Nine-time Grammy winner Dave Cobb has transformed the sound of Music City. As the producer-in-residence at RCA Studio A in Nashville, he continues to make history in the same room where legends like Dolly Parton and Waylon Jennings recorded. Cobb is a highly sought-after collaborator across genres.

Born in Georgia, Cobb was influenced by hymns from his grandmother, a Pentecostal minister, and his parents' Oak Ridge Boys records. He later fell in love with the Beatles, the Smiths, and AC/DC. As a young session musician in Atlanta, he absorbed the city's R&B sounds.

Before moving to Nashville over a decade ago, Cobb lived in Los Angeles, where he developed his production career and collaborated with Shooter Jennings. In Nashville, he produced acclaimed albums for Jamey Johnson, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, and Brandi Carlile.

Cobb's interest in film music led him to work on projects like Baz Luhrmann's "ELVIS," Jessica Chastain's "Eyes of Tammy Faye," and the 2018 remake of "A Star Is Born," where he produced Lady Gaga's Grammy-winning "Always Remember Us This Way."

His recent works include albums for Greta Van Fleet, The War and Treaty, Jenny Lewis, and Reba McEntire, among others. In 2022, Cobb built two recording studios in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia, where he splits his time between Nashville. One of his first projects in Savannah was writing and producing music for the "Hunger Games" prequel, "Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes." Despite the medium, Cobb's focus remains the same: the artist's voice.

Aubrey Preston — businessman and philanthropist — is founder and chairman of the nonprofit Leiper’s Fork Foundation in Middle Tennessee. Aubrey is best known for his roles in protecting the rural Leiper’s Fork community, saving Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A, and launching the Americana Music Triangle.

After relocating to Nashville in the early 1990s, Aubrey landed in Leiper’s Fork — an unincorporated village in rural Williamson County, south of Nashville. There, he saw a close-knit community steeped in history but threatened by Middle Tennessee’s explosive growth and development patterns. Over the next decade, Aubrey partnered with longtime residents to chart a collaborative and sustainable preservation path.

To help preserve Leiper’s Fork rustic feel, Aubrey strategically acquired buildings that now house an art gallery, live music venue, and country store. By influencing land-use decisions and policies, he helped position Leiper’s Fork as “a living cultural landscape,” according to Tennessee State Historian Carroll Van West, who authored a report entitled “Charting Your Own Vision: Lessons From Leiper’s Fork.”

In 2014, Aubrey leveraged his passions for philanthropy and real estate to save a global music landmark — rescuing Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A from the wrecking ball. A year later, Aubrey launched the Americana Music Triangle, a multi-state initiative to promote international tourism and curate the history of Southern contributions to American music.

Through his regional leadership in the Americana Music Triangle, Aubrey became involved with the Muscle Shoals music story by assisting with the preservation and promotion of the recording studios in the Muscle Shoals area.

A native of Cleveland, Tennessee, Aubrey lives in Leiper’s Fork with his wife Michele Preston, an entrepreneur and veterinarian. In his free time, Aubrey enjoys fishing, organizing community beautification events, and bringing live music to elderly residents in nursing facilities.