Rockabillytennessee.com has had high hopes for the last year and a half that an International Rockabilly Hall of Fame would become a reality here in Jackson Tennessee. We are excited to say that the possibilty is coming closer. We thank all those involved in the Rockabillyfest 2000 for bringing us a few steps closer! Correspondence for the Jackson Rockabilly Museum to Henry Harrison. Jackson, TN Plans continue to develop for the International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame, a pet project of Jackson, Tennessee’s Henry Harrison. Harrison told rockabillytennessee.com that he is still working on materi ..read more

Nashville – What had been known by insiders for months was finally made public with the announcement that TNN, formerly The Nashville Network, was changing its name to The National Network and relocating its headquarters to New York.  The 1997 ownership change had produced significant changes in TNN programming and foretold the now announced move out of Music City.  For Nashville it was not a pleasant transition.  TNN abandoned contacts with longtime host Ralph Emery and attempted to update with Tom Wopat and Gary Chapman.  Finally TNN abandoned all pretense and substitute ..read more

By Steve Bowers Memphis – News during Elvis’ week includes more than the activities at Graceland. During the week conflicts have become public over the rights to “Memphis Mafia,” the Ricky Nelson Estate confirms that it is turning to Elvis Presley Enterprises for its expertise and Garth Brooks wants a home operation similar to Graceland. First the agreement: Ricky Nelson’s four children have turned to Elvis Presley Enterprises for the marketing and licensing of Ricky Nelson’s name and image. An Associated Press story released August 14, 2000 declares that Nelson is the first client artist for ..read more

Memphis – Finally something in Memphis that reflects the real source of its soul! Located just one block off Beale Street in the building also occupied by the new Gibson guitar factory, the Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum captures this real root history of rock, the rural south’s fields, churches and poverty. Far removed from L.A. glam and New York glitter and the modern Hall of Fame in Cleveland, rock-n-roll was born in what city folks would have termed “squalor.” In that life condition, perpetuated in land control that kept many sharecroppers in lifetime poverty, music expressed the soul gro ..read more