ERIC CHURCH CELEBRATES THE OPENING OF HIS NEW EXHIBIT AT THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME.

Artist: Eric Church

Eric Church , along with close friends and family, celebrated the opening of his new exhibit, Eric Church: Country Heart, Restless Soul, during an invite-only reception on Wednesday night (July 13th). The new display explores North Carolina native’s unique path to stardom, from his early years playing late-night gigs in bars and writing songs in Nashville to his bigger-than-life stage presence and career.

“I have such respect, immense respect for this place, for this room that we’re in,” says Eric, says of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. “For what’s been built here, not just in country music, but in all of music history. It is very special and very unprecedented. I am honored to be here.”

The collection includes stage costumes, tour memorabilia, handwritten lyrics to such songs as “Smoke A Little Smoke” and “Monsters,” guitars, awards, handwritten notes from George Strait and Bruce Springsteen, as well as a gold record plaque from Taylor Swift with a note thanking him for playing too long after he was kicked off the Rascal Flatts tour in 2006.

“The best part for me, both of my kids you know from two and three months old, they grew up on the tour bus. And when you’re in the tornado and you’re going through it, you forget all these things that happened. And to beside my boys tonight as we walk through and went through those tidbits, but when they were one or two or three, they don’t remember that, that was my favorite part of this entire exhibit — experiencing it again with them,” he says. “This is an unbelievable honor for me. The people that I love and respect are here and have been very incremental to me being here. I will say that there is something to doing it your own way, and you can still get to where you want to go if you do it that way.”

The exhibit runs through June 2024 and is included with regular museum admission.

Eric will also be the latest Artist-in Residence at the Country Music Hall of Fame–only the 18th–and he’ll curate one-of-a-kind performances over two shows on August 29th and August 30th.

The superstar returns to his Outsiders Revival Tour on Friday (July 14th) in Cincinnati and in St Louis on Saturday (July 15th).

Eric Church (CMHOF exhibit) 1 OC: …to be here. :16
“I have such respect, immense respect for this place, for this room that we’re in. For what’s been built here, not just in country music, but in all of music history. It is very special and very unprecedented. I am honored to be here.”

Eric Church (CMHOF exhibit) 2 OC: …it that way. :
“The best part for me, both of my kids you know from two and three months old, they grew up on the tour bus. And when you’re in the tornado and you’re going through it, you forget all these things that happened. And to beside my boys tonight as we walk through and went through those tidbits, but when they were one or two or three, they don’t remember that, that was my favorite part of this entire exhibit — experiencing it again with them. This is an unbelievable honor for me. The people that I love and respect are here and have been very incremental to me being here. I will say that there is something to doing it your own way, and you can still get to where you want to go if you do it that way.”