The 1927 Benefit Concert Series: The 1927 Benefit Concert Series is an intimate concert experience set in the “acoustically perfect” Performance Theater at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. It’s more than a night of music, it’s a very personal event with some of the most renowned roots music artists performing today. Guests are asked to arrive promptly at 6 p.m. to enjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres and an open bar (ages 21+ with valid ID) before the show, food and drinks included with ticket. Your purchase benefits the Birthplace of Country Music Museum and our mission. You'll be given an opportunity to learn more about our 1927 Society for individuals & our Leadership Circle for business donors with an opportunity to join.
Members of the Birthplace of Country Music’s 1927 Society are given access to exclusive ticket pre-sales to the 1927 Society Concert Series before they go on sale to the public. To learn more about becoming a member of the 1927 Society or Leadership Circle and all the advantages, click here.
About Ketch Secor
Ketch Secor was six years old when he first visited Nashville. Sitting in the church pews of the Grand Ole Opry, he watched Minnie Pearl command the stage, transfixed by country music's ability to bridge the gap between past and present. When he returned to town in 1996—two years before forming Old Crow Medicine Show, the Grammy-winning string band that would turn him into a kingpin of American roots music — it was as a busker, playing old-time songs on street corners before shuffling back home to North Carolina.
"There was a real spontaneity and quixotic passion to my early days in Nashville," he remembers. "It took me a few years to move here permanently, but it was always my intention. I set my sights on it. Nashville was the town for me."
Now a Nashville resident for 25 years, Ketch reflects on a quarter century spent in Music City and beyond with Story The Crow Told Me. Sharply written and wildly creative, the album marks his first full-length solo release. Its 12 songs tell the story of a Kerouac-worthy journey through the misfit wilderness of life, love, longing, and leaving home, filled to the brim with spoken-word vocal performances, punky tempos, bluegrass harmonies, honking harmonica, and fiddle. There are cameos from simpatico artists like Molly Tuttle and Marty Stuart, and even poignant samples from Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. Gluing that expansive mix together is Ketch himself: a roots-music ringleader, countrified carnival barker, and torchbearer of twang, skilled in reinterpreting the sounds of the past for today's audience. Here, he's much more than the fiddle-playing frontman of a beloved band; he's practically the entire band himself, playing nearly a dozen instruments ("including things like organ, bass, spoons, and electric guitar, which people don't necessarily know I play," he says) and co-writing every track. The result is a record that's equal parts coming-of-age story, road-warrior autobiography, and love letter to the city that watched him grow into a man.