Patty Loveless exhibition to open in August at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Incoming 2023 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Patty Loveless will be highlighted via a new Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum exhibition, "Patty Loveless: No Trouble with the Truth," open from Aug. 23 through Oct. 2024.

Loveless' ability to blend country's traditions with modern stylings will be focused upon in the exhibition, notes Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

"As one of country music's most accomplished song interpreters with immense vocal power, she has remained focused on conveying deep emotion through her lyrics and recordings, and her influence resonates throughout today's generation of country artists," he said.

The Kentucky native will be inducted into the hall -- alongside Tanya Tucker and Bob McDill -- in October.

"Seeing this little girl from 14 years old, looking back and thinking my gosh, I'm going to be in the Country Music Hall of Fame," Loveless told The Tennessean, "I wanna cry about it, to tell you the truth. It brings back so many wonderful memories for me."

Loveless' critically-acclaimed 2001 bluegrass classic "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" joins her breakout late 80s era No. 1 songs "Chains" and "Timber, I'm Falling in Love" in defining her as a timeless craftswoman of the genre, as adept in her presentations and stylings as much as those familiar to Matraca Berg, Jim Lauderdale and Chris Stapleton, or George Jones, Ray Price and Hank Williams.

The exhibition will highlight the Grammy winner's prodigal Appalachian-born roots, as well as stage wear, tour memorabilia, manuscripts, set lists, instruments, photographs, videos, posters, advertising pamphlets and more from her storied career.

Items to be displayed include:

• The 1968 Epiphone FT-30 Caballero acoustic guitar Loveless used when she performed with her brother Roger Ramey as The Singing Swinging Rameys in the early 1970s.

• The jacket and floral-print dress, accented with rhinestones and beads, that Loveless wore when Porter Wagoner inducted her into the cast of the Grand Ole Opry on June 11, 1988.

• A black velvet dress with floral pleats and velvet sleeves, worn by Loveless in the 1991 music video for "I'm That Kind of Girl."

• The 1987 Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar Loveless used extensively for stage work.

• An original handwritten manuscript by songwriter Kostas for "Timber, I'm Falling in Love." The song became Loveless' first #1 hit in 1989.

• The Givenchy black jacket and pants Loveless wore when she and Country Music Hall of Fame member Vince Gill performed "Go Rest High on That Mountain" at the funeral service for Country Music Hall of Fame member George Jones at the Grand Ole Opry House, May 2, 2013.

• The monogrammed USO jacket Loveless wore during the USO Tour that Randy Travis and Patty Loveless made of United States military bases in Alaska, Japan and South Korea in 1988.

• he beaded, floral-print Black Tie Oleg Cassini dress Loveless wore at the CMA Awards in 1998 when she received the Vocal Event of the Year award for her recording of the Jim Lauderdale-penned "You Don't Seem to Miss Me." George Jones sang backing vocals on the record and was also honored with the award.

Events scheduled during the exhibition's opening week will include Loveless in a 90-minute conversation about her career and performing acoustically in the museum's CMA Theater on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 2:30 p.m. CT.

Tickets are available starting on June 30 at https://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/calendar/interview-and-performance-patty-loveless.

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Patty Loveless exhibition to open in August at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum