Third Annual Musicians Hall of Fame Inductee Ceremony

The Musicians’ Hall of Fame has only been around for three years, but it especially honors—deservedly so—what increasingly seems like an endangered species: the legendary, influential musician who’s on every important session in every big studio in town. This year’s crop of inductees illustrates the staggeringly wide range of directions an American musician’s career might take in the rock era. To name a few, Chet Atkins was the architect of a smooth, sophisticated guitar style and country sound that profoundly reshaped how (and by whom) the music was heard; Dick Dale jumpstarted the surf-music craze well before Pulp Fiction; with his fiddling, songs and persona, Charlie Daniels came to embody proud Southern-boy identity; Billy Cox backed Hendrix at his Woodstock watershed; and Toto made studio prowess into the main event. Last year, Keith Richards jammed with The Crickets on stage, so there’s no telling who might show up this time. Definitely Steve Wariner and Rascal Flatts.
Mon., Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m., 2009