Nation musician Ernest Tubb was identified for a lot of issues. The daddy of honky tonk music (which later can be known as nation music), Tubb was the primary to introduce the electrical guitar to the Grand Ole Opry.
However what has stood the check of time, even lengthy after his demise in 1984, was the report retailer he opened in 1947. That's, till now.
Final Wednesday evening, among the many potpourri of noisy superstar haunts of Music Metropolis's Broadway, Ernest Tubb's historic report retailer closed its doorways for the final time.
Contained inside the slim area lived "The Midnite Jamboree," a present virtually as previous because the report retailer itself. Identified to host a dwell viewers after the Grand Ole Opry, that includes new nation blood, the present turned the second-longest-running nation radio present in historical past, and nonetheless exists at present.
Followers of all ages got here out for one final "Jamboree" celebration. They stood among the many pale artifacts and empty report bins that after held the hits of nation legends and delivered to life the primary main all-country report retailer.
However like nation music, Nashville's Broadway continues to alter. Seventy-five years after Ernest Tubb first opened this distinctive vinyl store, guests nonetheless come to Nashville on the lookout for a great time.
However sadly, that does not contain looking for information.
For more information:
- Ernest Tubb Document Store, Nashville
Story produced by Roman Feeser.