Luke Bryan Sees His Life Story on Display at Country Music Hall of Fame Exhibit Opening
The singer has been honored with an exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame.
— -- Luke Bryan is the subject of a major new exhibit opening Friday at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.
It's called "Luke Bryan: Dirt Road Diary," and fans will see the story of the country superstar's entire life starting with his childhood in Georgia.
Bryan's elementary school backpack and kindergarten graduation diploma are on display, along with the first guitar he ever got at age 14.
"That's the thing. How did this guitar make it from leaned up against my bed when I was 14 and 15, how did it make it to the Hall of Fame?" Bryan marveled at a preview event on Wednesday. "So, it's pretty crazy to think about."
Other items on display in his exhibit include his ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year trophies and the outfits he's worn at those awards shows over the years. The country singer's love of hunting and fishing is represented by some of his fishing tackles and the trophies he's won for hunting deer over the years, too.
The singer, 38, brought his wife, Caroline, his nephew, Til, and his mom and dad along to see the exhibit with him for the very first time on Wednesday at the private preview event. His sons Bo, 7, and Tate, 4, missed the event, he said, because they needed to rest up for their last day of school today and because he "didn't want them tearing down the Hall of Fame too much."
Still, "Bo is definitely starting to understand kind of what I do for a living and even last night on 'The Voice,' he sent me a picture. ... He built me a boat out of Legos and was like, 'Daddy, this is for you for being on 'The Voice,'" he said, adding that he planned to bring the boys to the exhibit soon. "I think moments like this are always special when you can get your family together and experience them together."
The experience reminded him of going to the Hall of Fame with his father when he first moved to Nashville in 2001.
"I think at one point Garth [Brooks] was in there doing a real neat audio/video piece where he described stuff -- me and my dad sitting there watching it," he recalled.
To this day, Luke thinks a trip to the Country Music Hall of Fame is essential for any trip to Music City.
"You're showing friends around, you got to take 'em to the Opry and you gotta take 'em by the Hall of Fame," he said. "So yeah, I've come in here quite a bit."
Bryan's Dirt Road Diary exhibit is on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville through November 8.
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