NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (May 19, 2009) A second annual Guitars of the Stars Benefit Auction Fri., June 11, 3 p.m. at the Ryman Auditorium will give fans in town for CMA Music Fest the unique opportunity to bid on acoustic guitars decorated by some of country music’s hottest stars. All proceeds from the auction will benefit the Opry Trust Fund and will be earmarked for victims of this month’s Middle Tennessee floods.

Among the stars confirmed to contribute guitars they’ve designed in celebration of their current singles, hobbies, favorite country songs, or country music heroes are Brooks & Dunn, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Danny Gokey, Alan Jackson, George Jones, The Judds, Lady Antebellum, Jake Owen, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, and more. Other guitars up for bids will include a custom Gibson Ebony LP guitar to be signed by artists at the 2010 CMT Music Awards and a guitar designed by the artists on this spring’s Country Throwdown Tour.

via: http://www.dannygokey.com/news/guitars-stars-benefit-auction and http://www.opry.com/news/2010/05-19.html

Remember that we posted about the birdhouse that Danny designed for the charity auction to benefit the W.O. Smith Music School in Nashville?

Well, the birdhouse + 2 Concert Tickets & Meet & Greet Passes for 2010 sold for $1,500.00.

Congrats to the highest bidder and to the charity.

via: Danny Gokey’s Birdhouse on the Grand Ole Opry Auction

The 9th annual Birdhouse Thing, a live and silent auction of birdhouses decorated and signed by recording artists, fine artists and local celebrities, will be held Thursday, March 11 at Nashville’s W. O. Smith Music School. Proceeds will benefit the school, which has been providing 50-cent music lessons to Nashville’s underserved children for more than 25 years.

Country stars who have contributed decorated and signed birdhouses include Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, Wynonna, Josh Turner, Vince Gill, Kellie Pickler, Sara Evans, Jason Aldean, Chris Young, Danny Gokey, Keith Anderson, LeAnn Rimes, Gretchen Wilson, Ray Price, Clint Black and others. Celebrities including Billy Bob Thornton, golfer John Daly, the Nashville Predators along with artisans Paul Harmon, Diana Johnson Wiles, Delia Seigenthaler and Bob McGill have also donated houses.

In addition to birdhouses, paintings, sculpture and other pieces of fine art by artists including Cindy Wunsch, Joanna Carter, Charlie Dyer, Toni Hooper and others will be auctioned and a silent auction will include hotel stays, golf outings and other gift packages. Food will be provided by more than a dozen of Nashville’s top caterers and restaurants along with wine, martinis, margaritas and other adult beverages.

Tickets for the Birdhouse Thing are $40 and are available here or by calling .

via: Music Row: Country Stars Flock To “Birdhouse Thing”

Great American Country (GAC) has once again generously agreed to host our online Celebrity Auction.   Auction items for the Celebrity Auction feature specialty items and birdhouses decorated by or honoring celebrities in the music industry.

Bidding opens on March 4th and closes on Tuesday, March 23.

Participants this year include Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, Josh Turner, Darius Rucker, Rascal Flatts, Sara Evans, Gretchen Wilson, Keni Thomas, Danny Gokey, Wynonna, Phil Vassar, Chris Young and many, many more.

Once the inventory has been posted, you may view the items and place bids online at www.opryauction.com.

For items being auctioned at The Birdhouse Thing event on March 11, 2010, please see the main auction inventory

via: http://www.birdhousething.com/gac.html

A little Holiday treat for all the wonderful Danny Gokey fans out there; some who I have been blessed to meet and some who I’ve not…Here’s wishing each of you a Happy & Blessed New Year 2010!

This is a little compilation of music and video clips from the beginning of Danny’s inspirational journey through to the now with a sampling of songs that may be on his highly anticipated album due out in March 2010 (available for pre-order right now).

Keep up to date on the latest Danny Gokey news at DannyGokey.com, dannygokey on Twitter and iheartdannygokey.com (the best fansite out there). His single “My Best Days” is currently available for digital download on iTunes & Amazon!

Please note: For those of you who saw the original version of this video, you might notice that one of the songs (It’s Only) was edited out of this version. YouTube doesn’t allow videos over ten minutes in length so I had to choose a portion to cut out and since I’d already done a previous project for “It’s Only” I chose to let that part go. The original un-edited version will still be available to watch at the OneTrueMedia link.

Giving credit where credit is due; I’d like to thank the following for providing the materials it took to bring this video together: Danny Gokey, RCA Nashville, American Idol, Fox TV, iheartdannygokey.com, idolChatter, KTLA, KBull93, star1043, Sophiasheart.org, DreamCenterLA, DannyGokey.com, sonnysangel,WMZQ, BlazingOneVo1ce, WTQR, mockmoon2000 & to anyone else who I may have forgotten to mention – Thank you all! Karri