In a world of iPod turntables and music careers launched on MySpace, the late Ernest Tubb's stores still bank on the belief that oldies are goodies. In business since 1947, the store on Lower Broadway carries a broad stock of hard-to-find country and bluegrass albums; if you can't find it there, chances are it may be at Tubb's other local location (in Music Valley Village, near the Gaylord...
Whether you're looking for a reissue of an early Johnny Cash album or the latest from Kenny Chesney, you'll find it at Ernest Tubb. These shops sell exclusively country music recordings on CD, cassette, and a handful of vinyl records by the likes of Loretta Lynn and Jimmie Davis. There's another location out near Opryland, at 2416 Music Valley Dr. (tel. 615/889-2474); this is where the Midnite...
This store keeps the light on for the legends.:
The Scene
The downtown location of the Ernest Tubb Record Shop can only benefit from its neighbor, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. But unlike the Museum, nothing about the...