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Alabama Music Hall Of Fame
Category: Arts & Entertainment Museums Museums [Edit]
617 Highway 72 WTuscumbia, AL 35674
(256) 381-4417
2 reviews for Alabama Music Hall Of Fame
2 reviews in English
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Review from michael s.
St Petersburg, FL
5/5/2009 3 photos
Growing up in Alabama, I'd listen to a lot of country music..hell, the first concert I ever went to as a young boy was Jim and Jesse and The Virginia Boys.Now, many years later and far from San Francisco, I visit one of the best country music museums around.
When you come in the door you have all these stars underneath your feet, each inscribed with a star's name..Hank, W.C. Handy, Verne Gosdin..they all called Alabama their home. After paying the $8.00 admission fee you see a wall of beautifully done color portraits of these same stars. I never knew Nat 'King Cole was from Alabama nor Sonny James. No duh on the group Alabama though!
The museum is divided up into sections encompassing everything from Sun Studios, Muscle Shoals Sound to the blues of Big Mama Thorton and a detailed history/photos of W.C. Handy. In one little corner was Jimmy Rogers guitar, in another, Tammy Wynette's sparkling dress she wore to the opening of the 1984 Olympics. There's sheet music, liner notes and lyrics scrawled in pencil by some of the greatest names. In the middle of the exhibits sits Alabama's first tour bus which you can go inside and Webb Pierce's tricked out '61 Bonneville with 1500 pounds of silver bumper to fin.
You can spend up to two hours there if you stop and read the info on each exhibit and there's a nice gift shop after you've completed the tour..(I bought a book called 'The Death Of Hank Williams',a conspiracy based read.) Be sure to check out upcoming concerts which are played outdoors behind the museum. Merle Haggard is playing this June 14th, I believe. A fun place to learn about some of the most influential musicians from the state of Alabama. -
Review from Reed W.
Florence, AL
10/12/2011
This place is really great, but it is in desperate need of funding. It's getting a bit old-- so go visit the place, pay the admission and buy something in the gift shop.
If our stupid state government won't fund it, we must. We MUST.
