Lukas Nelson, Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson
(Photos by John Shearer/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum)
On Thursday, Sept. 17, Grammy-winning artists Lainey Wilson, Jelly Roll and Lukas Nelson took the stage at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s All for the Hall Los Angeles benefit, presented by the Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation. The benefit, which was hosted by Wilson, featured a “guitar pull” performance — a Nashville tradition where artists take turns onstage performing while their fellow artists listen or add accompaniment. Grammy award-winner John Mayer made a cameo appearance, playing “Phone, Keys, Wallet” with Wilson — the first time they’ve performed the song together live. The event took place at The Novo in the L.A. Live complex.
Proceeds from the evening support the museum’s many educational offerings, including its flagship Words & Music® program, which promotes language arts and music by pairing professional songwriters with school classes to create original songs. The event also included a performance by six high school students from Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles of their song “I’ll Overcome,” which they wrote during a Words & Music program with their class, with support from award-winning songwriter Phil Barton and Songwriters Hall of Fame member Liz Rose.
Additionally, the Love Junkies — composed of Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose — kicked off All for the Hall Los Angeles festivities with a special performance at a patron party on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the home of Neal and Sarah Moritz.
About All for the Hall
Launched in 2007, the All for the Hall campaign began with Country Music Hall of Fame member and Museum Board President Vince Gill challenging himself and his fellow artists to donate proceeds of one annual performance to the nonprofit museum. The concert series has rotated between New York, Los Angeles and Dallas. Keith Urban has hosted recurring All for the Hall benefit concerts in Nashville since 2009. In 2024, Blake Shelton hosted an All for the Hall benefit concert in Oklahoma. Funds raised from the events support the museum’s educational initiatives, which directly served more than 125,000 people last year through in-person and virtual programs.
About Words & Music
Words & Music® is the Museum’s flagship education program that teaches people how to write original songs and connects them to Nashville’s professional songwriting community through interactive workshops. For nearly 50 years, Words & Music has served nearly 200,000 participants and currently engages more than 14,000 participants each year — locally, nationally and internationally. Words & Music empowers people to express themselves and share their stories through songwriting. Songwriting builds essential academic skills and supports overall well-being for people of all ages.
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