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An appreciation of the Ernest Tubb Record Shop in Nashville–but not in the way you might think

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Blues Brothers, Ernest Tubb, Nashville, Record Store

If you’ve ever done the stroll along Broadway in Nashville, you must have walked past the famous Ernest Tubb Record

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Music News 

A drunk ex-con got into a fight with cops outside of Kid Rock’s bar and…ewww.

May 6, 2021May 7, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Kid Rock, Nashville

I don’t know how cops do it. A drunken ex-con covered with white supremacist tattoos was tossed out of Kid

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Random music news for Wednesday, December 30, 2020

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments Canadian Music Week, Jay-Z, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Nashville, Record Stores, Streaming Music Services, Tidal, Weldon Angelos

Pleeeeasee eexcusee any typos in today’s missivee. The eeeee key on my MacBook Pro is screeweed, so eeach keeeystrokeee reeesults

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Random music news for Tuesday, December 29, 2020

December 29, 2020December 28, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment AEG, Damon Albarn, David Hasselhoff, Eddie Van Halen, Elvis Presley, Fatboy Slim, Ghost, KISS, Lana Del Rey, Nashville, Sammy Hagar, WKRP

Jeezus. These people are nuts. Ignore them and focus on music news for December 29, 2020, instead. That recorded voice

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Guest Blog 

“Old Town Road” may not be the song Nashville wants, but it’s the song they deserve

June 6, 2019June 5, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Country, Nashville

[A guest post by John Duffy on a song that’s been #1 on all single charts for eight straight weeks.

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Music News 

Raconteurs to Provide R’n’R Aid with Help Us Stranger

April 2, 2019April 2, 2019 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments Help Us Stranger, Jack White, Nashville, New Album, The Raconteurs, Third Man Records, TMRx10

The Raconteurs have announced their eagerly-anticipated third album Help Us Stranger will be out on June 21st, 2019. The Nashville,

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This is awkward: Foo Fighters invite a kid onstage to play drums–and then he won’t leave

May 10, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Foo Fighters, Nashville

The Foo Fighters are one of those bands that enjoys some solid crowd participation. But these sorts of stage invitations

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I Was Sent to Cover the Country Music Awards in Nashville. What’s Wrong with THAT Picture?

November 11, 2017November 10, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Awards, Country Music, Nashville

[NASHVILLE -] I had no bloody business being here. None. But somehow I ended up on the red carpet at the

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Drummer Plays So Hard He Falls Out of a Window

January 31, 2016January 30, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Broadway, Don Kelley Band, Nashville, Robert's Western World, Stan Saxon

If you’ve ever been to Nashville, you’ll know that you run into a different honky-tonk about every fifteen feet, all

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