Interview: Chips Moman
Saturday, August 18, 2012 : 1:30pm
Interview: Chips Moman
Special Program
Producer, songwriter, guitarist, and studio owner Chips Moman played a pivotal role in creating a great number of pop, soul, and country classics. After helping establish Memphis's Stax Records in the late 1950s, he opened the city's American Sound Studio and began producing hits for the Gentrys, B.J. Thomas, Neil Diamond, and others. In 1969 Moman produced Elvis Presley's comeback hits-including "Suspicious Minds," "In the Ghetto," and "Kentucky Rain"-and went on to supervise landmark recording sessions by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and the Highwaymen. Moman co-wrote the R&B standards "Dark End of the Street" and "Do Right Woman" and the #1 country songs "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)," "The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get over You)," and "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song." In this rare public interview, Georgia-based Moman will share some of his best stories. The program is offered as part of the museum's series of activities marking the thirty-fifth anniversary of Presley's death. This program will be streamed live. See new Program Pass guidelines for admission to this program.
Museum admission or Museum membership required for program admittance. Due to limited seating, a program pass is required for your complimentary seat. Passes will be available for pick-up at the Museum two hours prior to the start of the program, on a first-come, first-served basis. Your pass does not guarantee you a seat after the program begins.
MEMBERS ONLY: Call 615.416.2050 to reserve your program pass in advance. Reservations will be accepted until 48 hours before the program, or until the program is sold-out. Your pass does not guarantee you a seat after the program begins.
The educational programs of the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum are funded in part by grants from the Tennessee Art Commission and the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission, through an agreement with the Tennessee Art Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
