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Permanent Exhibit
Sing Me Back Home - A Journey Through Country Music
Sing Me Back Home is the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s permanent exhibit, an exciting, multi-layered journey through the life of country music.
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Permanent Exhibit
Hall of Fame Rotunda
The Hall of Fame Rotunda is a special room designed to recognize Hall of Fame members in a style befitting the high honor of membership.
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March 28, 2008 - December 31, 2009
Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy, Co-Presented by SunTrust and Ford Motor Company
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July 26, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Family Program: Puppet Show: Hansel and Gretel
Enjoy a performance of Hansel and Gretel presented by Nashville Pubilc Library's Puppet Truck at the museum.
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July 26, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Songwriter Session: Ed Hill
Made Possible by Ford Motor Company Fund.
Enjoy a performance by songwriter Ed Hill.
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July 27, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Mandolin Demonstration: Bob Grant
Bob
Grant, mandolin player who has appeared with alternative country band the Bad
Livers, Gail Davies, and others.
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July 27, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Film Screening: Honky Tonk Blues (2004)
“Big
city music people called [Hank Williams] a hillbilly, when they called him
anything. But they, like everyone else, would be singing his songs in the end,”
says Shelton
“Hank Three” Williams in the documentary Honky Tonk Blues.
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July 29, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Television Taping: GAC Master Series with special guests Keith Anderson, John Michael Montgomery, and Rodney Crowell
Great American Country Television Network will be taping its show Master Series in the museum galleries with
special guests Keith Anderson, John Michael Montgomery, and Rodney Crowell.
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August 2 at 11:30 AM
Songwriter Session: Jerry Vandiver and Victoria Banks
Made Possible by Ford Motor Company Fund.
Enjoy a performance by songwriters Jerry Vandiver and Victoria Banks.
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August 3, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Fiddle Demonstration: Matt Combs
Matt Combs, fiddle player, has performed or recorded
with Elizabeth Cook, the Nashville Bluegrass Band,Ray Price, Curly Seckler, Mike Snider, the Tennessee
Mafia Jug Band, and others. Combs is a member of the Nashville Chamber
Orchestra and adjunct instructor in fiddle and director of the fiddling program
at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music.
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August 2008-June 2009
Kitty Wells: Queen of Country Music, Presented by Great American Country Television Network
All hail the queen! Pioneering vocalist Kitty
Wells made the transition from “girl singer” to bonafide country music star,
blazing a trail followed by artists such as Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, and Reba
McEntire.
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August 9, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Family Program: Making Records at Historic RCA Studio B
Visit and record a song at Historic RCA Studio B,
former recording home of Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, the Everly Brothers, and
many more. In this interactive workshop, participants learn the history of RCA
Studio B and the basics of the recording process by acting as artist, producer,
and engineer.
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August 9, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Songwriter Session: Alan Rhody
Made Possible by Ford Motor Company Fund.
Enjoy a performance by songwriter Alan Rhody.
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August 10, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Bass and Dobro Demonstration: Kent Blanton and Mike Webb
Kent Blanton, bass player, has performed or recorded
with Jesse McReynolds, Marty Stuart, the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, and Rhonda
Vincent. Mike Webb, former Dobro student of the late Bashful Brother Oswald,
has performed or recorded with Wilma Lee Cooper & the Clinch Mountain Clan,
Buddy Jewell, the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, and Tanya Tucker.
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August 15, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Curator’s Exhibit Talk
A museum curator offers an introduction to our
latest featured exhibit Kitty Wells: Queen of Country Music, Presented by Great American Country Television Network.
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August 16, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Songwriter Session: Erin Enderlin
Made Possible by Ford Motor Company Fund.
Enjoy a performance by songwriter Erin Enderlin.
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August 16, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Interview: Kitty Wells
Interview with Country Music Hall of Fame member Kitty Wells. Eddie Stubbs will conduct the interview.
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August 16, 2008 at 8:30 AM
Membership Breakfast and Presentation
Museum members and a guest are invited to a
members-only breakfast and presentation about the Museum’s newest exhibit,
Kitty Wells: Queen of Country Music Presented by Great American
Country Television Network.
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August 17, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Accordion Demonstration: Mike Zikovich with Jim Prendergast
Mike
Zikovich, accordion and piano player, has performed or recorded with Shelby
Lynne, Kathy Mattea, Charlie McCoy, Kenny Rogers, Frankie Yankovic, and others.
Jim Prendergast will sit in on guitar.
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August 17, 2008 All Day
Film Loop: “A Tribute to Kitty Wells”
Hosted by Tammy Wynette, “A Tribute to Kitty Wells” aired in May 1982 on
Showtime.
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August 19, 2008
Artist-in-Residence: Jerry Douglas
Musician, composer, and producer Jerry Douglas
is the Museum’s 2008 Artist-in-Residence. Douglas
has played his Dobro on over 2,000 albums, including releases by John Fogerty,
Paul Simon, and James Taylor.
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August 23, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Songwriter Session: Robert Ellis Orrall
Made Possible by Ford Motor Company Fund.
Enjoy a performance by songwriter Robert Ellis Orrall.
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August 23, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Nashville Cats: Buddy Spicher
Fiddler
Buddy Spicher was only nineteen when Audrey Williams heard him play on the WWVA
Jamboree in Wheeling, W.Va. She brought him to Nashville, where he became a sideman to the
legends of country music, including Bill Monroe, Ray Price, Hank Snow, Kitty
Wells, and Faron Young.
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August 24, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Steel Guitar Demonstration: Chris Scruggs
Chris
Scruggs, songwriter and instrumentalist, has performed or recorded with BR549,
Gail Davies, Rosie Flores, Charlie Louvin, and Hank Williams III.
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August 27, 2008
Artist-in-Residence: Jerry Douglas
Musician,
composer, and producer Jerry Douglas is the Museum’s 2008 Artist-in-Residence. Douglas has played his Dobro on over 2,000 albums,
including releases by John Fogerty, Paul Simon, and James Taylor.
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August 30, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Songwriter Session: Gary Harrison
Made Possible by Ford Motor Company Fund.
Enjoy a performance by songwriter Gary Harrison.
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August 31, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Resophonic Instrument Demonstration: Dave MacKenzie
Dave MacKenzie, blues educator and resophonic
instrumentalist, has recorded with Jeff Foxworthy and others.
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August 31, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Film Screening: The Kitty Wells and Johnny Wright Family Show
In 1968, Kitty Wells became the first female country
star to be featured in her own syndicated television series, The Kitty Wells
Show.
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September 13, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Family Program: Musical Petting Zoo
Bang a drum, play an autoharp, and strum a steel
guitar!
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October 11, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Family Program: Country Costuming with Katy K
This workshop focuses on the style of the Queen of Country Music, Kitty
Wells. Wells was known for her country style as much as for her country music.
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Novermber 15, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Family Program: Is it a Fiddle or a Violin?
In Texas it's a fiddle. In Boston it's a violin. In Nashville it depends.
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December 13, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Family Program: Make Letterpress Art with Hatch Show Print
Learn about letterpress printing from Jim
Sherraden, manager of historic Hatch Show Print, one of the oldest working
letterpress print shops in the United
States.
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