
A classy, unassuming gentleman who it was my pleasure to get to know has died. Earl Gaines was a man I got the pleasure of having repeated contact with when I was writing about the Night Train to Nashville exhibit and Grammy-winning album produced by The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum...

Tim Ghianni I had the opportunity to get to know Heidi Ueberroth and write a pretty good tale for one for one of the fine Vanderbilt magazines. She is super.
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Hopping a plane to the world’s largest country is hardly unusual for the English major whose business savvy and drive have propelled her to president of global marketing partnerships and international business operations for the NBA.

Tim Ghianni This story, published this week in American Profile magazine, allowed me to meet some wonderful people.
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Soldiers, neighbors, friends and strangers-gestures of caring

Tim Ghianni A good friend of mine named Funky Donnie Fritts is the subject of my story that's on the inaugural online edition of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's Journal of Country music. I am very proud of this. Please take time to read it if you can.
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Donnie Fritts is known for many things: songwriter, soul man, pianist, and friend. One of the men who knows him best in all those categories is Country Music Hall of Fame member Kris Kristofferson.

I wrote this for BMI magazine more than a year ago. I couldn't find a link, but it's still a good story...

Tim Ghianni I enjoyed an assignment by the City Paper which had me looking at Latino political aspirations in Nashville. Hope you enjoy.
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If initiatives like English Only and 287(g) have galvanized the Latino community, why aren’t more members of it in public office? More

Tim Ghianni Enjoy this Road King magazine story about some good guys, a pickup and vegetables in New York City.
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Most truck farmers harvest their produce in the field, then load it up in their vehicle to transport to market. Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney approached the whole idea a little differently. These 29-year-old ...

Tim Ghianni Oct. 19 City Paper story is a look at how a dog's near-death may lead to sidewalks in exclusive Nashville Belle Meade neighborhood.
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Accident prompted one man to hit the pavement in quiet campaign over the need to build sidewalks in Belle Meade More

Tim Ghianni Sometimes a guy's heart aches with pride and with melancholy to tell a story like this one, detailing the last reunion of a group of WWII veterans. They were Patton's boys. Never forget what they did.
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Nashville Cpl. Charlie Pearson’s last mission is to make the long goodbye to his fellow soldiers More

Tim Ghianni Holly Williams, granddaughter of Hank and daughter of Hank Jr., tells all in this story...

Tim Ghianni Eddy Arnold had so much to do with the development of what is now Brentwood. I was delighted that the new BrentwoodHomePage.com allowed me to write a story to document it. He was also a helluva nice man. Or I guess I should say heckuva nice man
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First of an occasional series on Brentwood history and its residents and friends who made history. By TIM GHIANNI For Brentwood Home Page Just as she’s done for the last 42 years, Roberta Edging shows up for work for the man who still casts a giant shadow over

By TIM GHIANNI NASHILLE, Sept. 16, 2009 --“I love you, man, I love you,” hollered John Fogerty, tossing kisses and pointing fingers into the cramped quarters of the Mercy Lounge. B...

Tim Ghianni Tim spends time with Ronnie Milsap, a genuinely good man who has every reason to curse religion, but instead embraces his gospel roots.
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Ronnie Milsap returns to the music of his childhood

Tim Ghianni Another Tim Ghianni special: A short feature on television personality Joe Elmore, who loves his cars.
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TV host sings about his longtime love of automobiles




















