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The Musicians Hall Of Fame and Museum is located in the heart of downtown Nashville Tn., two blocks off Broadway behind the Sommett Center and one block west across from the Country Music Hall Of Fame. The address is 301 6th Ave South.

Some like Jimi Hendrix are well known, while others like L.A session drummer Hal Blaine are not as well known to the public, but have played on hundreds of hit records from Elvis, Frank and Nancy Sinatra,The Byrds, The Mamas and The Papas and The Beach Boys, just to name a very few . The Musicians Hall Of Fame And Museum has on exhibit the very instruments that these musicians used to record many of these classic hits. The Museum will constantly be adding new exhibits for you to enjoy from all genres of music . The museum is divided into cities that have a history of recorded music . Cities like Detroit, Nashville , Muscle Shoals , L.A , Memphis and N.Y . All of these places had musicians who were there when the recording industry was evolving and were able to play whatever was needed of them regardless of style . They had nick names like The Swampers, The A TEAM, The Memphis Boys , The FUNK BROTHERS, and The WRECKING CREW . Some of these studio bands actually became hit bands themselves like" Booker T and The M.G's" and" TOTO" . During the late 50's , through the mid 80's , these groups of studio musicians played on over eighty to ninety percent of all the records recorded in these music centers .

The museum also is proud of it's host city's musical past as well. Nashville is known as the center of country music but not many people know how many other styles of music have been recorded here in the past and now. Songs like " Dust In The Wind" by Kansas , "Heart Of Gold " by Neil Young and "Lay Lady Lay" by Bob Dylan were recorded here in music city to name a few .