Join us Saturday, August 24, for a conversation with Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, and their manager, Clarence Spalding, as they discuss their careers and the new exhibition, Brooks & Dunn: Kings of Neon. Can't attend? Click "Learn More" to watch the livestream.

Less than two weeks after its recording, “That’s All Right,” Elvis Presley’s debut single, was in stores, selling better than any previous release on Memphis label Sun Records. The song appealed to pop, country, and R&B fans alike, and Presley’s early shows—even those on which he was packaged with country performers—drew screaming, dancing crowds of young people. The singer’s all-out, exuberant style was virtually unprecedented. Sun founder Sam Phillips called it “impudent.” Whatever it was, it revolutionized country music, even as it defined rock & roll.



RIGHT: Elvis Presley

PHOTO: FROM THE ARCHIVE AT THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM

Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn rocketed to stardom in the 1990s, and for two decades, they remained leaders in country music, with hits including “Neon Moon,” “Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” “Hard Workin’ Man,” “My Maria” and “Red Dirt Road.”



Exhibit Now Open

Channeling her own galactic country spirit and influences from Dolly Parton to Daft Punk, Kacey Musgraves is riding a critical wave behind her Grammy-winning, universally acclaimed album Golden Hour.

Marty Stuart has a fittingly impressive list of guests lined up for his September shows as the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's Artist-in-Residence, and he's just announced the names. You won't want to miss these once-in-a-lifetime, only-in-Nashville evenings.

Keith Whitley cast a long shadow in a short 33 years, his soulful songs and haunting voice influencing both contemporaries and successors, from Country Music Hall of Fame member Garth Brooks to Blake Shelton and Dierks Bentley.