Museum

Bob Regan is a Grammy-nominated songwriter who penned "Busy Man" (Billy Ray Cyrus); "Dig Two Graves" (Randy Travis); "Everytime I Cry" (Terri Clark); "Running Out of Reasons to Run" (Rick Trevino); "Soon" (Tanya Tucker); "Steam" (Ty Herndon); "Thinkin' about You" (Trisha Yearwood); "'Til Love Comes Again" (Reba McEntire); and "Your Everything" (Keith Urban). Included with museum admission. Free to museum members.

Tom Douglas won the 2010 CMA Song of the Year award for co-writing "The House That Built Me" (Miranda Lambert). Douglas also penned "1,000 Faces" (Randy Montana); "Coming Home" (Gwyneth Paltrow); "Grown Men Don't Cry" (Tim McGraw); "Hello World" (Lady Antebellum); "I Run to You" (Lady Antebellum); "Love's the Only House" (Martina McBride); "My Little Girl" (Tim McGraw); "Southern Voice" (Tim McGraw); and "The Gift" (Collin Raye). Included with museum admission. Free to museum members.

Tennessee Repertory Theatre offers a sneak peek of the Tony-nominated musical Pump Boys and Dinettes. Drive a ways outta town, and you'll come to a filling station run by L. M. and Jim. Across the blacktop is the Double Cupp Diner, operated by Rhetta and Prudie Cupp. To look at it, you wouldn't know that this little stop on Highway 57 is where all the action is. But trust us, once the boys get that guitar and bass fiddle revved up, you won't want to be anywhere else. This special preview will feature songs from the show as well as a discussion with the cast, director, and musical director. Included with museum admission. Free to museum members and Tennessee Rep season subscribers.

Sisters Tori and Kati Huntley hail from Loretto, Tennessee. Tori, age sixteen, is the reigning Mississippi State Champion in both fiddle and mandolin for her age group. She is also the current West Tennessee Fiddle Champion. Kati, age thirteen, is the current Mississippi State Guitar Champion and the National Flat Top Guitar Champion for her age group. Tori and Kati are also talented dancers, and have won numerous prizes for buckdancing/clogging and squaredance. This program is offered as part of Nashville's "Week of the Young Child." All ages. No reservations required. Free. Families are encouraged to tour the museum at a discounted rate following the program. Visit the information desk or ticket window for more information.  Made possible by Gibson Guitar Corporation.

Bang a drum, strum an autoharp, and pick a banjo! Our Musical Petting Zoo offers budding musicians a chance to try new and familiar instruments. Instructors will be on site to offer guidance. At the beginning of the program a professional musician will demonstrate how to play some of the instruments. The Inglewood Branch is located at 4312 Gallatin Pike, Nashville, TN 37216. This program is offered as part of Nashville's "Week of the Young Child." All ages. No reservations required. Free.

Bang a drum, strum an autoharp, and pick a banjo! Our Musical Petting Zoo offers budding musicians a chance to try new and familiar instruments. Instructors will be on site to offer guidance. At the beginning of the program a professional musician will demonstrate how to play some of the instruments. This program is offered as part of Nashville's "Week of the Young Child." All ages. No reservations required. Free. Families are encouraged to tour the museum at a discounted rate following the program. Visit the information desk or ticket window for more information

April 16, 2011
Nearly sixty years after Hank Williams's death at age twenty-nine, his songs continue to resonate, inspiring new generations of musicians and remaining the standard against which countless songwriters measure themselves.

Bang a drum, strum an autoharp, and pick a banjo! Our Musical Petting Zoo offers budding musicians a chance to try new and familiar instruments. Instructors will be on site to offer guidance. At the beginning of the program a professional musician will demonstrate how to play some of the instruments. This program is offered as part of Nashville's "Week of the Young Child." All ages. No reservations required. Free. Families are encouraged to tour the museum at a discounted rate following the program. Visit the information desk or ticket window for more information.

Leslie Satcher wrote "For These Times" (Martina McBride); "Gypsy Boots" (Terri Clark); "High Tone Woman" (George Strait); "I Said a Prayer" (Pam Tillis); "Politically Uncorrect" (Gretchen Wilson); "Troubadour" (George Strait); "When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues" (Martina McBride); "You and You Alone" (Randy Travis); and "You Still Shake Me" (Deana Carter). Included with museum admission. Free to museum members.

Al Goll is an adjunct Dobro professor at Belmont Academy of Music. He has performed or recorded with Greta Gaines, Hayseed Dixie, Marcus Hummon, Julie Lee, Leftover Salmon, Sarah Siskind, Holly Williams, and others. Included with museum admission. Free to museum members.  Made possible by Gibson Guitar Corporation.

In her newly released book, Right by Her Roots, author Jewly Hight examines the question of how cultural background has shaped the music of eight distinguished singer-songwriters. In this program, Hight will read from her book and bring to bear the same intellectual curiosity when she interviews singer-songwriter Sarah Siskind. Siskind is a second-generation musician whose parents took her to traditional music festivals before she became a performer herself. Hight will sign books in the Museum Store beginning at 12:15 p.m., following Siskind's performance. Included with museum admission. Free to museum members.

Roots singer-songwriter Siskind has supplied songs to Alison Krauss ("Goodbye Is All We Have" and "Simple Love"), the Infamous Stringdusters, and Randy Travis. An acclaimed solo artist, she has shared stages with Ari Heat, Bon Iver, and Over the Rhine. This program follows her interview with Jewly Hight at 11 a.m. Included with museum admission. Free to museum members.

Roy Harper is a singer and guitarist who performs traditional country music, preserving the work of Uncle Dave Macon, Sam and Kirk McGee, Riley Puckett, Jimmie Rodgers, and Arthur Smith. In 2003, Harper received a prestigious Tennessee Folklife Heritage Award. Mike Webb is a former Dobro student of the late Bashful Brother Oswald. He has performed or recorded with Wilma Lee Cooper & the Clinch Mountain Clan, Charlie Louvin, Buddy Jewell, the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, Tanya Tucker, and others. Included with museum admission. Free to museum members.  Made possible by Gibson Guitar Corporation.

"[Tammy Wynette] could just milk a vowel...she could give so much melody to just one syllable," says Emmylou Harris in CMT's documentary 40 Greatest Women of Country Music. Wynette is profiled in the film alongside other songstresses. Illustrated with vintage performance footage and commentary by Vince Gill, Toby Keith, Loretta Lynn, Reba McEntire, Lorrie Morgan, Dolly Parton, Travis Tritt, Lee Ann Womack, and others. Screened in support of the exhibit Tammy Wynette: First Lady of Country Music Presented by Great American Country Television Network. 45 minutes. Free.  Made Possible by Iron Mountain Film and Sound Archives.