5/17/2023 0 Comments The wild at heart relicsThe venture, dubbed the Honky Tonk Hall of Fame, became so successful that they did it for three years. The duo's first endeavor was a miniature rock and country music museum they put together for the Brooks & Dunn Neon Circus & Wild West Show tour in 2001. "Robert and I started putting together traveling exhibits and memorabilia sales about 15 years ago." "I started with records when I was younger and slowly got into the collector's market," adds Shutts. He does it well and I enjoy doing it with him." Stephen is the Indiana Jones of rock memorabilia. She talked about 'Walkin' After Midnight' before she recorded it, her fear of being in the studio, stories about her marriage: good, bad and otherwise. "Before I met him, Stephen found a cache of letters Patsy Cline wrote that filled in huge gaps in her story. At any moment, you can uncover something that's a significant part of music history. "We're searching for long-lost treasure in a basement or an attic, things stored with little care or regard for their preservation. "That's the theme of the show," Reynolds says. During their adventures, Reynolds and Shutts are just as likely to find a $300 box of promotional record label items as an Elvis medallion. To make sure people are home when they come knocking on the door, or go walking into a garage full of rock T-shirts and old LPs, the duo sets up stops with the help of their assistant Kevin Smith, another collector. I think he's put it up for auction, but he never sold it." "He wanted a million dollars for it, which we couldn't afford. "We checked it out, because I'd never seen it, or heard about it, but it was genuine," says Shutts. The banter between Reynolds and Shutts as they travel the country looking for artifacts keeps things lively, as do their interactions with the other collectors they meet, including a man who owned a gold and diamond medallion worn by Elvis Presley. Reynolds, the bass player for GRAMMY-winning country rock band the Mavericks and a self-described fanatical collector of rock and country music memorabilia, is one-half of the team featured on " Raiders Of Rock," the CMT show that's become a runaway hit since premiering in April.Ī camera crew follows Reynolds and his friend and business partner, Stephen Shutts, as they travel the country looking for posters, backstage passes, T-shirts, press kits, band gear, instruments, and other memorabilia that may someday find their way into a proper museum. We actually go on the road to find our antiques." "We're the 'Antiques Roadshow' of rock and roll," says Robert Reynolds, "only we don't wait for people to bring us their stuff.
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