The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will feature songwriter, producer and recording artist JD Souther in the next installment of its in-depth interview series Poets and Prophets. The series features songwriters who have made significant contributions to country music. The program will take place on Saturday, July 22, at 2:30 p.m. in the museum’s Ford Theater and is included with museum admission.

The Grammy-nominated Souther contributed songs to several classic albums while creating his own artful, melodic recordings attuned to navigating the evolving nature of personal relationships in the 1970s and beyond. The Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee has penned hits for Country Music Hall of Fame member Brooks & Dunn, the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Trisha Yearwood and more, while establishing a strong following as a performer. His songs include pivotal works recorded by Ronstadt, including “Don’t Cry Now,” “Faithless Love,” “Prisoner in Disguise,” “Silver Blue,” “Simple Man, Simple Dream” and “White Rhythm & Blues.” He also helped push the Eagles to new heights by co-writing “Best of My Love,” “Heartache Tonight,” “New Kid in Town” and “Victim of Love.”

Souther formed the duo Longbranch/Pennywhistle with Glenn Frey and released a self-titled album in 1969. He has also recorded and performed with Richie Furay and Chris Hillman as the all-star trio Souther-Hillman-Furay Band. Souther has issued several solo albums over the last 20 years, including his most recent release, Tenderness (2015). He has reissued expanded editions of past solo albums John David Souther (1972), Black Rose (1976), Home By Dawn (1984) and his project with Glenn Frey, Longbranch/Pennywhistle (1969).

Previous subjects of the museum’s Poets and Prophets series include Pat Alger, Al Anderson, Bill Anderson, Matraca Berg, Bobby Braddock, Gary Burr, Wayne Carson, Buzz Cason, Jerry Chesnut, Hank Cochran, Roger Cook, Rodney Crowell, Sonny Curtis, Dean Dillon, Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Kye Fleming, Jerry Foster, Dallas Frazier, Red Lane, Dickey Lee, John D. Loudermilk, Shane McAnally, Bob McDill, Lori McKenna, Roger Murrah, Paul Overstreet, Dan Penn, Gretchen Peters, Curly Putman, Mike Reid, Allen Reynolds, Liz Rose, Mark D. Sanders, Don Schlitz, Whitey Shafer, Allen Shamblin, Billy Joe Shaver, Red Simpson, Jeffrey Steele, Sonny Throckmorton, Sharon Vaughn, Jim Weatherly, Jimmy Webb, Billy Edd Wheeler, Norro Wilson and Craig Wiseman. Videos of previous Poets and Prophets programs can be found here.

This program is offered in support of the exhibition Western Edge: The Roots and Reverberations of Los Angeles Country-Rock, presented by City National Bank, and made possible in part by the Academy of Country Music.