LSL Productions and Tremolo Productions Partner With Country Music Hall of Fame(R) and Museum
LSL Productions and Tremolo Productions Partner With Country Music Hall of Fame(R) and Museum
New Programs, Archival Programming From Trove of Timeless Country Performances to Be Released
LAS VEGAS, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- LSL Productions, Inc. (LSL) today announced that in partnership with Tremolo Productions, Inc., it has been designated as the exclusive representative for broadcast and home entertainment rights to the Country Music Hall of Fame(R) and Museum's Frist Library and Archive.
The archive includes long-unseen performances by country legends including Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Roy Clark, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Merle Haggard, Wanda Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Charley Pride, Roy Rogers, Conway Twitty, Hank Williams Jr. and dozens of others.
It also features such gems as the Johnny Cash Christmas Shows, 64 episodes of Town Hall Party, 75 episodes of Ozark Jubilee and more.
We're delighted that this priceless footage from the Museum's Frist Library and Archive is in the knowledgeable and experienced hands of LSL Productions and Tremolo Productions," said LeAnn Bennett, manager of special projects for the Museum. "We know they will give new life to these performances through strategic broadcast and home entertainment releases."
"We're thrilled and humbled that we've been entrusted by the Museum to bring these incredible programs out of the archive and into the hands of fans," said David Leaf, partner at LSL Productions. "We're especially excited by the prospect of connecting this legendary music with 21st century media including DVD, VOD, streaming, Podcasting and whatever media country fans old and new want to use to acquire the content."
"Country remains a fundamental force in the world of music," said Morgan Neville, president of Tremolo Productions. "The vintage performances represented in the archive are among the most vital in the history of the genre."
About LSL Productions, Inc.
LSL Productions is among the most respected companies in the fields of music and documentary programming. Partners David Leaf, John Scheinfeld and Steve Ligerman have helmed dozens of award-winning productions for Showtime, A&E, PBS, Bravo, Disney Channel and others. Most recently LSL produced Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of SMiLE, which premiered on Showtime, and is currently in production on the theatrical documentary Who Is Harry Nilsson (and Why is Everybody Talkin' Bout Him)?
About Tremolo Productions, Inc.
Morgan Neville's Tremolo Productions is a top documentary production company whose work covers musical and cultural subjects from Sun Records and the Brill Building to bubblegum music and Hollywood. Neville's 2004 film for PBS' American Masters about Hank Williams, Honky Tonk Blues, won an Emmy(R), and his 2003 film Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied (with Robert Gordon) was nominated for a Grammy(R). Neville recently completed an award-winning film about eccentric Nashville producer "Cowboy" Jack Clement titled Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan, and is currently directing the film Honky Tonk Angels, about the role of women in country music, for A&E.
About the Country Music Hall of Fame(R) and Museum
Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Country Music Hall of Fame(R) and Museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for- profit 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The Museum's mission is the preservation of the history of country and related vernacular music rooted in southern culture. With the same educational mission, the Foundation also operates CMF Records, the Museum's Frist Library and Archive, CMF Press, historic RCA Studio B and Hatch Show Print.
Source: LSL Productions, Inc.
CONTACT: Arlene Wszalek of LSL Productions, +1-818-508-3352,
arlene@lslproductions.com
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