{"id":2263,"date":"2024-03-23T18:26:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T18:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccma.in-testing.co.uk\/?post_type=inductee&#038;p=2263"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:36:27","slug":"brian-edwards","status":"publish","type":"inductee","link":"https:\/\/soundcheck.ccma.org\/fr\/inductees\/brian-edwards\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Our front-end template -->\n<section\n    id=\"split-repeater-block_ca82a27825bbdc51df32e71d602905f9\" \n    class=\"split-repeater  py-[50px] lg:pt-[57px] lg:pb-[70px]\"\n>\n    <div class=\"site-container flex flex-col\">\n        <div class=\"intro-text\">\n                            <h2>Brian Edwards<\/h2>\n                                        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcheck.ccma.org\/inductees\/\">&lt; Back<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Inducted in 2023<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Has represented some of the most notable names in Canadian Country Music, including Stompin\u2019 Tom Connors, Tommy Hunter, Rita MacNeil, Charley Pride and more<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"split-repeater__blocks grid grid-cols-1\">\n                                    <div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2\" style=\"background-color: #0a0a0a; color: #fff; \">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soundcheck.ccma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/36_brian_edwards.jpg\" alt=\"Brian Edwards\" class=\" \">\n                        <div class=\"content-box \">\n                            <p>Waiting for copy<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"featured_media":2264,"menu_order":61,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"inductee-category":[67],"class_list":["post-2263","inductee","type-inductee","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","inductee-category-builders"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - 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