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Musicians Hall of Fame Opens in Nashville
By JOHN GEROME
The Associated Press
Friday, June 9, 2006; 7:55 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06 /09/AR2006060901446.html
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Rock stars, country stars and even songwriters
have their own halls of fame. Now their backing musicians are getting
into the act, too.
The Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum opened Friday and honors those
who have played and recorded with stars of all stripes, from the Red
Hot Chili Peppers to Stevie Wonder to Hank Williams.
Located in an old warehouse just south of the city's honky-tonk
district, the hall is the brainchild of Joe Chambers, a Nashville
songwriter and guitar store owner.
Chambers said the musicians who help create some of the most memorable
recordings in popular music often get overlooked.
"I think the public hasn't been given the information or the
opportunity to know who is playing on a lot of those records,"
Chambers said.
They certainly have it now. Instruments, photos, movies, recordings
and other artifacts tell the story of session players and touring
musicians, whether in Detroit, New York, Memphis, Los Angeles,
Nashville or Muscle Shoals, Ala.
That weepy steel guitar on Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay"? The late
session ace Pete Drake. The funky beat on the Chili Peppers' "Give It
Away"? The band's drummer Chad Smith, who has worked with many other
acts in the studio. The alternating bass line on Hank Williams' "Your
Cheatin' Heart"? Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance. The list goes on and on.
There are displays dedicated to legendary producers such as Owen
Bradley (Patsy Cline's "Crazy," Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's
Daughter") and Billy Sherrill (Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man,"
Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Doors") and to the studios where many of
these classic song were recorded.
"It means a lot obviously to the families and to anyone who stood in
the shadow for so long," Chamber said of the opening. "The way the
museum is set up, everyone from grandparents to their grandkids can
come and find somebody they're interested in."
Several new members will be inducted into the hall each year, with
other musicians _ rather than industry executives _ voting on the
nominees.
Besides the museum, the 30,000-square-foot complex also includes a
performance hall where a jam session was scheduled for Friday evening
and a screening theater where a film with Jimi Hendrix was playing. A
fully operational recording studio is in the works. A music school
associated with the museum is already open, as well as a gift shop.
A promotional video features remarks by performers such as Neil Young
and Garth Brooks, with Young perhaps putting it best: "You can see the
hood ornament on the car if you go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
but if you want to look at the engine and see what's making it go,
then you go to the Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum."
On the Net:
Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum: http://www.musicianshalloffame.com/
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