Slowly Sinking AMHOF
Judy Hood has been working behind the scenes for over two years now to get the Alabama Music Hall of Fame to move to Huntsville, due to her strong ties with the Orion Theater from whom she draws a paycheck, which is why she quickly hired an interim director who lives in Huntsville.
The Alabama Music Hall of Fame by-laws state that four of the seven members of the board must also be members of the Muscle Shoals Music Association, but it appears that Judy Hood is the ONLY board member that is also a MSMA member. The list goes on and on, but we do know that some of the unauthorized charges mentioned were actually things like payment to the band members for the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Induction Banquet that was all arranged by Mrs. Hood, with several payments being made to her husband who played in that band. There is another "unauthorized" charge that was paid to another board member for performing at the Hall of Fame last year.
I think we all know that Judy Hood has tried to run that museum for WAY too long. That is why people like Wayne Perkins, Travis Wammack, Shenandoah, Wayne Chaney, Billy Lawson, Hank Williams Jr., Jamey Johnson (...the list goes on and on), have never been inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. She controls that list completely.
It is time for Judy Hood to go to the house and stop pretending she cares about the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Just like everything else she does, it's all about her own agenda. I even heard she has mentioned inducting the Drive-By Truckers into the hall of fame. Come on, Judy, that is your step-son's band.
More info will surface as this all comes out. Stay tuned.