Country Music Hall of Fame
Studio B was most certainly the highlight of this experience, but it was very nice to see some of the history of country music in the actual museum. I was actually surprised that I know more about the origins and early performers than I do about current performers and those of the last decade.
I find that some of my earliest memories of music involve many of the artists that I saw depicted at this museum. There are a few pictures of Chet Atkins' guitars. Atkins is one of the people that influenced me to even pick up a guitar in the first place (George Harrison is the reason I continued to play and Paul McCartney is the reason I fell in love with the bass). I never realized that Chet Atkins was more than a performer. He managed RCA Studios and was key in finding many yet undiscovered artists (The Everly Brothers, for example). Atkins, with Owen Bradley, was responsible for the smoother "Nashville Sound." I did not realize his credits as a producer. Turns out he produced many of the tracks that I've liked from the past.
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