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PHOTOS: From left, Bobby Reed, Don Campbell, Peter Allen (Submitted photos)
MECHANIC FALLS — Maine country musicians Don Campbell, Peter Allen and Bobby Reed will be inducted into the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame at the 45th annual Induction Ceremony and Show on Sunday, May 15.
The ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. at the Silver Spur, 272 Lewiston St.
The ceremony and show will showcase Campbell, Allen and Reed and other legendary Hall of Famers, all from Maine.
The Hall of Fame will also introduce the winner of its first Maine Country Music Hall of Fame Guitar Competition — 17-year-old Owen Field. Field is a student at Hampden Academy and has been playing guitar since he was eight. He will be awarded a Martin guitar as a grand prize, will perform the Merle Haggard tune “Workin’ Man’s Blues,” with the Hall of Fame house band.
Field studies guitar with Jeremy Shirland and was first-place winner at the 2022 Maine All-State Jazz Guitar Competition. Field is the son of Zachary and Karyn Field, of Hampden.
Campbell was voted Maine’s favorite songwriter for six consecutive years by the Maine Sunday Telegram. He is from the Portland area, spending his teen years in the Old Port sitting at the feet of street musicians, who became his heroes.
Allen, of Oxford, debuted on stage at the age of eight. He formed Hurricane Mountain, one of Maine’s premier country bands. Allen and his wife, DeeDee, own the Silver Spur country dance club.
Reed of Boothbay, started playing guitar at the age of 12 and formed The Wild Horse Band, performing an average of 120 shows a year all over the state.
The Maine Country Music Hall of Fame was founded in 1978. The museum, established in 2008, is the only country music hall of fame museum east of Nashville. The 3,000-square foot space in the lower level of the Silver Spur is showcase for thousands of historic memorabilia accumulated over the decades, bringing to life and preserving the legacy of more than 150 inductees from Maine. Free tours of the museum will be held on site before and after the show.
Tickets for the Hall of Fame ceremony are $15 and may be bought at the door or by calling Nancy at 207-645-2472.
The snack bar will be open for light lunch and beverages. This is a family-friendly event. For more information, call 603-553-1973, email mariaholloway207@gmail.com or find the Hall of Fame on Facebook. The Maine Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit cultural organization.
