Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville

Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville -- The Musician's Hall of Fame and Museum is a 30,000 sq. ft. multipurpose complex. This unique facility includes not only stellar exhibits of superstar musicians but also studio musicians, producers and engineers who have created the music that has become the soundtrack of our lives.

Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum

A few of the items the museum's collection currently includes are:

~ Will Lee's (Popular NY session player and Bass Player on The Late Show with David Letterman), personal collection of platinum & gold albums along with instruments used on the million selling recording sessions

~ Lightnin' Chance's bass, heard on all the early Everly Brothers albums, Conway Twitty's "It's Only Make Believe" and Hank Williams' last recording session, which brought forth "Your Cheatin' Heart."

~ Eddie Willis' guitars, from countless Motown session such as "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" (his story documented in the film "Standing In the Shadows of Motown")

~ Pete Drake's steel guitars, heard on Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay" and George Harrison's album All Things Must Pass, as well as most of George Jones & Tammy Wynette country classics

~ Marshall Grant's basses, heard on Johnny Cash's "Walk the Line" and "Ring of Fire," along with the amplifier from "Folsom Prison Blues" and "A Boy Named Sue," as well as Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline album

~ Garry Tallent's Long Horn Bass, as well as may other items used on the road and in the studio with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

~Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) snare drum, heard on their albums Mother's Milk and Blood Sugar Sex Magic

~ Billy Sherril's cigarette-burned piano, on which he composed country classics like "Almost Persuaded," "The Most Beautiful Girl" and even "Stand By Your Man

~ Hal Blaine's blue sparkle Ludwig Drum Kit. This is the actual kit used on most of the Beach Boys, Mama's & The Papas, Byrds, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, the Carpenter's albums to name a very few.

~ Scotty Moore's (Elvis Presley's original guitarist and manager) Gibson Super 400 along with archival photographs.

Tour does not include hotel pick-up. Rates are per person and include all taxes. Child age is 7 to 12; children 6 and under are free. You may arrive any time the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum is open to take your self-guided tour. Please reserve online, or call us toll-free at 888-881-3279.