferably in Williamson County — for 18 months now,” Gillon said. “Once that land is acquired, we can move ahead toward building the first phase of our retirement center, which is modeled after the Motion Picture and Television Fund Retirement Community near Los Angeles.”
The CMRC is needed because the career life of the average country musician is usually short.
For every great star who becomes a legend and a product forever, there are dozens of backup singers, session musicians and recording engineers who are not going to be financially secure when their final note is played, according to industry observers.
Read the Article
Williamson County Review Journal
Katie Gillon is a patient woman. She has had to be.
The executive project coordinator for the Country Music Retirement Center (CMRC) is working on a plan that has slowly unfolded over 10 years — though the need for it probably goes back to the very first generation of country music stars.
“We’ve been looking for land — 40-50 acres, preferably in Williamson County — for 18 months now,” Gillon said. “Once that land is acquired, we can move ahead toward building the first phase of our retirement center, which is modeled after the Motion Picture and Television Fund Retirement Community near Los Angeles.”
The CMRC is needed because the career life of the average country musician is usually short.
For every great star who becomes a legend and a product forever, there are dozens of backup singers, session musicians and recording engineers who are not going to be financially secure when their final note is played, according to industry observers.
Read the Article
Williamson County Review Journal
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