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Singer Salyers named honorary Golden Knight

May 15, 2008 @ 11:59 PM

The Herald-Dispatch

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Country singer and songwriter Stephen Salyers was named an honorary U.S. Army Golden Knight and will perform a tandem jump with members of the Army's Golden Knights' Parachute team in Kentucky later this month.

Salyers, a Catlettsburg native, was one of 40 candidates being considered for the jump.

, which will require him to jump from 14,000 feet attached to a member of the Golden Knight's tandem team.

Earlier this month, Salyers was part of the new Alan Jackson music video "Good Time" and will be part of the company for the upcoming Hannah Montana movie.