Country fans looking for a taste of the genre's biggest outlaws will surely find something of interest at two new GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live exhibits.
As a Rhodes Scholar, Airborne Ranger, GRAMMY-winning songwriter, and accomplished actor, Kris Kristofferson is a true Renaissance man. The multifaceted artist is the subject of For The Good Times: The Artistry Of Kris Kristofferson, an exhibit currently on display at GRAMMY Museum through Sept. 10.
Visitors will gain a window into the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient's extraordinary career, which includes three GRAMMYs and a Golden Globe for his role in 1976's A Star Is Born. Artifacts include handwritten lyrics to classics such as "Me & Bobby McGee," his Army-issue jacket, a handwritten letter from Johnny Cash, one of his actual GRAMMYs, and more.
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Speaking of the Man in Black, Cash is among the country legends featured in Marty Stuart's Way Out West: A Country Music Odyssey, a new Museum exhibit detailing the history of country music from a West Coast perspective that opens on May 25.
The exhibit will feature artifacts from Stuart, Cash, Merle Haggard and Buck Owens, including Cash's handwritten lyrics to his GRAMMY Hall Of Fame-inducted "Folsom Prison Blues," instruments owned by Haggard, and personal items and photographs from Stuart's collection.
In conjunction with the opening of the exhibit, tickets are now on sale for A Conversation With Marty Stuart. The Museum-hosted event on May 25 will provide additional details on Stuart's Way Out West, straight from the five-time GRAMMY winner himself.
