This document outlines Charlie B. Dahan's residency portfolio, which focuses on three projects: Hank Snow's Rainbow Ranch in Madison, TN, the King Records Buildings in Cincinnati, OH, and Soulsville Heritage Tourism in Memphis, TN. It provides background information on each project, including Hank Snow's career and use of his ranch for recording, the history of King Records and its cultural significance, and efforts to promote heritage tourism in Soulsville by leveraging its musical history and assets. The document also discusses Dahan's work on national register nominations and other presentations related to music history preservation.

1. CHARLIE B. DAHAN
RESIDENCY
PORTFOLIO
August 21, 2018

2. WWW.CHARLIEDAHAN.COM
PORTFOLIO WEBSITE

3. RESIDENCY PROJECTS
• Hank Snow’s Rainbow Ranch (Madison, TN)
• King Records Buildings (Cincinnati, OH)
• Soulsville Heritage Tourism (Memphis, TN)

4. HANK SNOW’S RAINBOW
RANCH (MADISON, TN)

5. • Hank Snow was one of the biggest Country stars
in the 1950s and 60s.
• Lived here from 1950 until his death in 1999.
• Affiliated with RCA Records and the Grand Ole
Opry for almost fifty years.
• Hits included “I’m Moving On,” “Hello, Love,”
“I’ve Been Everywhere,” “Golden Rocket,”
“Rhumba Boogie,” “I Don’t Hurt Anymore,” etc.
• An early supporter of Elvis Presley (and was
supposed to be his co-manager).
• Rainbow Ranch is one of the first “home
studios,” where Snow recorded demos, vocals,
and full-length albums.
• Wrote the historical narrative for the Metro
Landmark (Feb. ’18) and National Register
nominations (submitted May ’18).
HANK SNOW’S RAINBOW RANCH

6. RESIDENCY PROJECTS
• Hank Snow’s Rainbow Ranch (Madison, TN)
• King Records Buildings (Cincinnati, OH)
• Soulsville Heritage Tourism (Memphis, TN)

7. KING RECORDS
BUILDINGS
(CINCINNATI, OH)

8. KING RECORDS BUILDINGS
•Home of Syd Nathan’s King Records and
recording studio (1944-1972).
•Home of James Brown, Stanley Brothers, Hank
Ballard, Delmore Brothers, Wynonie Harris, and
the Dominoes (Jackie Wilson and Clyde
McPhatter).
•One of the first and largest integrated workplaces
in Cincinnati.
•Owners, Dynamic Industries, applied for demolition
permit in 2015.
•City passed an authorization to use Eminent
Domain in 2017 and agreed to land swap deal in
April 2018.
•Attended and spoke at a meeting (Fall 2017) and
asked to write a National Register nomination, so
its ready to go when the buildings are acquired.
•Attended building / campaign update meeting on
May 19th.

9. JAMES BROWN VISITS THE KING BUILDINGS (1997)

11. Proposed King Records Preservation and Interpretation

12. WRITING MUSIC-BASED
NATIONAL REGISTER
NOMINATIONS

13. BALANCING A MUSIC-BASED NR NOMINATION
QUANTIFICATION VS. QUALIFICATION
Quantification
• Radio Charts
• Sales Data (Gold & Platinum Record
Awards)
• Ticket Sales / Attendance
• Grammy Nominations / Awards
• Year-end Polls & Awards
• Hall of Fame Inductions
• “Greatest of All-Time” lists
• National Recording Registry
Qualification/Contextualization
• Documented influence
• Songs covered by others
• Innovations
• Musical
• Recording
• Business
• Social breakthroughs (direct &
indirect)
• Activism

14. RESIDENCY PROJECTS
• Hank Snow’s Rainbow Ranch (Madison, TN)
• King Records Buildings (Cincinnati, OH)
• Soulsville Heritage Tourism (Memphis, TN)

15. SOULSVILLE HERITAGE
TOURISM
(MEMPHIS, TN)

16. • South Memphis neighborhood revival attempts
began two decades ago with the LOCCDC and
rebuilding of Stax.
• A coordinated effort to attract tourists and
businesses leveraging their cultural heritage,
historic assets (i.e. People’s Grocery site,
Mason Temple, Stax Museum, Elmwood
Cemetery), and current businesses.
• Creating a driving tour (CHP) and a visitor
center in the Jones Beauty Shop across from
Stax.
• Designed interpretive panels using some text
from driving tour.
• Incorporated the “I Love Soulsville” sign and
colors from the mural on the Jones building.
SOULSVILLE HERITAGE TOURISM

20. OTHER

22. OTHER
• Received the “Legacy Award”
from the Starr-Gennett
Foundation (September 2017).
• Presenting my case study on
the Stax Museum of American
Soul at the Ohio Valley History
Conference (October 2018).
• Will be featured in the
WTIU/PBS Gennett
documentary (December 2018).
• Submitting proposal to IASPM
to present case study on either
the Stax Museum or King
Records Building case study
(March 2019).