Trace Adkins: “You’re Gonna Miss This,” a spotlight exhibit on one of country music’s biggest contemporary superstars, will be unveiled January 27 at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. The exhibit, located within the Museum’s permanent exhibition, will run through August 2009.
Illustrated with photos and film clips from the Museum’s collection, the exhibit features the three-piece suit, shirt, tie, cufflinks, cowboy boots and custom-made cowboy hat Adkins wore on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice.
Another exhibit, John Hartford: Ever Smiling Ever Gentle On My Mind opens Friday January 24, 2009. The exhibit examines many aspects of Hartford’s career, including his songwriting success with the country-pop standard “Gentle on My Mind”; his experimental and influential approach to traditional music; and his endeavors as an artist, performer, steamboat pilot, author and historian. I have the sweetest memory of meeting John Hartford a couple years before he died in 2001. I worked as PR manager for a beautiful paddle wheeler/casino boat captained by Don Sanders on the Ohio River. Captain Don called me to ask if I would put together a gift package of some mementos from our boat for a friend of his who would be in town that evening. He asked me to meet him on the riverbank at 10:00.
Standing next to Don, I watched in wonder as the Delta Queen pulled next to shore and dropped her gang plank. All lit up with lights she was beautiful and graceful, not needing to throw a line, the boat just hovered. Then down the gang plank came John Hartford, the fiddle still in his hand from that night's performance. I've never been able to thank Don enough for inviting me along and I'll never forget the honor of shaking hands with a legend on a river bank under the stars and the shadow of the Queen.
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