Ed Snodderly, John Gardner and Brandon Story

Ed Snodderly is a well-respected musician, writer, actor and co/owner of one of the country’s longest running music venues, The Down Home located in Johnson City, Tennessee.  Ed’s low-key personal demeanor belies a wealth of accomplishment and talent that distinguishes Ed in the world of Southern music.

When Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled it’s new building in 2001, Ed was permanently honored when his song lyrics were literally inscribed into the wall. It is quite an honor to be recognized by an institution that could have picked any one of hundreds of legendary and renowned songwriters to distill the essence of what the Museum embodies. But it was the simple eloquence of Snodderly’s pen that gave his artistry an immortality, and Ed comes by that honestly.