It was a bad sign for historic music retail in America when the building that used to house the famous Tower Records in West Hollywood was finally demolished in February. And now things are looking…
It was a bad sign for historic music retail in America when the building that used to house the famous Tower Records in West Hollywood was finally demolished in February. And now things are looking grim for themost iconic record store in the U.S., and an even longer-standing one — Ernest Tubb’s Record Shop, a fixture in downtown Nashville since 1947 and in its present location since 1951.
Plans for the location will be up to a new buyer after the store shutters, but it’s understood that maintaining a legacy business is extremely unlikely to be high on a purchaser’s agenda in one of the nation’s most crowded nightlife corridors, where drinking, not Bear Family boxed sets, is the high-volume attraction.
Country performers with a traditionalist streak have occasionally used the Tubb’s stage in recent years, with stars like Kacey Musgraves and Vince Gill holding record-release parties there. Charlie Worsham would do a whole run of shows there during CMA Festival Week, bringing in guest stars like Eric Church and Brandy Clark. Up-and-comer Charley Crockett recently shot most of his “Music City USA” music video at the store.
But with Lower Broad seeming increasingly inhospitable to anyone who hasn’t come just to get loaded, there’s rarely a line for the register, as the crowds there — to misquote Loretta — come in a-drinkin’ but without LP-buyin’ on their mind.
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