Owners of Nashville's RCA Studio A Respond to Calls for Preservation
. Last week, musician and producer Ben Folds made a passionate plea via an open letter that RCA Studio A, which is allegedly about to be sold, is worth preserving. Such legendary artists as Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings and and Willie Nelson all recorded in the space, which is larger than it's better-known cousin RCA Studio B (the latter is now part of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum). Folds has been a tenant at the RCA Studio A space for the past decade. According to Folds, the asking price for the building is $4.4 million. The potential buyer is Bravo Development, which develops commercial and residential buildings in nearby Brentwood. The building's owners, though, feel differently. And one of the owners, Harold Bradley, just wrote an open letter of his own. "What makes a place historic?" writes Bradley. "The architecture of the Nashville sound was never brick and mortar. Certainly, there are old studio spaces that, in our imaginations, ring with sonic magic; but in truth, it's not the room; it's the music." Note that Bradley is not just a property owner. Now in his 80s, he's a veteran studio guitarist who was one of the original founders of the famed RCA studio-and, in fact, of the entire Nashville Sound of the late 1950s and '60s. He and his brother, legendary producer Owen Bradley, built the famous Quonset Hut studio on Music Row in the 1950s, where artists such as Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash and Brenda Lee recorded. Later, Harold Bradley teamed with RCA executive and producer Chet Atkins to found the RCA Building, which included the studio now in question. "Music city isn't about a perfect room, or hanging just the right baffling," Bradley continued. "Turns out, the architecture of Nashville's evolving sound is a synergy of creative energy. That's still here, and it has nothing to do with this building." More including Ben Folds response. Radio.com is an official news provider for antiMusic.com.
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