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Delbert McClinton Receives Personal Honor in Lubbock, Inducted into Hometown "Buddy Holly Walk of Fame"

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August 10, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



DELBERT McCLINTON RECEIVES PERSONAL HONOR IN LUBBOCK INDUCTED INTO HOMETOWN “WALK OF FAME"

Also Honored with Spot on Buddy Holly Symposium Panel



LUBBOCK, Texas -- Delbert McClinton will be twice honored in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas both as an inductee into the “Buddy Holly Walk of Fame" on Wednesday, August 29 and subsequently as a panelist at the Buddy Holly Symposium on Thursday, September 6.



Delbert will be the recipient of the prestigious honor as an inductee into “The Buddy Holly Walk of Fame," which honors influential West Texas natives, within 150 mile radius of Lubbock who have attained national recognition with a plaque at the base of the Buddy Holly statue. Inductees are chosen by the Civic Lubbock Inc. Board. The reception will take place on August 29 at 6 p.m. at the Lubbock Civic Center. Immediately following the induction at 7 p.m., Delbert will make his “Walk of Fame" from the Civic Center across the street to the Buddy Holly Statue and at 8 p.m. will perform at the Buddy Holly Walk of Fame Induction Concert at the Civic Center Theater. The reception and “Buddy Holly Walk of Fame" are open to the public and tickets can be purchased for the concert at the Civic Center box office.



Delbert, whose musical roots began in West Texas, has been writing, recording and producing music for over four decades. Nothing Personal, his latest release on New West Records, has begun a new chapter in Delbert

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