The Texas Music Awards is Monday (Sep 10) at the Gilmer Civic Center beginning at 6:00 pm. The event will feature live performances and presentation of Lifetime Achievement Awards to John DeFoore and Ken Chinn. DeFoore founded the DeFoore Music Institute and taught such people as Kacey Musgraves and Miranda Lambert. Chinn founded the Chinn Guitar Project, which provides guitars to hospitals, schools, memory care units, veterans, and other organizations.