The evening began with a VIP Red Carpet and Governor’s Reception, a
seated dinner, followed by the highly-anticipated Georgy™ Awards show. Co-emcees
were Robin Meade and Monica Pearson.
Multi Grammy® Award-winning
Lady Antebellum received the Performer Award, multi-platinum Collective Soul’s
Ed Roland scored the Songwriter Award, legendary blues songstress Francine Reed
as given the Pioneer Award, southern rock chart toppers Wet Willie snagged the Group
Award. Other inductees included multi-talented celebrity funny man Jeff
Foxworthy received the Spoken Word Award and important music industry
game-changer Danny Beard was honored with a Non-performer Award. Posthumous inductees honored this year were: Sean Costello, Wally Fowler, Eddie horst, Bobby Byrd and Frank Fenter.