Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum

International Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville, Tennessee has its grand opening in June 2006.

The 30,000-square-foot complex, features a hall of fame dedicated to musicians, a recording studio, performance hall, small theater and music school. It will not only feature exhibits from well known musicians, but will also spotlight the musical contributions made throughout the years by studio musicians, producers and engineers in all genres.

A few of the current items in the hall's collection include:

• The restored stage from one of the Nashville clubs in famed Printers Alley,
  where Little Richard, Boots Randoph and a young Jimi Hendrix played.


• Eddie Willis' guitars, from countless Motown session such as "Signed,
  Sealed, Delivered" (his story documented in the film "Standing in the
  Shadows").
  
• 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 amp from "Folsom Prison Blue" and "A
  Boy Named Sue", plus Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline album.
  
• Garry Tallent's Long Horn Bass, as well as many other items used on the
  road and in the studio with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
  
• Scotty Moore's Gibson L-5 along with personal items from his long
  career in Elvis Presley's band.
  
• Chad Smith's (Red Hot Chili Peppers) snare drum, heard on their albums
  Mother's Milk and Blood Sugar Sex Magic.
  
• Billy Sherrill's cigarette-burned piano, on which he composed country
  classics like "Almost Persuaded", "The Most Beautiful Girl" and even
  "Stand By Your Man".