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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Steve Wariner, the late Hank Williams and “Ring Of Fire” songwriter Merle Kilgore were inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame yesterday in a ceremony that practically lobbed history from across the street.

The event took place at Hall of Fame Park, literally a stone’s throw from the Country Music Hall of Fame, where Hank is enshrined in a rotunda that bears the inscription “Will The Circle Be Unbroken.” Steve’s mentor, Chet Atkins, is likewise a Hall of Famer and “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” was the title of a series of Dirt Band albums in which the group recorded with such Hall of Famers as Roy Acuff, Earl Scruggs, Maybelle Carter, Johnny Cash, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson and Merle Travis.

The connection between the Hall and the Walk of Fame was not lost on the honorees. “It’s full ‘Circle,’ pardon the pun,” Dirt Band member Jeff Hanna winked prior to the event.

Tags: Country Music, country music hall of fame, music city, nashville

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