History of the GRAMMY Awards
GRAMMY Awards History and Fun Facts The GRAMMY Awards are the most prestigious music award show featured each year. The GRAMMYs are presented by The Recording Academy and recognize musicians of every age and every genre. When did The GRAMMY Awards start? The GRAMMY Awards, which began as The Gramophone Awards, first took place […]
Museum Founder Joe Chambers remembers Reggie Young
It’s hard to know where to start. I don’t really even know how long I’ve known Reggie personally. Musically, for me was the American Studio Recordings probably spun on radio stations WCLS and WDAK AM in Columbus Georgia back in the ’60s and ’70s before moving to Nashville. So many iconic guitar riffs that were […]
Curb Gallery at Musicians Hall Of Fame
Governor Alexander asked Mike Curb, Founder of Curb Records, producer, songwriter, musician and arranger to buy as much of Johnny Cash’s House Of Cash Museum as possible to keep Johnny’s artifacts in Nashville after his passing in 2003. Mike honored the Governor’s wishes and has placed a number of those items on permanent exhibit at […]
CBS Producer, Jack Sussman and wife, Jody Visit The Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum
Jack Sussman and his wife, Jody, visited The Musicians Hall of Fame on Wednesday, August 23rd. Sussman serves as the Executive Vice President, Specials, Music and Live Events for CBS Entertainment. They were treated to a private tour with Museum Founder and CEO, Joe Chambers. Pictured are, L to R, Joe and Linda Chambers, Jody […]
Latest Acquisition: Jimi Hendrix Experience Drum Kit
The Musicians Hall Of Fame is proud to announce one of our latest acquisition’s, The 1967 Silver Sparkle Ludwig drum kit belonging to Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell. This was Mitchell‘s favorite set of drums and was used on countless concerts and recording sessions. They can be seen on YouTube at the Miami Pop Festival as well […]
Elvis Recorded Here
(Transcribed from the video below) I’ve often been asked, “What’s your favorite exhibit in the museum?” It’s impossible to give you an honest answer on that. There is however, one unique exhibit that we have that, I can tell you, every time I see it, I really can’t believe that we have it. That’s the […]
A Message About Tom Petty by Joe Chambers
A Message About Tom Petty by Joe Chambers I was trying to digest what I was seeing coming out of Las Vegas. I still am. I didn’t think that I could hear anything that would add anymore grief to such a sad situation. Then I saw on Facebook that Tom Petty had passed away. I […]
How to Move a Recording Studio
How to Move a Recording Studio by Joe Chambers Well, you could build your museum around the studio or disassemble the studio piece by piece, rebuilding it in the confines of the museum. The other option, which is what we chose, is to acquire Brian Ahern’s Enactron recording studio trailer and a very talented truck […]
Coming Soon : Santana Drum Set from Woodstock
This is Joe Chambers, founder & curator of the Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville Tennessee. Lots of people ask if it is just country music that we feature in the Museum? The answer is no. We cover as many different genres of music as possible through iconic instruments that were used on thousands of […]