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News Members of 38 Special, 3 Doors Down plan celeb golf tournament
Published by Will Ayerson October 15, 2009in News. 1 Comment
Tags: 3 doors down, 38 special, celebrity golf, charity events.

Rivergate Studios, which is owned by Chris Henderson of 3 Doors Down and Bobby Capps of 38 Special, will host a celebrity golf tournament at the Bluegrass Yacht and Country Club in Hendersonville on Nov. 9 as an unofficial kickoff to CMA Awards week.

Musical stars including Gary Allan, Gunnar Nelson and Mark Slaughter will do battle with sports figures including former MLB pitcher John Rocker at the tournament, which will raise funds for Lyrics for Life, a charity serving cancer patients and their families founded by Sister Hazel's Ken Block, who'll also be competing.

Following the links action, there will be an all-star jam at 8 p.m. at 12th & Porter. Cover is $10. For details and sign-up info, visit www.rivergatestudios.net. See the full lineup of celebrity guests after the jump.


MUSIC

Gary Allan – country music artist

Bobby Capps – 38 Special

Danny Chauncey – 38 Special

Chris Henderson – 3 Doors Down

Todd Harrell – 3 Doors Down

Greg Upchurch – 3 Doors Down

Matt Roberts – 3 Doors Down

Ken Block – Sister Hazel

Drew Copeland – Sister Hazel

Ryan Newell – Sister Hazel

David Tolliver — Halfway To HazardChad Warrix — Halfway To Hazard

Ricky Phillips – Styx (Bad English, The Babys)

Billy Greer – Kansas

Kenny Olson – The Motorflys (formerly with Kid Rock)

Wes Scantlin – Puddle of Mudd

Ira Dean – solo artist, country songwriter (formerly with Trick Pony)

Gunnar Nelson – Nelson

Simon Kirke – Bad Company

Debbe Dunning – Tool Time girl on “Home Improvement”

Bill Leverty– Firehouse

Michael Foster – Firehouse

Mark Farner – Grand Funk Railroad

Mark Slaughter — Slaughter

SPORTS
John Rocker — Atlanta Braves

Pete Johnson — Cincinnati Bengals/Ohio State Hall of Fame/All Century Team

Tony Rice — QB for Notre Dame; 1988 National Championship

Ickey Woods – running back, Cincinnati Bengals

Derrick Brooks – linebacker, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Anthony McFarland – defensive tackle, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts

Vernon Wells – center field, Toronto Blue Jays

Kevin Millar – first baseman, Toronto Blue Jays

Wesley Walls – 3-time NFL Pro Bowl tight end

Rocky Calmus – former Tennessee Titans linebacker/Butkus Award winner at Oklahoma

Very cool! Thanks for sharing - would love to go to that Jam afterwards!

Interesting combo of musicians. Would love to be there!

Cool list! Wish I could attend.

Thanks for the info!

So is he singing or is he playing golf? Both would be good. I love to golf so that would be fun. Thanks for the update,Ill check it out.

thought I'd throw out there that if you need to practice your game before tennessee your welcome to stay at our casita! you can come to arizona and golf all you want we have a membership to a troon course. Just being helpful