John Hiatt To Be Featured In Country Music Hall Of Fame’s ‘Poets And Prophets’ Series
John Hiatt is the latest singer-songwriter who will be featured in the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum’s “Poets and Prophets” interview series on Aug. 10 in the museum’s Ford Theater.
Throughout his 50-year career, Hiatt has established himself as one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation, penning hits for artists including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson. Hiatt began his professional songwriting career at age 18, when he moved to Nashville to work at Tree Publishing. Over the next two decades, his songs became hits for Rosanne Cash (“The Way We Make a Broken Heart”), the Desert Rose Band (“She Don’t Love Nobody”) and Three Dog Night (“”Sure as I’m Sittin’ Here”).
Hiatt found success as a recording artist with his landmark 1987 album, Bring the Family, which featured “Have a Little Faith in Me” and “Memphis in the Meantime,” among other tracks. In its wake, he went from earning cuts to being covered by some of music’s biggest names, including Bonnie Raitt (“Thing Called Love”) and B.B. King and Eric Clapton (“Riding with the King”). Following a stint in L.A., Hiatt returned to Nashville in the mid-1980s and has since released more than two dozen albums, most recently 2021’s Leftover Feelings, a collaboration with the Jerry Douglas Band.
In 2008, Hiatt was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and received a lifetime achievement award for songwriting from the Americana Music Association. In 2019, he became the third recipient of the BMI Troubadour Award, which recognized his work as a songwriter.
The interview with Hiatt will be moderated by museum writer-editor Dave Paulson and will be accompanied by vintage photos, film and recordings. The program is included with museum admission and free to museum members, but seating is limited. A program ticket is required for admittance.
