The Americana Music Association & The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Present Special Events
Open to Badge Holders, Museum Members and Public
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and The Americana Music Association continue their partnership this year, once again presenting stellar events in the Ford Theater. All programs are included with Museum admission and free to Museum members and to AMA conference registrants with badge. The complete schedule for the conference and festival can be seen here.
Thursday, September 13, 12:00
Booker T. Jones and Robert Gordon Interview
Throughout the 1960s, Booker T. Jones led the house band at Stax Records-Booker T. and the MG's- backing artists such as Albert King, Wilson Pickett, and Carla Thomas. In the 1970s he produced Willie Nelson's album Stardust and played with Bob Dylan. More recently, his collaborations have included the Drive-By Truckers, Elton John, and Neil Young. In a conversation with author Robert Gordon, Jones will discuss his past, present, and future
Friday, September 14, 12:00pm
Book Talk and Signing: Don McLeese author of Dwight Yoakam: A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
In Dwight Yoakam, award-winning music journalist Don McLeese offers the first biography of this acclaimed artist and torchbearer of the Bakersfield Sound. McLeese traces the disparate influences in Yoakam's music and shows how Yoakam has combined rock & roll, rockabilly, country, blues, and gospel into a seamless whole. The book draws on extensive interviews with Yoakam, his management, producer-guitarist Pete Anderson, and others. Followed by a signing in the Museum Store. This event is presented in support of the exhibit The Bakersfield Sound: Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and California Country
Saturday, September 15, 11:30am
Songwriter Session: Tift Merritt
Tift Merritt is a North Carolina native who has been nominated for four Americana Music Awards, as well as for a Grammy for Best Country Album. Over the course of her career, she has built a distinctive sound and won critical acclaim for her commitment to expressing her own poetic voice. Her fifth studio album, Traveling Alone, is due in October.
Saturday, September 15, 1:30pm
Songwriter Session: Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson wrote songs recorded by David Byrne, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Patty Loveless, Del McCoury, Robert Plant, Bonnie Raitt, and many others. He was a founding member of the British folk-rock band Fairport Convention, and has recorded more than forty critically acclaimed albums. He was named one of Rolling Stone's Top 20 Guitarists of All Time, and his 2010 live CD was nominated for a Grammy.
Music industry professionals and those interested in the business of great music can still purchase Festival and Conference Registrations at The Sheraton Downtown Nashville starting Wednesday September 12 at noon.
Registrants receive entrance to all sanctioned daytime conference music, panels and parties, plus priority access to all evening showcase performances.
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