November Founder’s Letter

IT IS TIME TO VOTE!

November 5, 2024

Your vote can change world history for decades to come.

JSSM Presents Dr. Bobby Jones from Nashville to BET, November 9, from 4-6pm. Dr. Jones will share his life stories and many career accomplishments from Nashville Gospel to the Bobby Jones Gospel Show.

There are key holidays to recognize this month.

Veterans Day, November 11, we honor and thank all the MEN and WOMEN who served in the United States Armed Forces.

Thanksgiving, November 28, this is a time to celebrate and give thanks for the BLESSINGS of the year, we thank GOD. We are able to break bread with family and friends. Also, we have the opportunity to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and several football games!

Step back in time and tour the Museum. Listen and learn about the artists that performed on Historic Jefferson Street from Jimi Hendrix, Etta James, James Brown, Little Richard, Peggy Gaines, Jimmy Church, Frank Howard Jackie Shane , Ike and Tina Turner and more.

For those of you celebrating your birthday this month,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Please come and tour the Museum as we continue to ensure that our history, our sound and our culture is visible and thriving.

Many Blessings,

Lorenzo Washington, JSSM Founder and Curator

Belmont Stories

Lorenzo Washington Recognized by Global Honors Program for Preserving Nashville's Musical Legacy

Cara Davis, Belmont Stories, Belmont University
Updated Sept. 19, 2024

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Exit 207: The Soul of Nashville

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“Our group thoroughly enjoyed visiting your establishment, we truly appreciate you guys allowing us to visit after hours. The stories that you and Lorenzo shared were truly inspiring. We certainly want to come visit you guys again.”

–Max Houston, group organizer from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, on a 9 day tour of civil rights sights in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee.

The Museum welcomes students and visitors from all over the world.

Kings Academy 6th and 7th graders visited the Jefferson Street Sound Museum. A great group of students!

High school students from the Vanderbilt University Summer Camp tour the Jefferson Street Sound Museum.

Students were from all over the United States: Washington State, Ohio, Illinois, Tennessee, Indiana, Puerto Rico, Iowa, Wisconsin, Florida, and Washington D.C.

30 students from David Liscomb visit with Lorenzo Washington as he shares stories about the music scene on Historic Jefferson Street from 1940s-1970s.

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Lorenzo Washington, founder and curator of JSSM writes about his life on Jefferson Street.

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