Long Description : "Come See What You’ve Heard” Walk through the halls of music history! Tour exhibits featuring the actual instruments played on some of the world’s most famous recordings from all genres of music. Audio/visual displays tell the stories of the Funk Brothers, the Wrecking Crew, the “A” Team, and many others who brought popular music to the masses. 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. A few of the items the museum`s collection currently includes are: *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, * 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.
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