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THE TENNESSEAN cp SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2010 3A AROUND MUSIC CITY Morgan speaks for troops Jett wmiams accePts Pulitzer As mentioned previously, this year's list of Pulitzer Prize honorees included a name many country fans were glad to see: Hank Williams was posthumously awarded a special citation from the Pulitzer board, which cited Williams' "craftsmanship as a song CELEB NATION ex-managers take her to court former managers say the pop star squeezed them out of her career under pressure from hit songwriter Dr. Luke, but her lawyer said Friday that she simply exercised her rights to fire the managers when they didn't perform. who had a No. 1 song with writer who expressed universal feelings with poignant simplicity and played a pivotal role in transforming country music into a major musical and cultural force in American life." He joins the likes of Bob Dylan and Thelonious Monk in receiving that honor. Daughter Jett Williams accepted the award Monday at Columbia University, alongside Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum VP of museum services Carolyn Tate, who represented Hank Williams' son, Country musician Craig Morgan often chats with troops at USO shows overseas, and some of his closest friends are those he met when he was a U.S.

Army soldier. Now he's speaking for troops who are silently struggling with combat stress. Morgan is the new spokesman for Not Alone, an online-based program that offers confidential counseling and support for soldiers and families dealing with depression, stress and post-traumatic stress disorder. "It deals with a subject that is really sensitive to the military," Morgan said in a recent phone interview from Las Vegas, where he was touring with Carrie Underwood. "It's difficult sometimes for a soldier to discuss his frustrations or his lack of understanding of what it is that he's going through" Not Alone, started in 2008, provides blogs, forums, testimonies and online group sessions.

It also has a partnership with Centerstone, a behavioral health-care nonprofit, to provide free face-to-face counseling. Jeff Searcy, the program's executive director, said veterans and soldiers are looking for help from others who have similar experiences after returning from overseas. They will listen when another veteran tells them to get help, he said. "I think not only will they listen to his music, they will listen to his message," he said. Morgan spent nearly 11 years as an active-duty soldier.

The song "Paradise" on his self-titled album released in 2000 detailed his feelings about deploying in 1989 to Panama. Morgan also said he helped write a song for the program's website, wwwjiotalone.com and he liked it so year, signed with DAS Communications Inc. when she was an up-and-comer in 2006. The agreement called for her to pay the New York-based firm 20 percent of f'i'-' "jt' Jett Williams, center, accepted a Pulitzer citation on behalf of her late father. She is joined by Columbia University President Lee Bollinger and Carolyn Tate.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY her music income, but it gave her the option of ending the relationship if DAS didn't get her a major-label record deal in a year, according to a copy of the contract attached to a lawsuit DAS filed Wednesday. A year later, there was no deal. DAS says that waived the deadline, and that the firm went on to line up a deal for her with Warner Bros. Records in 2008 until Dr. Luke interfered with that arrangement and "induced, intimidated and convinced to cut ties to DAS in September 2008.

She ultimately signed with RCA Jive Label Group, which released her first album, Animal, in January. Dr. Luke co-produced it. much, he may add it to his next album Morgan has played overseas for troops almost every year for the past eight years, and some soldiers return to see him play in the U.S. "Without fail at every show, someone comes up and says, Tve Hank Jr.

"Hank Williams has always been in a class all his own as the Shakespeare of 'the common whom he touched so deeply and for so long with his lyrical genius," Jett Williams said in a statement. "To be so honored by the Pulitzer Prize Board puts my dad in the company of those who have grown to appreciate and now recognize his incredible influence and talent." NICOLE KEIPER Daughtry turns show into benefit Daughtry, the hard rock group fronted by American Idol finalist Chris Daughtry, made a move this week that should earn the band even more fans: They've turned their Nashville concert into a flood relief benefit. A selection of tickets to tonight's concert at Bridgestone Arena (501 Broadway, 615-770-7825) are on sale for $10, with proceeds going to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. That's not all: Pop superstar (and fellow Idol alum) Kelly Clarkson and 3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold will be joining the band onstage. The show starts at 7:30 p.m., and tickets run Charity tickets are $19.44 ($10 plus additional fees).

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