The Smartest People In The Room^®

Todd Mayo and Craig Havighurst
 

Todd Mayo has several titles and wears several hats in the live music industry. Among his notable accomplishments are the creator of Bluegrass Underground and the owner of The Caverns venue complex in Pelham, Tennessee. He was also the co-founder of Music City Roots and has produced musical television specials in Ireland, Australia, and Nashville. If you don't believe something can be done, Todd will say "hold my beer" and you better get out of the way as he proceeds to do it.

Craig Havighurst is high priest of roots music journalism. I fondly call him a "walking encyclopedia of music history" and the "Who Knew Historian" . Among many career highlights, the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) just named him 2024 Writer of the Year. And he is one of the finest human beings I have ever known.

The Smartest People In The Room^® is a series of one-on-one conversations between music industry executives and personalities hosted by Tom Truitt, Managing Director of the Music & Live Entertainment practice. These hour long conversations draw an audience of hundreds and feature every type of global music industry executive, including agents, managers, attorneys, business managers, promoters, publishers, working musicians, songwriters. The audience is global, with strong concentration in music business centers like New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, London, Toronto, San Francisco, Austin and more.