Poets and Prophets: Salute to Legendary Country Songwriter Sonny Curtis

Crickets member Sonny Curtis began his career in Texas as the lead guitarist for Buddy Holly, for whom he wrote Rock Around with Ollie Vee in 1956. One year later Curtis scored his first chart hit as a songwriter with Webb Pierce s Someday. Curtis toured with the Everly Brothers and wrote the duo s 1961 classic Walk Right Back (later a hit for Anne Murray). A member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Curtis also penned I Fought the Law, I m No Stranger to the Rain, More Than I Can Say, and… Show more Love Is All Around (theme from The Mary Tyler Moore Show). This interview and performance will be illustrated with vintage photographs, film footage, and recordings. The program will be streamed live on www.countrymusichalloffame.org. After the program, Curtis will sign autographs in the Museum Store. Included with museum admission. Free to museum members.
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Autograph Signing
Sonny Curtis will sign his custom Hatch Show Print poster, purchased from the Museum Store, on Saturday, February 25 at 3:00pm, Live from the Museum Store is presented by CMT.
Sonny Curtis will only sign his custom Hatch Show Print poster, purchased from the Museum Store.
-There is no limit to the number of posters that Sonny Curtis will sign.
-Lean-in photographs will be allowed (no group photos).
-Bags and items from other sources are prohibited in the Museum Store. Fans may check items in Guest Services if necessary.
-All guests must maintain reasonable and appropriate behavior at all times. Guests using offensive language or engaging in disorderly conduct may be ejected from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and barred from re-entry.
The educational programs of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum are funded in part by grants from the Tennessee Art Commission and the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission, through an agreement with the Tennessee Art Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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