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March 28, 2023
COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME® AND MUSEUM EXTENDS EXHIBITION BILL ANDERSON: AS FAR AS I CAN SEE THROUGH SEPTEMBER
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum has extended its exhibition Bill Anderson: As Far as I Can See through Monday, Sept. 25. The exhibit opened in December 2021 and was originally scheduled to close this month.
“We’re pleased to extend Bill’s exhibit, which has been popular among visitors,” said Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. “Bill Anderson is one of America’s preeminent songwriters and most beloved entertainers. We’re excited that our guests will be able to enjoy his exhibit a little longer and take in the breadth and depth of Whisperin’ Bill’s unparalleled career.”
November 1, 2021
COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME® AND MUSEUM TO OPEN NEW EXHIBITION BILL ANDERSON: AS FAR AS I CAN SEE
The exhibit, which opens Dec. 3, examines the Country Music Hall of Fame member’s unprecedented career and enduring musical legacy
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 1, 2021 – In 1957, a nineteen-year-old college student, Bill Anderson, sat atop a three-story hotel overlooking a few stoplights in the small town of Commerce, Georgia, and wrote “City Lights” on his guitar — singing to the starry night and envisioning a bustling metropolis:
“A bright array of city lights as far as I can see / The great white way shines through the night for lonely guys like me”
The song, which soared to the top of the country charts for singer Ray Price a year later, kicked off Anderson’s unprecedented career in country music spanning more than six decades, and it defined the depth and imagination of his songwriting that still resonates with audiences and artists today… READ MORE