NASHVILLE, TN (Top40 Charts/ PLA Media) Three time Grammy nominee, CMA/ACM award winner and lead singer of Highway 101, Paulette Carlson, will grace the nationally recognized Nashville Veteran's Day
Parade as Grand Marshal on Tuesday, November 11th at 11am.
Where:
Nashville, TN
Parade Starts: at 14th Ave & Broadway
Parade Ends: at 3rd Avenue
When:
Tuesday, November 11th @11am
"It is quite an honor to be asked to be the Grand Marshal in such a prominent parade which has gained recognition nationally," Carlson said. "I always attend a parade each Veteran's Day because I am a patriot and it's important to honor my dad and brother who served in World War II and Vietnam (respectively), but this is my first time being invited to be the Grand Marshal."
As a successful songwriter and longtime military supporter, it's no surprise Carlson was selected to lead this year's parade in
Music City. Carlson penned the song "Thank You Vets" from her critically acclaimed album It's About Time, which was a project she created for the 2005 "Operation Homecoming" event in Branson, Missouri for Vietnam Veterans.
"My late brother, Gary, served in Vietnam in 1968 with the 82nd Airborne and in 1969 with the 173rd Airborne; he was a medic. He was 17 when he landed in Vietnam and was convoyed up to Hue in the first days of February 1968 after the Tet Offensive, which was one of the largest campaigns of surprise military attacks by the Viet Cong and North Vietnam Army on South Vietnam throughout the Vietnam War. My brother spent his 18th, 19th and 20th birthdays in Vietnam."
Carlson's brother is not the only military hero she looks up to. Her father served in World War II in Pacific Theater as a radio operator. "Dad even survived a crash in Burma up in the mountains of the Himalayas and had to navigate his way out of the jungle. He also had the honor of flying with Academy Award Nominated Actress Paulette Goddard. He was so impressed with her charm and beauty he named me Paulette!"
The Nashville Veteran's Day
Parade has been a Tennessee Capitol tradition for over 60 years and is one of only five parades recognized nationally by the Department of Defense. The parade features floats, antique cars, local military groups and supporters, local business and charities, and nearby high schools' marching bands, etc.
Carlson recently signed with longtime booking veteran Gerald Murray
Music LLC.
"I am pleased and thrilled to add the award-winning Paulette Carlson to our roster of dynamic artists," said GMM/CEO Gerald Murray. "She is a great writer, singer and to top it all off, a great thinker. I believe we will do really well together."
Gerald Murray
Music LLC is a full-service booking agency, representing nationally recognized performing artists. As former manager of the late
George Jones and Vern Gosdin, his impressive music roster includes Shenandoah, Doug Stone, Bryan White and others.
"I am so delighted and eager to work with Gerald Murray
Music LLC.," Paulette Carlson said. "I look forward to building a long working relationship with a top-notch company."
For more information, visit www.paulettecarlson.com and www.facebook.com/paulette-carlson.
