The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s All for the Hall fundraiser will return to Los Angeles for the second consecutive year. The event, which will take place on Sept., 23 at Club Nokia, will follow a “guitar pull” format featuring performances by
Emmylou Harris,
Kris Kristofferson,
Taylor Swift and an anonymous fourth chair.
The evening will consist of these singer-songwriters interacting with each other as they take turns swapping songs, stories and personal recollections. The “guitar pull” is a Nashville specialty which originally allowed songwriters to try out their new compositions for their fans. Nashville’s most popular guitar pulls were hosted by Johnny and June Carter Cash.
“This year especially, the event will provide much needed support as Nashville works to recover from the devastating impact of a once-every-500-years flood,” said Director Kyle Young. “While our exhibits and collections are all on upper floors and never in danger, flood waters did reach ‘five feet high and rising’ in our ground-floor Ford Theater.”
All for the Hall originated in 2005 and this will be the fourth year the event has been taken on the road. It was based in Los Angeles in 2009 and New York in 2008 and 2007. Last year’s event held performances by Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Dwight Yoakam and Melissa Etheridge, with special guests Chris Isaak, Kara DioGuardi and Michael McDonald.
“Our All for the Hall Los Angeles debut gave us an opportunity to focus on West Coast Country Music history and remind our guests that these artists and executives and their songs are a part of the story we both preserve and teach at the Museum,” said Young. “By design, guitar-pull content is unplanned and unrehearsed. It was very exciting to see West Coast country spontaneously become the theme of the 2009 performances, which included musical salutes to Gram Parsons, Buck Owens and Cindy Walker, among others,” he continued. “We are grateful for our warm welcome last year and look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones in September.”
All for the Hall Los Angeles patrons are offered their choice of seating for 10 for $10,000, or seating for five for $5,000. Individual tickets are available at $1,000 per seat. A cocktail reception and dinner will precede the guitar pull. To purchase tickets or for more information, patrons may contact Holly Lane at
hlane@countrymusichalloffame.org or telephone (615) 416-2035 or (800) 852-6437.
