Nashville songwriter Vicky McGehee, who is a native of
Shawnee, will be
featured on the second
season of “Gone Country” on CMT. McGehee also
starred in the first season of the show.
This year’s series premieres at 7
p.m.
today on CMT. Nashville singer-songwriter John Rich
returns as
host for the show, which
takes seven celebrities from every realm of the
entertainment industries and immerses
them in all things country for a
chance
at country music success. At the end of the two-week
challenge, the artist who is most
prepared to impress a country audience,
as determined by Rich, will record and
release a single to country
radio.
The cast of the second season of “Gone Country” includes
Sebastian Bach, former lead singer of
Skid Row; Irene Cara, Grammy and
Academy
Award-winning singer and actress from “Fame”; Mikalah Gordon,
2005
“American Idol” finalist; Jermaine
Jackson, lead singer of The Jackson 5;
Chris Kirkpatrick, member of *NSYNC;
Lorenzo Lamas, actor from “Renegade”
and
“Falcon Crest”; and Sean Young, actress in “Blade Runner” and
“Ace
Ventura: Pet Detective.” Each
contestant is paired with two
Nashville
songwriters who guide them in writing lyrics and music for a
country single that they will debut in
the series finale. McGehee and
fellow
songwriter Jeffrey Steele are paired with Sebastian Bach.
Other
songwriters and the celebrities
they’re paired with are: Gary Chapman and
Sharon Vaughn (Irene Cara); Tammy Hyler
and Frank Meyers (Mikalah Gordon);
Billy
Lawson and Anthony Smith (Jermaine Jackson); Shane Minor and
Trevor
Rosen (Chris Kirkpatrick);
Shannon Lawson and Brian Davis (Lorenzo Lamas);
and Keith Follese and Adriane Follese
(Sean Young). Source: Shawnee
News
Star, August 14, 2008 |
Photo by: Ron
Jaffe
Vicky McGehee (left) a native
of Shawnee, is pictures with fellow
Nashville song writer, Jeffrey Steele,
center, and Sebastian Bach of Skid
Row
in the CMT series "Gone Country" |