On Demand Program Videos
In keeping with the museum's mission to educate its audiences about the history of country music, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum offers on-demand video streaming of selected programs. Check back often to see new videos.
Poets and Prophets: Bob McDill
March 1, 2008
Bob McDill doesn’t hesitate to use the word “art” when referring to country music songwriting.
One of Music Row’s most thoughtful and literary songwriters, McDill
spoke eloquently and humorously on his career during a March 1 program
in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Ford Theater.
Appearing
as part of the Museum’s ongoing Poets and Prophets series, McDill told tales about his
best-loved songs and commented about his approach to songwriting.
Nashville Cats: Jerry Kennedy
February 16, 2008
When Roger Miller
needed $1,600 to move to Los Angeles, the master singer-songwriter struck a
unique deal with his label: cut sixteen songs and Mercury Records would front
him the money. Jerry Kennedy produced the recordings, which included “Dang Me,”
“Chug-a-Lug,” and “Do-Wacka-Do.” “I thought,” Kennedy recalled, “we were
getting some really goofy stuff we might get in trouble with.”
Kennedy shared
this behind-the-scenes story—and many others—as special guest in the museum’s
quarterly series Nashville Cats saluting Music City’s musicians.
