Much excitement here at Camp Air Castle. I was interviewed last week for NPR's Morning Edition, and I'm told it's airing Monday morning, time TBA, and all subject to change. You know how NEWS sometimes happens, meddling with PR efforts of all kinds. I hope I get my licks in about Nashville - that it's not a country-only Music City and that WSM wasn't a country radio station. I have to make a point to remember to say that at every opportunity. Not to dismiss country music in the least, but I'd love it see it take its place in Nashville's narrative, rather than dominate it.
Two other book events here in town today and tomorrow. Today (Friday) I'll be at the Country Music Hall of Fame Book Store from 1 p.m. for a couple hours. At the same time on Saturday, I'll be hanging out at Barnes & Noble Cool Springs. I'm bringing a computer full of good WSM images, which I've been meaning to post forever.
Here's one from 1946. Just after the War, WSM invited a who's who of New York journalists to Nashville for a two-day junket, full of booze, hanging out with Opry stars, meeting the announcers and a live performance of the Prince Albert Opry from a riverboat called the Idlewild. The show was transmitted back to WSM and sent up the wire to NBC where it was heard nationwide. This photo shows the guests disembarking after the show.
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