Stories
Learn more about music history through these stories.
Music Path Leads to Carnegie
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 Sweden on their own Music Path.
Hard Rock Cafe Jackson - First in U.S.A
Isaac Tigrett grew up in Jackson, Tennessee, a place half way between Memphis and Nashville where hope, music, and the human spirit thrive together. In his early career Mr. Tigrett’s focus was on the evolution of music and pop culture and their impact on society.
Isaac Tigrett
Isaac Tigrett grew up in Jackson, Tennessee and was deeply touched by the music of West Tennessee and the South. He is best known for creating and then building two of the most recognizable brands ever created: The Hard Rock Café and The House of Blues.
You Know Jackson?
Did you know?
Two young boys walked to school each day in Bemis, Tennessee in the early 1940’s. The younger boy, Carl Perkins was 12. The older boy was Bill Boyd, who was 14 years old. It would have been hard to imagine then, that Carl would create a new Rock music form, and Bill would change the way music is recognized by the music industry.
Jackson: First to Rock
SILENCE!!
The Carnegie started life as a library, it was a place where silence was expected. But today the Carnegie has a different role to play.
Music Collection
Randy Williams asked his wife, Sandy, to go with him to hear Carl Perkins in 1993 at a small venue in Jackson, TN called The Bandstand. Carl told his stories and sang his songs to the audience that night. It was immediately apparent to Randy that Carl Perkins had written some of the most important early rock songs, and that he was still a consummate performer.