×Guy Clark, Tamara Saviano and Kris Kristofferson

Guy Clark, Tamara Saviano and Kris Kristofferson at the Country Music Hall of Fame (2007)

Tamara Saviano

Tamara Saviano

“I’m still a Milwaukee girl,” says Tamara Saviano. After trading the Cream City for Nashville’s Music Row 30 years ago, Saviano earned a Grammy for producing Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster plus two other Grammy nominations. She won the Americana Music Association Album of the Year for producing a Guy Clark tribute LP and awards on the film festival circuit for her documentary on that singer-songwriter. She produced recordings for Kris Kristofferson, advised Ken Burns during the production of his PBS series “Country Music” and authored several books. Her latest is a memoir, Poets and Dreamers: My Life

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