1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: A podcast playground taking a walk with last night. Glad 2 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: you're here with us at the Country Music Hall of 3 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: Fame Museum this morning. Well, Paul Kingsbury, Managing editor of 4 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: the Country Music Hall of Fame, I am so grateful 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: to be here with you. Well, it's we're gonna have fun. 6 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: We're gonna take a walk through country music history with 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: some nice side trips. The first side trip we're going 8 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,279 Speaker 1: to start is our exhibit on a Country Music Hall 9 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: of Fame member, famous Grand Ole Opry star Bill Anderson, 10 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: who has been a force in country music since the 11 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: late nineteen fifties. And you can see Bill work closely 12 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: with us. You can see all the photos he shared 13 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: with us in here of him with his band, him 14 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: as a young high school pitching star in Georgia, and 15 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: you can see how we do these things. When we 16 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: feature a Country Music Hall of Fame member like Bill Anderson, 17 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: you get all of this interesting memorabilia. His first album 18 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: that he did for Decca Records, the typewriter that he 19 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: used when he was doing songwriting, lyrics and answering fan mail, guitars, 20 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:21,559 Speaker 1: Ie popping costumes owned by Bill Anderson, Paul Ie Popping costumes, 21 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: as an understatement. I love these colors. Here this stage, 22 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: where is a vivid purple. That's right? And here we've 23 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 1: got one that's a bright green with quill pens as 24 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: the motif is quill pens all over it. Because of course, 25 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: Bill Anderson is an amazing songwriter who's written hits for everybody, 26 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: including gave Connie Smith her first hit, first number one hit, 27 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: James Brown, Aretha Franklin, George Strait, Goodness, Grace Is, Brad Paisley, 28 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: and Allison Kraus Whiskey Low. I mean, Bill Anderson has 29 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: written for everybody. How would I look in the purple outfit? 30 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: Just very dapper, very dapper. It looks just about your size. 31 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: You and Bill Anderson are close. It's amazing. And because 32 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: Bill was so instrumental in Connie Smith's early career, We've 33 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: got a costume, a beautiful dress from Connie Smith and 34 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: records and things awards for Connie, and you can see 35 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: some of Bill's sports memorab Billy, he's a huge baseball fan, 36 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: big Atlanta, bravest baseball fan because he's from Georgia and 37 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: he embraced the nickname Hillbilly. Well, I would say Billy 38 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: Anderson well early, but eventually he got the nickname Whispering 39 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 1: Bill because he has that breathy singing voice. And most people, 40 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: if they're in the nickname and call him whispering Bill, 41 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: I won't call him hill Billy. Then he won't mind. 42 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: He will answer to it. He will answer to it. 43 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: So anyway, he continues to be active as a songwriter, 44 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: as an artist. You can see them regularly on the 45 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: Grand Ole Opry. So this is this is our Bill 46 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: Anderson exhibit. And where's he living now? It's here in Nashville, Okay, yeah, yeah, 47 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:16,679 Speaker 1: And he was very generous with the exhibit and has 48 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: been proud to take his friends and family through it. 49 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: Well he should be proud to be here, all right. 50 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: You see, we have good crowds today in the museum, 51 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: and we're gonna, i'll tell you what, We'll take a 52 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 1: little detour again just before we get into our main 53 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: walk through history, because we have a beautiful exhibit on 54 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: Martina McBride, And just as with the Bill Anderson exhibit, 55 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: she was very cooperative. So get this. She was singing 56 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: with the family band when she was just a little kid. 57 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: There's a photo of Martina. Look at her she's the 58 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: little kid on the left there holding a microphone. A 59 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: little girl is Martina and her dad is standing beside 60 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: her with the telecaster guitar. When she was grown up 61 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: in Kansas, and this is all our childhood stuff. This 62 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: is one of her childhood stage costumes. Look how tiny 63 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: she is. And they had before she became a country 64 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,799 Speaker 1: music star. She was in a band back in Kansas 65 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: called the Penetrators, and she said she had no idea 66 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 1: that might have any meeting beyond we're going to penetrate 67 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: you with our music, which is so great. It's a 68 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:33,840 Speaker 1: little knife her wedding dress. So, Paul, when an artist 69 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 1: you know, collaborates with you on an exhibit and you know, 70 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 1: goes back into their archives, do they express the process 71 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: of them going through their archives? Oh? Yes, like is 72 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 1: it is it something they always embrace or sometimes it's 73 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: been a little bit odd for them, or most of 74 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:59,919 Speaker 1: them are very eager to share their memorabilia, you know, 75 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: their costumes, their instruments, their awards with the fans. For 76 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 1: some for some artists just because of how busy they are, 77 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: it's harder than for others. But we've found they, you know, 78 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 1: once they agree to do the exhibit with us. They're 79 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: very cooperative. Some are very hands on, you know, personally, 80 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 1: like here, let me show you what i've got. Others 81 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 1: are you know, stand back and say, well, what do 82 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: you think you want? And then they see what they 83 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: have where they turn it over to their assistance to 84 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: help us go through storage areas and things like that. 85 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: Got it. So this is our permanent exhibit, sing Me 86 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: Back Home, and it starts with the earliest commercial country 87 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: music of the nineteen twenties. And so we've got people 88 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 1: featured here like d Ford Bailey, the first great black 89 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: star of country music. And there's his harmonica and his 90 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: megaphone that he used on the stage at the Grand 91 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: ole Opry. He's now a member of the Country Music 92 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. The Blue Sky Boys who played guitar 93 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: and mandolin. Wow. And then we just move on through history. 94 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: I will point out one interesting thing that you may 95 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: have noticed over here, Buzz, and that is to show 96 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: people the core of what we do. The Country Music 97 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame has exposed our archives. There is our 98 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: audio lab where we restore historic country recordings of various 99 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: kinds and either put them in our archive or share 100 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: them with the public and commercial recordings. You can see 101 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: books and things over there in that compact shelving. Even 102 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,159 Speaker 1: though there's an exhibit down there, which is Chris Stapleton, 103 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: which we'll see in a bit, there's more archival space 104 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: beyond that. I mean, this is the premiere research and 105 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: collection center of country music in the world. We have 106 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: the most country music recordings in our library of any 107 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: place in the world, more than two hundred thousand from 108 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: Edison cylinders all the way up to obviously you know 109 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: CDs and of course we're collecting MP three's and things 110 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 1: like that. But we've got more than five hundred thousand photographs, 111 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: films and videos, more than nineteen hundred costumes, more than 112 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: five hundred instruments. I mean, it's an incredible repository. So 113 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: when you collaborated with Ken Burns right on the PBS 114 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: Raising series, did he have access to some of these? 115 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: He was able to access some of it. Now, I'll 116 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: tell you that at that time I was actually working 117 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: for another organization. I've had two stints at the Country 118 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: Music Hall of Fame. I worked here from nineteen eighty 119 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: five to two thousand and two. Then I went off 120 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: and did freelance writing and other things, and I came 121 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: back two years ago and so I actually the seven 122 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: years that I worked on the Ken Burns Country Music series, 123 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: I did that as a freelancer. But I do know 124 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: from working with Ken and his team that you know, 125 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: for some things they came to the Country Music Hall 126 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: of Fame to get those Hall of Fame wasn't the 127 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: only repository they went to, but some things can got 128 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: it here. What was that experience like for you, Well, 129 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: the best part working with ken Burns was, you know, 130 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: in addition to reviewing scripts and helping them do interview questions, 131 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: the best part was about a year and a half 132 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: before the series came out, he flew all of the 133 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 1: consultants up to his compound in New Hampshire to Walpole, 134 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: New Hampshire to view the rough cuts of each episode. 135 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,839 Speaker 1: And so every day we would view two episodes, one 136 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: in the morning, one in the afternoon, with a lunch 137 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: break in between. We would view them. Everyone in the 138 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 1: room would comments on what's good, what's bad, and ken 139 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,959 Speaker 1: Burns is so democratic and that he will make sure 140 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: he gets everyone's opinion in the room. Wow, it was fabulous, 141 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 1: that's great and it took our suggestions to harm. So 142 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: here's some people you may have heard of. Buzz. Here 143 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: is a costume from Hank Williams, the great Hank Williams, 144 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: along with his boots. Eddie Arnold many pearls costume is 145 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: over there. Over in this case to your left you 146 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: see singing cowboys, memorabilia from people like Roy Rogers and 147 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 1: Text Ritter and Gene Autry. So all of greatness. Yeah, 148 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: it really, it really is. And we've moved through history. 149 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: Walking along this corridor, we see people from the nineteen fifties. 150 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: Hank Snow, Lefty Frazelle has that fringe costume right there. 151 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 1: This is pretty cool. So we have in this section 152 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: we introduced people to rockabilly. So we've got this film. 153 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:48,079 Speaker 1: There's Wanda Jackson, you can hear on the audio, great 154 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: female rockabilly. S's rocket, Oh she is. And you'll see 155 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: in the course of this little film you see several 156 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 1: other prominent rockabilly performers. This, of course, was a phenomenon 157 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 1: that happened in the mid nineteen fifties and Elvis was 158 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: a big catalyst in US. And along with it we 159 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: have a whole case of rockabilly memorabilia, Wanda's stage dress, 160 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: Johnny Cash's Air Force uniform before he got into music 161 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 1: everonly Brothers guitarist Elvis Jacket. Have you ever got to 162 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: walk through with an artist? Oh? Yeah, I walked through 163 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 1: several years ago. I walked through with Buck Owens, and 164 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: Buck was very impressed. What I think he liked best, 165 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: besides seeing his own stuff in here, was Buck like 166 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 1: the fact that we don't we're not Nashville centric in 167 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: the story we tell. We tell the story of all 168 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: of country music across the country, and so there's a 169 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 1: heavy component of California country in our museum. Here there's 170 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: one of Buck's red, White and Blue guitars, sure, along 171 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 1: with Merle Haggard, and so Buck was happy to see that. 172 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: It was really pleasing. And speaking of Merle Haggard, when 173 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: we had our Baker's Field exhibit down stairs where you'll 174 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: go that's where the La Country Rock exhibit is now, 175 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: Merle Haggard came through and interstling. Merle was more interested 176 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: that more than seeing his own memorabilia. Merle was really 177 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 1: touched to see memorabilia from his ex wife, Bonnie Owens, 178 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: which whom he worked with for many years and Bill Woods, 179 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 1: a guy he worked with very early on, and Tommy Collins, 180 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: another friend of his from Bakersfield. And so it's interesting 181 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:45,439 Speaker 1: to see how different artists react. But Buck and Merle 182 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: were both very pleased. That's awesome. I must have been 183 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 1: quite a thrill for you walking through Well with Buck. 184 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: And you know what's he's taller than he even than 185 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 1: he looks on stage. Buck was about ya tall. Yeah, well, 186 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 1: I'm holding my head like six inches of old my 187 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 1: head taller than us, taller than us. So two of 188 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 1: our famous cars here, Elvis Presley's solid gold Cadillac and 189 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: this is Web Pierce's Noody Mobile customized by Nudi, the 190 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,439 Speaker 1: Rodeo tailor. I don't know if you've ever seen this buzz. 191 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 1: It's really something you can tell folks what kind of 192 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: things you're seeing on it. Oh my god. I mean 193 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: this first of all, has in the trunk, there's a rifle. 194 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: There's a rifle strapped to the rifles strapped to the 195 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: top of the truck. There are horses on the back bumper. 196 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 1: You'll see silver dollars studded all in the leather upholstery, 197 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: and and you know it's a there's some fine leather 198 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: on here. There's a saddle in the in the middle 199 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: console between the two front seats, pistols on the door handles. Yeah, 200 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: this is a car for a shy individual. That's right, 201 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: Like web Pierce was right, Yeah, web Pierce would your team, 202 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,319 Speaker 1: They tell everybody he was the best. And in the 203 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 1: nineteen fifties nobody had no more number one country hits 204 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: than web Pierce. You got to be confident he was. 205 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: He was quite a car. I love to take that 206 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: for a spin. Yeah. Absolutely. And so this is a 207 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: section of our museum where we feature some of We 208 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: call it the Precious Jewel. We feature some of the 209 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:23,680 Speaker 1: most important instruments in country music. Jimmy Rodgers Martin guitar, 210 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: Mother may Bell Carter's Gibson l five, billbyn Rose mandolin, 211 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 1: the father of bluegrass. And as we tell the story here, 212 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty five, someone broke into his house and 213 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: smashed that mandolin into a lot of tiny pieces. But 214 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 1: the Gibson company was able to take those tiny pieces, 215 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,839 Speaker 1: some as big as a matchstick, and glue them all 216 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 1: back together. And you know what, after they fixed it, 217 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: Bill played that mandolin till he died. Oh my god, 218 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 1: there is hope in the world. Well, I mean, you 219 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 1: never know that that got smashed to pieces. What a 220 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: great story. The famous Earl Scruggs flat and scrugs his 221 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: banjo and his partner, Lester Flat, his Martin D twenty 222 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: eight guitar, and of course the famous Hank Williams who 223 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: also had a Martin guitar. Did Lester Flat and Earl 224 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: Scruggs do you know if they got along as Oh 225 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 1: they were good friends for twenty plus years. But what 226 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: happened was they wanted to go in two different musical directions. 227 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: Earl Scrugs with his sons, wanted to explore things like 228 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: country rock. Lester was like, we've got to keep this 229 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: very bluegrass and very country. So they split up. And 230 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: of all people, do you know who Marty Stewart is. Yes, 231 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: So Marty Stewart, who's in the Country Music Hall of 232 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: Fame as a thirteen year old went to work for 233 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: Lester Flat in his bluegrass Oh wow, yes, so Marty's 234 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: been learning for a long time. Wow. So but they separated, 235 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: but they still remain friends. Yeah, they were cordial, weren't angry. 236 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: I mean, it just it got to the point when 237 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: they got to the late sixties where Earl said, yeah, 238 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: I want to do this stuff with my sons. I 239 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: want to play you know, newer rock influenced songs, and 240 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: Lester Sam I'm not playing that. So they just split. 241 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: But it wasn't angry, okay. And this is a whole 242 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: section where we focus on many of the behind the 243 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: scenes studio musicians who contribute so much to the music. 244 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: And I'm sure you well have heard of some of 245 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: these people. I'm not sure all of your listeners will have. 246 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: But Jerry Douglas, amazing dobro player, Don Rich, the right 247 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: hand man to Buck Owens, playing lead guitar and seeking 248 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: harmonies and leading the band. Henry Sterilecki, who played on 249 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: so many sessions played bass. Who else have we got 250 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: We've got some instruments over here. I mean, these guys 251 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: are often unsung heroes. They are, but you know these 252 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 1: are these are the guys who make the noise. Yeah, 253 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: you know on Sixteenth Avenue anyway, So, oh, you probably 254 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: want to see So we've got a Florida, Georgia line 255 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: exhibit here. Yes, and this exhibit has been open almost 256 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: a year on Florida Georgia Line and it will close 257 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: in January, replaced by a new one. But you could 258 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 1: see we've got some great stuff from Tyler Hubbard and 259 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: Brian Kelly. Oh yeah, it goes back to their childhood. 260 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: We've got childhood photos, childhood memorabilia on up through there 261 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: becoming big hit artists about ten years ago with Cruise 262 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: and I'll tell you we have in our theaters. We 263 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: frequently have museum programs with the artists that we feature 264 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: in these exhibits, Like, for instance, we saw Martina McBride's 265 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: exhibit on November one. We'll have a museum program with 266 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: Martina McBride and songwriters she's collaborated with. I went to 267 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: the program that Florida Georgia Line did when we open 268 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 1: this exhibit, and let me tell you so, it opened 269 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 1: with an interview and then they performed. And sometimes people 270 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: think that with these newer artists like Floria Georgia Line, 271 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 1: that didn't really make their own music. I'm here to 272 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 1: tell you it was those two guys, Brian and Tyler 273 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: with a small band, drums, bass, keyboard, electric guitar. They 274 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 1: sounded awesome, great and the harmonies were real. Have you 275 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: run across any country artists that did not have a 276 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 1: respect for the history. Oh no, I mean I think 277 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:38,959 Speaker 1: they all have something, you know, and they all they 278 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: all know of it in various degrees, right, because they 279 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 1: all come at the music from different angles. Well, we 280 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:46,919 Speaker 1: were just looking at Floria, Georgia line. So in addition 281 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: to them being influenced by country, they were influenced by 282 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: Christian worship music by rap and so they said from 283 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: the stage during the program, how honored they were to 284 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: have an exhibit the Country Music Hall of Fame, and 285 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:01,679 Speaker 1: honored to be in the company of so many greats 286 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: who come before them. But it doesn't mean that they 287 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: know the full history. But hey, it's here for them 288 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 1: if they want to encounter it. You know, we tell 289 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 1: it in great depth. But yeah, I've never encountered a 290 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 1: country music artist who who had no respect for the history. 291 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: When did you know in your life that you were 292 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: going to be sort of you know, you're managing editor, 293 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:28,959 Speaker 1: but you're really a historian of sorts as well and archivist. 294 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:31,679 Speaker 1: When did you know this would be your passion in 295 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,879 Speaker 1: your life? I didn't know that for a while, you know, 296 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 1: I knew, I knew in high school and college. I 297 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 1: wanted to be a writer. I want to do research 298 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: and writing, and so I was a very young writer 299 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 1: when I found out about this position at the Country 300 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: Music Hall of Fame in nineteen eighty five. I guess 301 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: it was in nineteen eighty four when I was finding 302 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 1: out about it and applied for it. What happened was, 303 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,239 Speaker 1: I've always been a huge music fan. I had a 304 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:02,919 Speaker 1: small country music called, but I wasn't knowledgeable, and so 305 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 1: I interviewed with the current CEO of the Country Music 306 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame, Kyle Young, in nineteen eighty five, and 307 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:10,679 Speaker 1: we had a very good interview, and I just I 308 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: was frank. I said, I am not a country music expert. 309 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,399 Speaker 1: I've got a half dozen country music albums. You know 310 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 1: Waylon and Willie, Hank Williams's greatest hits. I'm not an expert. 311 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: He said. If you're interested and you care about music, 312 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: and you want to learn, being here is like being 313 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,680 Speaker 1: in a graduate program in country music history. He said, 314 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,880 Speaker 1: we've got the experts already. We can bring you along 315 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 1: if you care to learn. I said, I definitely care 316 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: to learn. It's part of Nashville. I live in Nashville. 317 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 1: It's part of American history. So I will say that, 318 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 1: you know, every day's learning experience, but I've been learning 319 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 1: now about country music since nineteen eighty five in a 320 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 1: serious way. What a grateful, grateful thing. I'm definitely grateful. Yeah. 321 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: Wow wow. So we've told you a little bit about 322 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: Western edge, the roots and reverberations of Lost Angela's country rock. 323 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 1: So we just opened this a couple of weeks ago, 324 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: major exhibition, and we'll take a quick zoom through it. 325 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 1: You probably will have some questions, but we wanted to 326 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: remind people. So we're focusing on the nineteen sixties through 327 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: the eighties. But with this little case here with a 328 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: beautiful costume by Nathan Turkey made this for Rose Maddox 329 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: of the Maddox Brothers and Rose and guitarists for Joe 330 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 1: Mathis and his wife rose Lee Methos who played on 331 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: Town Hall, Party and Out in La. This shows us 332 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:37,399 Speaker 1: the foundations of country, country rock and country music in 333 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:43,160 Speaker 1: LA before all these very rock influenced people got involved. Yes, 334 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: and another little precursor we have is all of this 335 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 1: is going to lead us to Dwight Yoakum. And so 336 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,880 Speaker 1: here's a Dwight Yoakum costume from the mid eighties when 337 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 1: he was breaking out, And we feel like this was 338 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,439 Speaker 1: a pretty good quote. On the Pacific Coast, there are 339 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: fewer shackles on tradition, there is a decided willingness to 340 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:11,199 Speaker 1: take a chance on new ideas. Attributed to Henry Dreyfus, 341 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: pioneering American industrial designer and author. What a great quote. Well, 342 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: and so this is all about people bringing interesting ideas 343 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 1: about country music to rock and rock to country music 344 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 1: and what you get. And so here's a nitty gritty 345 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,399 Speaker 1: dirt band and a TV photo. Dwight Yocum does our 346 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 1: introductory film and then we do a little walk through 347 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: this history of country rock gets bubbling up from bluegrass 348 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,719 Speaker 1: on the West Coast. Look, can you see who that is? 349 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 1: Do you know Chris Hillman? Chris Hillman, the Birds, Yeah, 350 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: Chris Hillman before he had that big sort of afro 351 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: cunt if you will. That's right, Chris Hillman in the 352 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 1: early sixties, before he gets involved with the Birds, the 353 00:21:56,080 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: Flying Burrito Brothers and Graham Parsons, before he goes up 354 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,640 Speaker 1: to lead the Desert Rose Band. I did come through 355 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 1: this exhibit in preparations for seeing you, and I have 356 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:12,400 Speaker 1: to tell you there's so many people in this exhibit 357 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: and you'll point them out that there are really unsung 358 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: heroes for the movement of country la music. Well, I'll 359 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:25,160 Speaker 1: say so, people who really love the music of this era, 360 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: you know, the late sixties into the seventies. Clarence White 361 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 1: one of the main unsung heroes. Incredible guitar player who 362 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: came out of bluegrass. There's his stage costume and there's 363 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: this telecaster. People are still trying to learn how to 364 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: play like Clarence White did. And fortunately he was killed 365 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: by a drunk driver who ran into him when he 366 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: was loading out gear after a gig in the seventies. 367 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,719 Speaker 1: But yeah, his music lives on now. I know you 368 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: know this guy, Oh yeah, Greg Nelson. And here we 369 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: go the famous Garden Party album with the Jackety War 370 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,200 Speaker 1: on it, with the Les Paul guitar he was holding 371 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: with his manuscript for writing the song Garden Party Sensational. 372 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: He was a big fan of that one, for sure. Yeah, 373 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: and there he is, there's Rick with his band, Handsome Rick. 374 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: So I love this photo here on the wall of 375 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: Doug Weston's Troubadour. Yeah, and it looks like it takes 376 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 1: you back to that moment. Yeah. So one reason why 377 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 1: we featured the Tribudour here is it was one of 378 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 1: those key flash points for la country rock, for country 379 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 1: musicians rock musicians coming together, kind of experimenting on stage, 380 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 1: coming up with new combinations of music. And so we've 381 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 1: got a little feature on the Troubadour there. I love it, 382 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: And I guess you saw Mike Nessmith. Many people know 383 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,879 Speaker 1: him from the Monkeys, but he also was a huge 384 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 1: country rock pioneer as both a Monkey and as a 385 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: solo artist. And what do you think of that costume? 386 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: Buzz I would look good in that one. All right, 387 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 1: let's play a little little trivia. I know you know 388 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: the answer. What was his mother responsible for white out? 389 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 1: You use it to in the old days, Old guys 390 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,359 Speaker 1: like us used to use it to clean up typing mistakes. 391 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: And so he was kind of a wasn't his trust fund? 392 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: I get but he he came from a lot of money, 393 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 1: But you know what, he didn't act like it. He 394 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: just wanted to make great music. That's right. Can we 395 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: get Paul with T shirt for winning the trivia question? 396 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 1: I agree? Excuse me? So here's a photo of the birds. 397 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 1: Chris Helman down there, his buddies and the birds on 398 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 1: up top. Wow, this is interesting. So Chris Willman took 399 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: this picture. Huh wow, Well it's so he owns it. 400 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 1: Somebody gave it to Chris probably, But there he is. 401 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:04,199 Speaker 1: There's Roger mcgwin, Jane Clark, David Crosby. Many people know 402 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: him from Crosby, Stills, Nash and Youngs, Michael Clark on drums, 403 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 1: and Roger mcgwin. God love him still out playing these 404 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: Oh he's amazing. He's amazing. Yeah, sweetheart too. Yeah, so 405 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,399 Speaker 1: that here too. We move on through history and you 406 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:24,159 Speaker 1: see things like Graham Parsons, Grand Parsons show his protege, 407 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 1: Emmy Lou Harris, her costume, her famous guitar with the 408 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 1: inlaid rose people. I remember when I first heard of 409 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: Grand Parson, spoke about him in almost like reverential terms. 410 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: You know, there was like a mystique about him, for sure, 411 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 1: and I think it was. I mean, Emmy Luke talks 412 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,680 Speaker 1: that way about him. It's it's that he was one 413 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: of the first to get there and say there's a 414 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:56,439 Speaker 1: way to pull country and rock together that has integrity 415 00:25:56,480 --> 00:26:00,439 Speaker 1: for both. Yes, and he was so passionate about country music, 416 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: and he instilled that passion in Emmy Lou Harris for sure. 417 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 1: And she carried the torch after he passed away, and 418 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 1: she still carried it. She still is, she still is. 419 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: So stuff we've got, We've got wonderful memorabilia here from 420 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:20,119 Speaker 1: the nitty gritty dirt bands as well as Poco. You 421 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: see Jeff hannahcost stage costume here. Richie Furey of Buffalo 422 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:30,120 Speaker 1: Springfield and later Poco, there's one of his stage costumes. 423 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 1: You know what was so interesting about this this music 424 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 1: of this era and all many of these artists, but 425 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 1: in particular we talk about Poco, nitty gritty dirt band 426 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:46,399 Speaker 1: coming out of the UH what was called ao R 427 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:53,119 Speaker 1: radio album oriented rock where I started. These bands became 428 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: integral to that format. They did they did, Yeah, I mean, 429 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,119 Speaker 1: I think this music that we feature here for a 430 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: lot of baby boomers is some of the soundtrack of 431 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,479 Speaker 1: their lives, absolute and it turned a lot some of 432 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,119 Speaker 1: them on the country music, turned some of them on 433 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: to different kinds of rock music. Well, it's funny. So 434 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,159 Speaker 1: there's people to this day that still go when you 435 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 1: talk about country, well, I don't know if I like country. 436 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: And then I did this to someone the other day. 437 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: I said, oh, let me ask you a question. Do 438 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 1: you like this band called the Eagles? And they were 439 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 1: like yeah. I said, well, then consider yourself someone who 440 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 1: likes country. You know, the Eagles hit the country charts 441 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 1: as well as the pop charts. They took a lot 442 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,720 Speaker 1: from country music, and of course they're featured in here. 443 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 1: We've got this case. We've got things that pertaining to 444 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:47,400 Speaker 1: Linda Ronstat, to the Eagles, to songwriter J. D. Salther, 445 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 1: who wrote a lot with the Eagles because he's a good, 446 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 1: good friend of theirs. Well, look at here this picture 447 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:59,360 Speaker 1: from Joshua Tree National Park of the Eagles, photo by 448 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:04,680 Speaker 1: Henry Bill. I had Henry on taking a walk that one. 449 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 1: Henry told me the story about they were up until 450 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: two in the morning, I think at probably the Troubadour 451 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 1: I'm blessing, and let's just say they were getting into 452 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: some mischief, you know, okay, a little bit of hallucinogens possibly, 453 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 1: and they drove out there and he described it in 454 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: this magical way where it just sounded like they just 455 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,440 Speaker 1: had pure joy out there, laughing, being silly, taking photos 456 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 1: and Henry's key was he wasn't really a photographer in 457 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: the true sense. He was just a friend of theirs. Well, 458 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: he was a great photographer. He still is a great 459 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 1: Photographerure is well. And so some of the song manuscripts 460 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: we have here from JD. Souther are are of big 461 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 1: hits that the Eagles hat new kid in Town. We've 462 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 1: got the manuscript up there A Heartache tonight, the best 463 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: of my love. The song manuscripts are right there in 464 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 1: front of me. Oh man, some of my favorites. This 465 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 1: is a great exhibit right there. Man, takes your breath away. 466 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: All that music. Yeah, it really does. It really doesn't. 467 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 1: And here was a telecaster guitar. Here's a telecaster guitar 468 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: that Bernie Leaden of the Eagles played on a lot 469 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 1: of their hits. And that whole mechanism back there is 470 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: something we call a b bender which allows a guitar 471 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:35,719 Speaker 1: player by just pulling down it on the strap. It 472 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 1: pulls a mechanism that pulls a string and gives you 473 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: a little bit of the sound of a steel guitar 474 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 1: on a regular electric guitar. Now, the guy who pioneered 475 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: that was Clarence White. We talked about earlier, but Bernie 476 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 1: got into that sound too, you musician at all. I 477 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 1: play guitar, yeah, Hell, I don't play guitar like Bernie Light, 478 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: but I play. You play yeah. And now we're carrying 479 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 1: it forward into the eighties and you see things like 480 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:06,719 Speaker 1: the Desert Rose Band, which Chris Hillman led. Chris Hillman 481 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: that we saw back in those bluegrass bands back there, 482 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 1: who was in the birds? Yep, Chris Hellman led the 483 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 1: Desert Rose Band. There he is on stage with his 484 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: guitar player, John Jorgenson. Rosie Flores big in the LA 485 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:24,479 Speaker 1: scene in the nineteen eighties and still going strong. I 486 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,520 Speaker 1: just saw her at a local festival. She was great. 487 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 1: Oh wow. Some of those bands that some people were 488 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 1: calling cow punk, like Rank and File and Lone Justice 489 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 1: are featured here. Big in nineteen eighties, Dwight Yoakam the 490 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: Course broke out of LA in a big way. I 491 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 1: always loved the Lone Justice and Maria McKees huh yeah, yes, 492 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 1: she did a nice video. We did more than forty 493 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 1: hours of video interviews this research for this exhibit, but 494 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 1: also we're showing those portions of those interviews on video 495 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 1: screens around the exit it and we've got touchscreen interactive 496 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: so people can access some of that stuff. That's great. 497 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 1: So you could spend a couple hours in here easy. 498 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: You can get lost in here. Yeah, great way. So 499 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 1: shall we walk back through some more of country music history? Perfect? 500 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,480 Speaker 1: All right. So there's a big old whalone on the 501 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: wall from the nineteen seventies, and now we start to hit. 502 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,320 Speaker 1: We're back in the flow of country music history and 503 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 1: we're featuring people like Glenn Campbell and Ray Charles who 504 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,320 Speaker 1: was recently inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame. 505 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 1: Genie c Riley, people remember her from Hartman Valley, PTA 506 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 1: and back in the corner. That's a big old Johnny 507 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: cash suit. Oh love that. Roger Miller in two years 508 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 1: won eleven Grammys. You probably know about this. There are 509 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: the eleven Grammys he won in two years. Nobody's ever 510 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 1: won that many Grammys in two years, but Roger Miller did. 511 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 1: He was a big star John Hart for you talk 512 00:31:56,200 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 1: about yeah, unsung. This guy was made me come out 513 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 1: of the great Glenn Campbell sort of camp he was. 514 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 1: He was on The Glen Campbell Show and was part 515 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 1: of their team of comedy writers along with Steve Martin, 516 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 1: he says, or he said he's passed away. John said 517 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 1: he didn't actually contribute all that many ideas, but he 518 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:20,959 Speaker 1: was part of the writing staff. And also you know 519 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,480 Speaker 1: when the show would open up, the guy playing the 520 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:26,720 Speaker 1: banjo on the Glenn Campbell Good Time Hour, that was John. 521 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 1: I love it. Yeah, So he's featured here. And he 522 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 1: was a great songwriter artist wrote chinnel on My Mind, 523 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,880 Speaker 1: which was the first big hit for Glenn Campbell, which 524 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: and that group of musicians, I mean they were just 525 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,280 Speaker 1: they were big stars in that era, right because TV. 526 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, TV did launch a lot of country stars. 527 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,720 Speaker 1: And I mean over here you see some Dolly Parton, 528 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 1: Chanya Tucker, Tammy Whyett. Let's talk about Dolly for a 529 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:03,040 Speaker 1: second show. One of the most amazing individuals, like ever. 530 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 1: She is so brilliant, She's done so much. You know, 531 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,280 Speaker 1: there are people who kind of know of her as 532 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:15,040 Speaker 1: a personality who don't realize what an incredible songwriter DOLLI 533 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 1: Partner is. I mean, people who really know country music 534 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: know that, but there are many people who still don't 535 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,800 Speaker 1: know that. Dolly Barton wrote I Will Always love You 536 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:28,520 Speaker 1: of course of nature. Oh she is Yeah, Yeah, and 537 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,520 Speaker 1: she does great and good with her philanthropy. You know, 538 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 1: she gave money to COVID researchp at Vanderbilt Medical Center 539 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:39,560 Speaker 1: here in Nashville. I think was more than a million dollars. Yeah, 540 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 1: and she is really a wonderful person. Has been a 541 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,760 Speaker 1: good friend in the Country Music Hall of Fame on years. 542 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 1: So talk about the artists and how they support the 543 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,560 Speaker 1: Country Music Hall of Fame, they really, I mean like 544 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 1: they do financially right well, so I would say the 545 00:33:55,080 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 1: bain way that they support us financially is periodically artists 546 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:07,600 Speaker 1: will have a fundraising concert for us in Nashville or 547 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,279 Speaker 1: in New York or LA. And we've also recently done 548 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,080 Speaker 1: this in Dallas. They call it, we call it All 549 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:16,879 Speaker 1: for the Hall, and artists like Vince Gill and Keith 550 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 1: Urban kind of kicked off this whole thing of we're 551 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 1: going to donate our time, We're going to do a 552 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,279 Speaker 1: multi artist concert and the proceeds will go to the 553 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,759 Speaker 1: Country Music Hall of Fame. So they've been doing that 554 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,360 Speaker 1: for us for several years, and it really is an 555 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:33,520 Speaker 1: easier way for them to go because all of these people, 556 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:37,560 Speaker 1: these artists give so much to so many charities. This way. 557 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:39,840 Speaker 1: You know, it's not like they're writing a check for 558 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:41,479 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame and somebody says, well, you're writing 559 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:42,799 Speaker 1: a check for the Hall of Fame, why can't you 560 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,480 Speaker 1: write a check for me. They're donating their time if 561 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 1: people want to buy those tickets, and they have, they've 562 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,399 Speaker 1: sold out consistently. That's that's how they raise money for us. 563 00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:57,960 Speaker 1: It Well, you've heard of folks like these, friend, Freddie Fender, 564 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:03,000 Speaker 1: Kenny Rodgers, Dotty West. Well, can we look at this 565 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:07,440 Speaker 1: Nashville skylight? Absolutely all right. This is a near and 566 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 1: dear period for me, certainly, so this guy. I think 567 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,880 Speaker 1: you've heard this guy. I think Bob Dylan is somebody 568 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 1: that we've heard of. Well, I was here some years 569 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,879 Speaker 1: ago when you had this special or the whole had 570 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:26,839 Speaker 1: the special exhibit with Bob and Johnny Cash. Oh yes, yes, 571 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,080 Speaker 1: well yeah, Dylan Cash and the Nashville Cats. Yeah, yes, 572 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,560 Speaker 1: it was really cool. I'm glad you liked that. I'm 573 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,480 Speaker 1: glad you liked that. But I don't know if I 574 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:38,440 Speaker 1: even showed you in our Country Rock exhibit buzz. But 575 00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,320 Speaker 1: you see that photo there of Chris Hillman, Chris Etheridge 576 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,600 Speaker 1: and Graham Parsons and Sneaky Pete Kleinau from the Flying 577 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: Burrito Brothers. We have three of those four costumes on 578 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 1: display in that exhibit over there. So when Bob came 579 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:55,080 Speaker 1: down here, he instantly just seemed to just be comfortable. 580 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:59,040 Speaker 1: He was welcome. Yeah. Well, if you saw that exhibit 581 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:02,760 Speaker 1: and you kind of read through it. So his producer 582 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:09,400 Speaker 1: at the time, Bob Johnston, is it rolling Bob exactly? 583 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:13,719 Speaker 1: Bob convinced Bob Dylan to give Nashville a try after 584 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:16,800 Speaker 1: Bob Dylan met Charlie McCoy, a member of the Country 585 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:19,600 Speaker 1: Music Hall of Fame, and Charlie played some things for 586 00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:23,160 Speaker 1: Bob up in New York and played on a session 587 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,319 Speaker 1: for him and Bob. Bob said, that's pretty good. Bob 588 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:31,360 Speaker 1: Johnston said, there are bunches of guys who pick like 589 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:34,279 Speaker 1: that in Nashville. Let's take you down there. So this 590 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:37,200 Speaker 1: first big album that he recorded Nashville is Blonde on 591 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:41,200 Speaker 1: Blonde in sixty six, huge hit album, right, oh yeah, 592 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:44,520 Speaker 1: huge hit album with Essential I would say, yeah, yeah, 593 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:47,280 Speaker 1: and so yeah, Bob was easily convinced that these guys 594 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:50,400 Speaker 1: know what they're doing. Am I mistaken that he have 595 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:55,560 Speaker 1: some collaboration during that period with Charlie Daniels as part 596 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,560 Speaker 1: of Oh Yeah, Charlie Daniels played on a couple of 597 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:02,080 Speaker 1: those Bob Dylan albums Wow Yeah. And in fact, we 598 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,600 Speaker 1: can go right back around the corner and will show 599 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:09,239 Speaker 1: you a telecaster guitar that Charlie Daniels played on Bob 600 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:13,040 Speaker 1: Dylan's sessions. It's right here here it is. Okay, look 601 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:16,640 Speaker 1: at that Yeah Wow he played. So he played this 602 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:20,359 Speaker 1: on Dylan's Nashville Skyline and self portrait. Oh my god, 603 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:24,960 Speaker 1: Charlie Daniels guitar people, I think forget about his accomplished 604 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:29,920 Speaker 1: playing a great, great guitar player, great fiddler, great entertainer, 605 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,279 Speaker 1: all around intertationally. Okay, well, we got a guy we're 606 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:37,719 Speaker 1: looking at who, like God, what an incredible force he 607 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:41,400 Speaker 1: has become the rock about him. So we are stepping 608 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:45,840 Speaker 1: right here into our major exhibit on Chris Stapleton, who, 609 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,440 Speaker 1: since he broke out big in twenty fifteen, has been 610 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:54,200 Speaker 1: a major force in country and rock music for sure. 611 00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:56,359 Speaker 1: I mean, there's so many rock fans who love Chris 612 00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:00,600 Speaker 1: Stapleton because he brings a real grint and fire he does. 613 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:06,400 Speaker 1: He's amazing. I was fortunate you know when the Country 614 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:11,760 Speaker 1: Radio Seminar has the Universal Music Group event at the Rhyman, 615 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:17,160 Speaker 1: to see Chris there, and I guess I would describe 616 00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:20,360 Speaker 1: it as jaw dropping. Oh yeah, I mean in so 617 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:23,480 Speaker 1: many ways. I mean, what a voice, what a great 618 00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:28,600 Speaker 1: guitar player. I mean, interesting thing is And if people 619 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,920 Speaker 1: go through this exhibit and look to read about it, 620 00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:36,960 Speaker 1: they'll see that Chris. For many years, for more than 621 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:40,360 Speaker 1: ten years, he was known mainly as a songwriter in Nashville, 622 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,560 Speaker 1: and he wrote big hits for people like Josh Turner 623 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:48,200 Speaker 1: and Thomas Rhett, I mean, Darius Rucker. He wrote lots 624 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:52,640 Speaker 1: and lots of hits, but lots of people also said 625 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:57,600 Speaker 1: he's such a great performer, surely there's a market for 626 00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:01,160 Speaker 1: him as an artist. And eventually, when he recorded his 627 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:04,759 Speaker 1: album Traveler and it came out in twenty fifteen, that 628 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:08,360 Speaker 1: was the big turning point for him that he finally 629 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:10,719 Speaker 1: captured the sound that was in his head. You know, 630 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:14,480 Speaker 1: he's an amazing performer, thank God. And so you can 631 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:18,719 Speaker 1: see it's a very detailed exhibit on Chris Stapleton, and 632 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:22,040 Speaker 1: he and his team were wonderful and really emptying out 633 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:25,840 Speaker 1: the closets. Oh my goodness. We've got guitars throughout his 634 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:35,880 Speaker 1: whole life, costumes, other instruments, amps, song manuscripts, awards, and 635 00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:39,080 Speaker 1: as we do with all our exhibits, we tell sort 636 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:40,879 Speaker 1: of the story of how he got to be who 637 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,040 Speaker 1: he is. Do you get a sense with an artist 638 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:47,600 Speaker 1: like Chris Stapleton that I mean we're really just seeing 639 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,839 Speaker 1: the beginning of what he's yet to do with him. 640 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,400 Speaker 1: I think there's a lot he could accomplish. Yeah, I 641 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:57,839 Speaker 1: mean he's he's been doing various kind of guest appearances 642 00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,800 Speaker 1: on other artists, you know, on an R and B 643 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:05,000 Speaker 1: and rock artists albums, and yeah, he could take this 644 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,560 Speaker 1: in so many directions, and he kind of pulls so 645 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:11,120 Speaker 1: many people together across the boundaries of music because he 646 00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:14,480 Speaker 1: crosses the boundaries. Yeah, love them. So give us some folks. 647 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:18,200 Speaker 1: I know you'll you'll know about You've seen them on stage, 648 00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:21,000 Speaker 1: You've heard the records. Mary chap and Carpenter, Pam Tillis, 649 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:26,520 Speaker 1: drishear Wood, Patty Loveless, Alan Jackson. Down there in the exhibit, 650 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:29,920 Speaker 1: I know you recognize that costume, but oh boy, that 651 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:34,320 Speaker 1: is Shania. Shania in her leopard print outfit with bare 652 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:39,399 Speaker 1: belly that's what she did. Yeah, Garth Brooks, Vince Gill. 653 00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:43,480 Speaker 1: So what do you make of where Vincent Garth are 654 00:40:43,719 --> 00:40:50,759 Speaker 1: today in their careers? Oh? Well, I mean neither of 655 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:52,960 Speaker 1: them has to do it anymore, and that they've kind 656 00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:57,960 Speaker 1: of established themselves as amazing artists. They both recorded, you know, 657 00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:00,719 Speaker 1: more than a dozen albums that are great and have 658 00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:03,600 Speaker 1: done well. I'll say that they're both still at the 659 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:06,879 Speaker 1: peak of their game. We had an amazing a couple 660 00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:10,279 Speaker 1: of weeks ago, an amazing kickoff concert for the LA 661 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:14,359 Speaker 1: Country Rock Exhibit, and Vince sang, Oh my gosh, he's 662 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:18,319 Speaker 1: singing better than he sang twenty years ago. Everybody was 663 00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,920 Speaker 1: saying it. And I was fortunate enough to attend to 664 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:25,040 Speaker 1: Garth Brooks concert in Las Vegas this summer, you know, 665 00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:27,799 Speaker 1: in the Dome Stadium that the Raiders play in. Oh 666 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:32,120 Speaker 1: my gosh. Yeah. Garth is older than sixty and he 667 00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:35,279 Speaker 1: the last time I had seen a full concert of 668 00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:39,520 Speaker 1: him live was in the nineties. He has more energy 669 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,160 Speaker 1: now than he had in the nineteen nineties. He did 670 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:44,759 Speaker 1: the full, more than two hour show. Tricia came on 671 00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:50,040 Speaker 1: and sang with him. He did acoustics set. So I 672 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,799 Speaker 1: guess your answer, your question. These guys can do what 673 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,439 Speaker 1: they want to do. They still have it, they still 674 00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,279 Speaker 1: got it, They've still got a following. And I think 675 00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,879 Speaker 1: it's really they're not doing it for the money, They're 676 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,080 Speaker 1: do it for the love of the music. Right. Well, 677 00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,120 Speaker 1: I was going to get to that. So, yeah, that's 678 00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:09,600 Speaker 1: really permeates the entire you know, sort of country scene. Really. 679 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:13,839 Speaker 1: Of course, it's it's a commitment to the music and 680 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:18,120 Speaker 1: it's a living, but it's a you know, they're driven 681 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:21,320 Speaker 1: by the love of the performance, the love of the music. 682 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:23,920 Speaker 1: I think a lot of them are. I really believe that. 683 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,240 Speaker 1: I'll give you a case in point. So the Grand 684 00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:29,880 Speaker 1: ole Opry is still going longest running radio show in 685 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:35,240 Speaker 1: the United States since nineteen twenty five. Of many many 686 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,320 Speaker 1: of these stars we're talking about are members of the 687 00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:40,279 Speaker 1: grandele Opry and appear from time to time. They don't 688 00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:44,680 Speaker 1: get paid the normal thousands of dollars when they appear 689 00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:48,279 Speaker 1: on the Opry. They get paid union scale. They get 690 00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:50,680 Speaker 1: paid a very small amount. They do it for the 691 00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:53,160 Speaker 1: love of the history, the love of the tradition. You know, 692 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:59,320 Speaker 1: when you see Vince appear there, Garth, Alan Jackson, Patty loveless. 693 00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:01,760 Speaker 1: All these people, Well, it's because they love the music. 694 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:05,440 Speaker 1: I saw Garth a couple of years back when CRS 695 00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:10,120 Speaker 1: had a bunch of radio folks in the I can't 696 00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:14,799 Speaker 1: remember the bar, but little Little Bar performance on Broadway, 697 00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:19,240 Speaker 1: and oh my goodness, what an event. Now back to Vince. 698 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:24,120 Speaker 1: Do you think him now being an Eagle, do you 699 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:28,080 Speaker 1: think that makes him, you know, even a stronger performer 700 00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:34,000 Speaker 1: just by being around other people. Maybe he admires, you know, 701 00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:36,200 Speaker 1: I don't know if it makes him stronger. I'm sure 702 00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:38,560 Speaker 1: you know, he seems like the kind of guy who's 703 00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:41,279 Speaker 1: always learning and always wanting to build. I mean, it's 704 00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:46,640 Speaker 1: like he hasn't stopped in his progress. My guess. Okay, 705 00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:49,600 Speaker 1: I'm prejudiced, but I think Vince is probably teaching those 706 00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:52,120 Speaker 1: guys if you knows. Okay, there you go. I love that, 707 00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:55,480 Speaker 1: and they'd be willing. I think they would be. Well, yeah, 708 00:43:56,239 --> 00:43:58,399 Speaker 1: you know, this whole section here is on you know, 709 00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:01,279 Speaker 1: we just bringing us into the two thousands. You've got 710 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:04,759 Speaker 1: Brad Paisley and Big and Rich and Toby Keith and 711 00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:10,320 Speaker 1: Jamie Johnson featured over here in Rascal Flats and Darius 712 00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:13,320 Speaker 1: Rutger is in the case over there with a video 713 00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:17,120 Speaker 1: of him doing wagon Wheel. This is the outfit that 714 00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:22,759 Speaker 1: Darius Rucker wore when he did wagon Wheel. Eric Church, Now, 715 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:24,440 Speaker 1: I don't know if you have time for this, buzz, 716 00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:28,000 Speaker 1: but we have a whole exhibit that we change out 717 00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:31,759 Speaker 1: annually every March. It's called American Currents and it's the 718 00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:36,279 Speaker 1: it's our view back at the previous year. So I 719 00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:37,560 Speaker 1: don't know, do you have time to walk through the 720 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:44,879 Speaker 1: walk through? So this is our take on significant things 721 00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:47,839 Speaker 1: that happen in country music in twenty twenty one. So 722 00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:50,400 Speaker 1: we opened this in March twenty twenty two, and you 723 00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:53,840 Speaker 1: can see. We like to do this part of the exhibit, 724 00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:56,759 Speaker 1: which is we call Unbroken Circle, and the idea is 725 00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:01,800 Speaker 1: to show influences back and forth. Leanne Womack influencing Lady Wilson, 726 00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:06,840 Speaker 1: Keith Urban influencing Breeland. They've worked together, Britney Spencer and 727 00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:10,399 Speaker 1: Reva McIntyre, Riva being a big influence on Britney, both 728 00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:15,960 Speaker 1: really big, great singers. It's critical because this is how 729 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:20,400 Speaker 1: it's always been in Nashville, the influence part. Yeah, yeah, 730 00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:23,120 Speaker 1: And we do this video thing where we kind of 731 00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:27,040 Speaker 1: recap highlights from the year this whole section is we 732 00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:29,919 Speaker 1: show people what were the biggest selling albums of the year, 733 00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:34,280 Speaker 1: who sold the most concert tickets, who had the biggest singles. 734 00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:38,399 Speaker 1: So that's what this is all about. And then you'll 735 00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:41,920 Speaker 1: see a number of exhibit cases here, just various folks 736 00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:45,720 Speaker 1: who had big years. In twenty twenty one, Taylor Swept 737 00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:48,520 Speaker 1: of course, re released some of her early albums and 738 00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:53,440 Speaker 1: brand new Taylor's versions which form Hit all over again. 739 00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:55,759 Speaker 1: You know, talk about a force of nature. Oh, she 740 00:45:55,840 --> 00:46:01,200 Speaker 1: absolutely is, Bros Osbourne. One thing we do in American 741 00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:05,359 Speaker 1: Currents is we we have a big tent. So an 742 00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:07,880 Speaker 1: artist like Alison Russell, who I think a lot of 743 00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:11,360 Speaker 1: people would say is more Americana than strict mainstream country. 744 00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:16,319 Speaker 1: We include them, these guys, John Hyatt, Jerry Douglas, Big 745 00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:19,759 Speaker 1: tat you know, but they recorded an RCA studio being 746 00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:22,200 Speaker 1: they did, which is you know, one of the properties 747 00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:25,560 Speaker 1: that we run and allow people to visit this famous 748 00:46:25,560 --> 00:46:29,160 Speaker 1: recording studio that ched Atkins ran for many years. Big 749 00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:33,600 Speaker 1: big fan of those guys. Alison Krause featured. She's out 750 00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:37,479 Speaker 1: with Robert plant the Oh yeah, they're amazing together. Let's 751 00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,440 Speaker 1: talk about this gentleman What an amazing story. Jimmy Allen. 752 00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:43,560 Speaker 1: You know, Jimmy Allen was living out of his car 753 00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:46,800 Speaker 1: at one point, you know, trying to pull it together. 754 00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:51,920 Speaker 1: And what a great talent Jimmy Allen is. And you 755 00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:56,480 Speaker 1: know he's he's won now significant awards in country music, 756 00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:59,560 Speaker 1: you know, the ACMs New Mail Artist of the Year, 757 00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:04,520 Speaker 1: CMA's New Artists in the Year. Yeah, he's really breaking out. 758 00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:09,080 Speaker 1: I think I love it. Old Dominion. Yeah, consistently winning 759 00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:15,359 Speaker 1: CMA and ACM awards. Billy Strings Chris Stapleton. Of course 760 00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:17,759 Speaker 1: we just passed his exhibit, but we featured him here 761 00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:22,840 Speaker 1: before we open the other can't deny Luke Coombs. What 762 00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:26,880 Speaker 1: a major force he's become country music. This is amazing, 763 00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:32,120 Speaker 1: So Paul, last question, how lucky every day do you 764 00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,160 Speaker 1: feel when you wake up with the job that you have. Oh, 765 00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:39,440 Speaker 1: I get to have fun every day. It's it's a 766 00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:44,000 Speaker 1: dream job. It's a dream job. You know. The people 767 00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:51,799 Speaker 1: are great, the artists are great. They are generally a 768 00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:55,799 Speaker 1: dream to work with. And what a gas it is 769 00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:58,360 Speaker 1: to walk into the museum. Is we are walking today? 770 00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:02,200 Speaker 1: It sees so many people, people just their faces almost 771 00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:05,040 Speaker 1: pressed up against the glass, like I need to know 772 00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:07,120 Speaker 1: more about this artist who means so much to me. 773 00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:09,480 Speaker 1: I love seeing that. Well, this is great, I love 774 00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:11,160 Speaker 1: seeing that. Now I have to take you into the 775 00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:14,279 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame itself, right, Yes, we have to walk 776 00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:18,320 Speaker 1: into that. So I've worked in both the old original 777 00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:20,800 Speaker 1: Country Music Hall of Fame building that opened in nineteen 778 00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:24,360 Speaker 1: sixty seven on Music Row and closed in two thousand 779 00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:28,200 Speaker 1: and one. And I've worked and I work in this 780 00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:30,560 Speaker 1: new building which we opened in two thousand and one. 781 00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:34,760 Speaker 1: And I can tell you the old Hall of Fame 782 00:48:35,080 --> 00:48:38,680 Speaker 1: hallowed area was not as impressive as what we're about 783 00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:44,160 Speaker 1: to walk into now. And maybe rather than me brag 784 00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:46,759 Speaker 1: on what our Hall of Fame rotunda looks like, maybe you, 785 00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:50,440 Speaker 1: buzz could tell the listeners what you feel as you 786 00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:54,440 Speaker 1: walk into Okay, you got it, Yeah, the hallowed halls. 787 00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:58,120 Speaker 1: So what do you feel and what do you see 788 00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:03,120 Speaker 1: when you walk in here? Well, first of all, I'm 789 00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:07,239 Speaker 1: struck by the great line of will the Circle Be Unbroken, 790 00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:11,239 Speaker 1: which is famous Carter Family song, one of the most 791 00:49:11,239 --> 00:49:15,920 Speaker 1: amazing songs ever. But then, of course, I mean it 792 00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:21,120 Speaker 1: feels really, I dare say, almost like church. Yep, well, 793 00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:23,080 Speaker 1: that's kind of the feel we were going for. You 794 00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:27,760 Speaker 1: didn't got natural light pouring in in this circular, huge 795 00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:32,319 Speaker 1: circular room. And we've got the plaques of all of 796 00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:34,840 Speaker 1: the one hundred and forty nine Country Music Hall of 797 00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:40,239 Speaker 1: Fame members on the wall. But you'll notice they're not 798 00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:46,080 Speaker 1: organized in alphabetical or chronological order. They're organized randomly, because 799 00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:51,160 Speaker 1: that's our way of saying, everyone who enters, who becomes 800 00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:53,480 Speaker 1: a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, is 801 00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:56,839 Speaker 1: equal with everyone else. They're all equally important. They're all 802 00:49:56,880 --> 00:50:00,279 Speaker 1: Country Music Hall of Famers. The three newest memory of 803 00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:02,080 Speaker 1: the Country Music Hall of Fame or on the wall 804 00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:06,319 Speaker 1: back here close to this famous mural The Sources of 805 00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:09,880 Speaker 1: Country Music, painted by Thomas hart Minton in nineteen seventy five. 806 00:50:10,680 --> 00:50:13,000 Speaker 1: So the three newest members of the Hall of Fame 807 00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:19,360 Speaker 1: our record executive Joe Gilanti, the late Keith Whitley, and 808 00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:23,799 Speaker 1: the Killer Jerry Lee Lewis. Oh look at that, and 809 00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:28,360 Speaker 1: isn't that fantastic? The artist captured him playing his piano, 810 00:50:29,080 --> 00:50:34,239 Speaker 1: which he plays like no one else. Wow, tremendous. Yeah, 811 00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:38,000 Speaker 1: it's there's a there's a sense of spirit here, there's 812 00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:45,640 Speaker 1: a sense of calm, certainly, but respect for everything that's 813 00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:49,040 Speaker 1: you know, that's been around us. Yeah, I'm glad to 814 00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:51,560 Speaker 1: hear you say that. That's That's what we're trying to 815 00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:56,080 Speaker 1: convey here is these are the greats of country music. 816 00:50:56,880 --> 00:51:00,000 Speaker 1: You know, we want to honor them. We want people 817 00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:04,560 Speaker 1: to feel like they can commune with their spirit here conveyed. Yeah, 818 00:51:04,719 --> 00:51:08,720 Speaker 1: good conveyed, Paul. I'm so grateful for taking a walk 819 00:51:08,760 --> 00:51:11,799 Speaker 1: through the Country Music Hall of Fame and with your 820 00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:15,520 Speaker 1: vantage point in particular, it was very special. Thank you 821 00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:18,359 Speaker 1: for allowing me to be part of it. Well, it 822 00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:20,640 Speaker 1: was a blast, buzz I really enjoyed it. Thank you. 823 00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:26,960 Speaker 1: Taking a Walk with Buzznight is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, 824 00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:29,680 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts.