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Study Tour + Book Project 2019-2020

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This first-of-its kind publication will feature historic places that have been preserved and activated to contribute their unique telling in the story of American popular music, spanning genres and generations from the 1920s through 1960s. The book will provide an authentic account of strategies (professional and DIY) used by communities across the country to document, preserve and interpret popular music heritage sites. At the heart of this project will be people and the importance of their personal life experiences, emotional attachments to place and associated feelings of musical and environmental nostalgia in motivating and sustaining these efforts. It will be a new resource for both professional and citizen preservationists as well as a travel guide for music and history enthusiasts! 

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Family and Friends! I'm going on TOUR...a study tour to write my first book! 

Surveying Strategies in Preserving and Interpreting the Architectural Legacy of American Popular Music

As part of the creative and information-gathering process I'll be intermittently making site visits over the next year to locations that will be featured in the book. I kicked off my "tour" August 30th with my first visit to Herzog Studio in Cincinnati, Ohio (my home state!) and I have an opportunity to attend Tina Turner Heritage Days in Brownsville, Tennessee next weekend as my second stop!

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#1 - Herzog Studio, Cincinnati, Ohio
Aug. 30, 2019 - 70th anniversary of Hank Williams' historic recording session ("I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry") 
Sheryl Davis at Herzog Studio
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Meeting Elliott Ruther, co-founder of the Cincinnati Music Heritage Foundation.

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#2 - Flagg Grove School, Brownsville, TN
Sept. 26 - 30, 2019 - 8th annual Tina Turner Heritage Days (Additional locations: Nutbush, Ripley, etc.)  

Sept. 27-29, 2019 

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Come along on the journey!

Your donation mobilizes my dream (literally!), and I’ll be finding ways of saying THANKS! that will connect you directly to the places, histories and heart of the project. For this site visit I will be collaborating with the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center, host of Tina Turner Heritage Days, to offer you unique rewards from where it all began for Anna Mae Bullock, the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll" Tina Turner!

$10 Nutbush City Limits​ - Thank you! Your name will appear on the website project page as a featured supporter (please note in Paypal if you wish to remain anonymous).
$25 Brownsville - Thank you! Your name will appear on the website project page as a featured supporter (please note in Paypal if you wish to remain anonymous) and you will receive an email with exclusive trip highlights and behind-the-scenes project updates.  
Budget - $1,000
Transportation, accommodations and meals
(Sept. 26 -30, 2019)
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Total Raised = $1,457 
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$50 Flagg Grove School Days - Thank you! Your name will appear on the website project page as a featured supporter (please note in Paypal if you wish to remain anonymous), you will receive an email with exclusive trip highlights and behind-the-scenes project updates and a special gift from the Flagg Grove School / Tina Turner Museum.
$100+ Queen of Rock 'n' Roll - Thank you!
Your name will appear on the website project page as a featured supporter (please note in Paypal if you wish to remain anonymous), you will recieve an email with exclusive trip highlights and behind-the-scenes project updates and a custom Queen of Rock 'n' Roll gift pack from the Flagg Grove School / Tina Turner Museum.

THANK YOU

 

Earl Davis

 

Beverly Records

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LeRena Major

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Shawn Hurley

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THANK YOU

 

Jack Dreznes              *In memory of Wailin' Waylon

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Chapmuzic Productions

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Travisty Productions

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Marianne Simmons

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Flagg Grove School Days

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Chuck Davis

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Sara Baer

 

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John Henshall  

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THANK YOU

 

Sonia Outlaw-Clark  

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Travis Kirspel

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Allen Kunz

 

Melody Borchers

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Melissa Yaun

 

Laura Musgrave

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Susan Aupperlee 

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Carlos Carmonamedina

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Brownsville

Tina Kelly 

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Douglas Thompson

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Terry Stewart 

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Michael Mayne

 

Sally and Bruce Yaun

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Del Tamborini

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Zulmilena Then

 

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Nutbush City Limits

THANK YOU

 

Lesley Pilling

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Chloe Kelly

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© 2025 by Sheryl Davis.

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