America’s roots music preservation begins with a screen door slam, a beer and a plate of BBQ. Aubrey Preston’s one-man mission to save America’s music culture, its historic buildings, shacks and stories is an international movement to provide an accurate guide for visitors from foreign lands. .. searchers from the British Isles, France or […]

Deborah Allen is a Memphis Girl who woke up one morning in Elvis’s bed with a dream to write and perform music, and then lived that dream. With major record deals she wrote and recorded in Nashville, New York and Los Angeles. She tells us what inspired a few of her songs and the advice […]

Dave Pomeroy, AFM Leader, named in 1991 Studio Musician of the Year, is a musician’s rights advocate. He’s played electric and acoustic bass on more than 500 albums in his 33 years in Nashville. Dave has established himself as a world class bassist, performer, writer and producer.

  Andy Marshall built a business from Tennessee’s most precious natural resource.  A story of a grocery that became a restaurant that became an important music venue. His affinity for songwriters and performers and their opportunity to engage and connect with their audience, at Puckett’s Grocery, is magic! You hear the story behind the song, […]

Richie Albright tells us about meeting, playing and sharing a musical ride with Waylon Jennings.  As Waylon’s drummer from the first Chet Atkins produced album, to the last one, Never Say Die, Live from the Ryman Auditorium.  Along the way we hear about the Dukes of Hazard, Daisy and a musical admission of guilt — […]

If you listened to Episode 6 you already heard how Ricky Ray came to music and came to Nashville from the Muscle Shoals area of Alabama. He tells us what he knows about the trees that become guitars and the guitars that become priceless classics of sound reproduction, and a guitar he bought for his […]