LAURA COLANTONIO
Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame inductees from 2012 -- from left, Gerry Granahan, Michael Antunes and John Cafferty of the Beaver Brown Band, Peter Andreoli of Anders & Poncia, and Chris Vachon of Roomful of Blues -- were on hand to congratulate Steve Smith, right, a 2013 inductee as leader of Steve Smith & the Nakeds.
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame'ss 2013 inductees cover more than a century of the state's musical history, including opera soprano Sissiereta Jones; composer, performer and Yankee Doodle Dandy George M. Cohan; and Eddie Zack and the Hayloft Jamboree.
The nine new members, announced Friday, also include Steve Smith and the Nakeds, Paul Geremia, The Cowsills, trumpeter Bobby Hackett, songwriter Jimmie Crane and music writer and MTV vice president Bill Flanagan.
The April 28 induction will include afternoon and evening shows at The Met, which, like the Hall, is in Pawtucket's Hope Artiste Village. Tickets -- $20 in advance or $25 at the door for the evening, $10 either way for the afternoon -- can be purchased at www.rhodeislandmusichalloffame.com starting Jan. 26.