Interview: A Conversation with Betty Amos, Judy Lee, and Jean Amos
Saturday, October 13, 2012 : 1:30pm
Interview: A Conversation with Betty Amos, Judy Lee, and Jean Amos
Special Program
Betty Amos was born and raised near Roanoke, Virginia. In her teens, she joined the Carlisles as a singer and guitarist. After leaving the Carlisles, she was a regular on the Louisiana Hayride and the Grand Ole Opry, and formed a band with her sister Jean Amos and guitarist Judy Lee in which she played banjo. Betty Amos was one of the first women to record a trucking song, "Eighteen Wheels a Rollin'," and wrote the truck-driving song "Blazing Smokestack" for the Willis Brothers. Amos's songwriting credits also include "Second Fiddle (to an Old Guitar)" (Jean Shepard); "Wonderful World" (Bonnie Owens); and "That Odd Couple" (Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn). Author and Tulane University professor Kevin Fontenot will moderate the discussion. Presented in support of Artober Nashville. Visit ArtoberNashville.com for more information. See 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 at capacity. 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.
