Country singer/songwriter John Rich received the first-ever Randy Owen Angels Among Us Award during the annual songwriter’s dinner at the Country Cares for St. Jude Kids^® radio seminar in Memphis this weekend.

The country music industry shifted a little to the southwest on January 13 as hundreds of industry professionals and artists left Nashville, Tennessee, for Memphis to be part of the 23rd annual Country Cares seminar at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Kicking off the event on January 12 was Country Music Hall-of-Famer and Country Cares for St. Jude Kids^® co-founder Randy Owen. Owen served as host of a special session for attending artists that featured patients Arianna, Donovan and Kaden telling their stories of hope and courage.