Johnny Cash

Jerre Haskew was right in the thick of the folk music boom of the early 1960s. He was a founding member of the Cumberland Trio, which recorded with Chet Atkins at RCA Nashville and toured extensively. After the folk boom waned, Jerre began a long and successful career in banking and venture capital. Along the way he had several investment opportunities including the purchase of the famed Guild Guitar Corporation for which he served as President and CEO 1986-1990. During that time he was able to obtain the endorsements of Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton and many other stars of Rock, Blue

WS Holland played drums behind Johnny Cash for over 40 years! The man put the beat to most of Johnny’s greatest recordings and his innovations in drumming inspired countless musicians around the world. WS, known by his nickname Fluke, began as a session player at Sun Records in Memphis and would you believe the second time he entered the studio was to cut a little song with Carl Perkins called “Blue Suede Shoes”? The song helped popularize Rockabilly Music and provided a great reputation for Fluke who stayed with Sun studios for a few years and recorded with Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl

Doug Kershaw is the wild man of Cajun music who has been a powerful ambassador for the musical style around the world for many decades. His passion and high energy performances gained the attention of people who may have otherwise not have been exposed to this native Louisianan's music. Beginning in 1955 he recorded a series of songs for Hickory Records with his younger brother Rusty. The group known as Rusty & Doug had several hits and performed on the Grand Ole Opry, as well as on the Louisiana Hayride where he met young Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, who would become a life

Sylvia Massy has always been fascinated by art in all forms. She began painting at an early age and as a teenager had her own radio program. As a musical performer she first focused on learning the skills needed to record her own music but soon discovered many of her friends were requesting her help with their own projects. While working at Larrabee Studios in West Hollywood, Sylvia engineered Tool's smash album Undertow in 1993, subsequently causing a rush of heavy metal bands to seek her out. However, the music she engineered covered many musical genres and a diverse list of art

Stanley Miller received the 2009 Parnelli Audio Innovator Award for his long and successful career in the music and concert production industries. In 1962, he opened a small commercial audio store where he designed sound systems and provided sound for touring acts such as the Smothers Brothers and the Carpenters as they traveled through the Midwest. In 1967, Stanley found himself in Vermillion, South Dakota, working with several artists, including a young singer-songwriter from New York named Neil Diamond. Over the years, Stanley worked with Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, John Denver, and

Marty Stuart grew up in the small town of Philadelphia, Mississippi surrounded by country music, which he taught himself to play on a family guitar when he was 12 years old. Marty soon learned the mandolin and began writing songs for local dances and school events. During his NAMM interview he spoke about the importance of having access to a local music store to purchase strings, strum his dream guitar, and take lessons. As his career developed and he became a popular country artist and songwriter, Marty continued to seek out local music stores to learn about new products.

Bob Wray remembers the day he was sitting in the Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama when Clarence Carter outlined the next song he was ready to cut.  Bob was to play guitar on the song, which was “Patches.”  The song was the biggest in Mr. Carter’s career and Bob knew then and there that playing music in a recording studio was next to Heaven for him.  His long career as a studio musician has included tracks with Hank Williams Jr., Bobby Womack, Amy Grant, Jerry Reed, BB King and Johnny Cash.  Bob also recorded several albums with singer/songwriter Mac Davis.