Ernest Tubb Record Shop Is Closing

Ernest Tubb Record Shop might be the most important record store in country music history. Bill DeMain explains why we should care that it closing down. Bill DeMain is the best tour guide in Nashville and you should get in touch with him next time you're in town. www.walkinnashville.com
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Ernest Tubb Record Shop
Bill Demain
Nashville History

[@otisgibbs]

You should let Bill DeMain show you around Nashville. It'll be the best part of your trip downtown! www.walkinnashville.com

[@davidking2835]

Who owns the shop now, or before it was sold that is?

[@written12]

Thanks for the tip.

[@geoffcline9593]

I'm hoping Marty Stuart will get all the memorabilia (the neon, suits, instruments, etc.) Marty is THE guy for valuing and preserving those things.

[@leesanna7835]

Geoff, I thought the same exact thing, Mate...

[@playfasthithard]

@@leesanna7835 Same!

[@mykalgambullmusic5520]

That would be best as he is the reigning King of Country Music and keeper of the flame!

[@betrevryday1]

It’s only natural Marty’s Thee right guy ! Gone but never forgotten love you ET

[@svt4001]

This is soul-crushing. ET has long been my favorite singer and songwriter. To see his legacy erode is just heartbreaking.

[@larryfischer638]

I am 68 years old and I loved Ernest Tubb's music, he was country when country wasn't cool. He was a great loss to country music and his record shop kept it alive. Thanks for this video, Bill DeMain and thanks to you Otis Gibbs for recording it.

[@tiddums1151]

Man what a bummer. The Ernest Tubb record shop in Pigeon Forge Tennessee closed and I put it off to covid. I've been in the store in Nashville and you really could literally feel The vibes of that place. A huge loss for Nashville. That store should be on the national register of historic places.

[@mickeyfarmer9217]

I miss the one in Pigeon Forge too. But it closed long before Covid. I thing Nashville should save it.

[@cookiemcboingboing2657]

i agree with you 100%

[@jimfrazier810]

....one thing to remember -- for anyone to own the Ernest Tubb Record Shop -- or to own that building -- as the assessment of the real estate value of the building has skyrocketed -- and also, as the assessment of the value of the business (ET's Record Shop) has increased, to go forward with that business must have included some mind-blowing tax bills..... which must have been a big factor in what has happened. .... My own personal belief is that the current mayor of Nashville is seriously dropping the ball, by not moving to make this a protected historical landmark. .... there is no evidence that the current mayor cares one bit about country music, or that Nashville is a world-famous music city ....

[@codytodd9773]

In the early 80s they closed the ryman when they built the opry house. It was in the plans to tear down the ryman cause it was literally falling apart. But enough people wanted to keep it. It’s now a museum and a historical building. Hopefully they can do the same with tubbs. We can’t lose these places. Country music wouldn’t be what it is today without Ernest tubb.

[@charlesbolton8471]

The Ryman is a lot more than just “a museum and a historical building”. It’s one the best sounding live music venues in the country.

[@danielmorris3687]

Bills correct when he says asks how long before there is so little left that people won't even know what made Nashville famous. Then it just becomes a place where people go to be distracted by bright lights and noise and fill corporate coffers by doing so. Just like Las Vegas or Disneyland. It's a sad reality unfortunately.

[@michaelgregory2231]

End of an era. When I was 14 I played with Buck Owens' cousin, Dale Owens, and Dale was discovered by Ernest and taken on the road with him. I knew well how big of a star he was. Lower Broad won't be the same without the record shop. :-(

[@birdman1174]

Reminds me when the movie producer came to Mayberry loved the town, gonna make movie about Andy, then Mayor wanted to cut down the mighty oak in center of town.

[@Johnq365]

So very disgusted that my hometown did nothing to save this historic place.

[@cindyfreeman5018]

I agree

[@t4texastom587]

@@cindyfreeman5018 Me too Cindy.

[@Jleed989]

Well, they were going to let the Ryman turn into a parking ramp. Seems like Nashville is ashamed of the “ hillbillies “

[@ericunderwood1186]

I agree 100%, City of Nashville should have saved it.

[@artemisXsidecross]

A thank-you to the independent record sellers who were the ambassadors to music beyond the current reach in pre 60’s promoted music. An independent record sell in Rochester New York obtained the earliest Beatles and Rolling Stones out of England before being signed by USA distributors. He was also an introduction to people like Earnest Tubb and Hank Williams. Late night am radio is another topic worth a mention too.

[@johnjames1813]

What a great loss. Every time I was in Nashville, I went there. A treasure of country music.

[@danieldennison6248]

Sad to see places like this go away. We need places to keep and honor true country music and those who made it. Even the grand ole Opry has been taken in by the noise that wants to be called country when it's not even close. I miss real country music, don't you?

[@robinhood480]

Yeah ... but you have to look at all the new artists who are stepping up to the plate, so to speak, that are SO MUCH better than the old dinosaur 🦕 types. Music today is powerful and meaningful to such a wide audience and the videos that go along with it ..... Don’t get me started. Uh ... I apologise. Thanks 😊 APRIL fools joke. I hate the new stuff. Long live Ernest Tubb 🎻

[@Ian_Daniel]

I have been so distraught about this that I have all but intentionally ignored it. I came back to country music because of Ernest Tub’s Record Store. It’s really kind of silly but it really tears me apart. Life goes on and I have one last opportunity to go back but this is a god damn shame.

[@mykalgambullmusic5520]

That shop was on my bucket list ever since I seen it on Coal Miner's Daughter, 30 some years ago! Such a sad day knowing that this piece of history will be gone! Never been to the town yet...but dang, just dang!

[@written12]

Mine, too!

[@DavidSmith-ss1cg]

I got to see Earnest in Panama City Beach in 1982(at the Ocean Opry). Earnest had put out a version of "Waltz Across Texas" a few years earlier featuring Willie Nelson and Charlie Daniels on guitar. The Rader Family, who owned and ran the Ocean Opry, were the opening act. It was a "Blast from the past." Real Estate people - and their money - are turning much of the US - even here in Seattle WA - into tourist bars. It's a shame. Marty Stuart is personally responsible for saving a LOT of Country Music history - he even helped Emmy Lou Harris save the Ryman Auditorium - the REAL Grand Ole Opry - from the wrecker's ball. His TV show was a Gift from God, too. Time - like Greg Allman said in his song "I Ain't Wastin' Time No More"- goes by like a Hurricane. Thanks for letting us hear from this guy, Otis.

[@cindyfreeman5018]

I'll be there May 23. Will it still be open?

[@RavenousRuger]

Im 29 and ernest tubb is my all time favorite country artist, i first learned of him from my great grandfather. I would have loved to visit the record shop!

[@rogerwilliams2629]

Ol Troubador helped many, many struggling artists n many ways, personally and professionally. He is the one that told Merle he needed a standout lead guitarist with a style that would make his music what it was...and Roy was the man.

[@Grooovin1]

Wow, so sad to see this legendary place go away. I had the honor of playing there in 2002 with Marty Stuart, Connie Smith and the late great Jimmy Capps.

[@phillipmeza3459]

Otis, Have you considered photographing the store... a video montage? Thank-You!

[@Kan-o-tex]

Noooooooooooooo!! And the Lawrence Record Shop closed, too. Dang. Can't Marty Stuart just buy it and keep it going?

[@andrewzacks]

Bills tour was one of the highlights of my trip to Nashville. Sad to hear about the closing. Nice to see Bill again. He’s a gem.

[@otisgibbs]

I'm glad to hear you went on Bill's tour, Andrew. He's a great guy and a wealth of knowledge. : )

[@scottgregory6129]

Sad to hear the store is closing. In 2010 I had a life in Austin and met Lucky Tubb, Ernest's nephew. (as far as I know) He had made an effort to pick up the torch playing his uncle's music, toured Europe a few times, and just seemed like a real down to earth guy. More than once while we were drinking people would approach him with stars in their eyes. I was just a rocker from Seattle, didn't know about Ernest until I met Lucky. The guy had some great stories... Seems like a lifetime ago.

[@sayeager5559]

I passed thru Nashville several times a years for the last 23 years on my way to visit my parents in central Tennessee. i always ate lunch on Broadway and went to the record store, probably a hundred times. it really was the last real "old country" place in Nashville. sad to hear that a developer got hold of it.

[@Gratefulman1965]

Sad day indeed, Everything changes and the beat goes on. Thanks for the update Otis. E.T. Should always be remembered as a saint of Nashville not swept away like yesterdays news.😕

[@glennmattison3180]

Luckily I got to see it this past June. Sad, it's a real piece of history. We did buy a couple T-Shirts. Seeing that backstage area where all those stars played is crazy.

[@NYWaters]

John Hartford sang about this years ago: " Where can you go to see the country music stars? That’s what we come to Nashville for No one comes around to play the pinball machines Nobody eats at Linebaugh’s anymore Now the Opry’s gone and the streets are bare Ernest Tubb’s record shop is dark And the drunks are gone from the Merchant’s Hotel Everybody’s gone to the park" kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3qYnaltiMdoetU

[@stevewuertz3598]

Super sad news. My brother moved to Nashville 20 years ago and I've visited and bought at ET's Record Store on every visit. I'll sure miss flipping through the stacks. I bought 3 discs at Waterloo Records in Austin last week-still try to support my local indy record stores

[@davidtaylor813]

Thanks Otis! I was fortunate to get to visit ET's record shop in the 90's gonna miss it as well as all of old Nashville as it seems.

[@bradholbrooks]

A last bit of soul lost to empty whims of today. May sad country songs flood all of Nashville.

[@PongbyAtari]

What bit of a shell of itself Nashville already is this is another huge crack in that shell. It's sad to hear this I'm so glad me and my wife were able to see Nashville before the modernization of it.

[@mitchmatthews6713]

Every time I would hit Nashville, I loved visiting Ernest Tubb's and Lawrence Record Stores. Stay safe,Otis!

[@brucegwynn8509]

Thanks for this one especially otis, this one made me sad , things are changing and we are losing more and more of out heritage everywhere

[@joycethurmond4812]

This is so sad it's been on as long as I can remember always listen every Saturday night I hate changes

[@jerrymorganjr]

This makes me so sad. I always had dreams of playing on that stage. It was goal since I was a boy.

[@jamesm5547]

This interview is a surprise gem - really enjoyed it. "High Five" Otis ~ thank you for sharing. A visit to Nashville is on my list, but I wonder if I'll be charmed and amaze (I hope so) or will it all flash & smoke (I went to Vegas and after day 3 was very ready to get the heck out). Cheers to all my fellow Otis fans.

[@Mike583]

This landmark has been there for 70 years! You'd think one of the big stars of country music would step up & buy it,to keep it open! Another peice of history gone,in the name of the almighty $$!!! Disgusting!

[@danobrien8671]

I’m sad Ottis always made an effort to go there when l was in town bought a lot of music there over the years cheers Ernest 🍀🍀

[@THEC4BAND]

wow! I didn't know all of this. I wish more can be done. My heart goes out to you all. i hope the petition works!

[@otisgibbs]

Have You ever been to Ernest Tubb Record Shop? Did you see a show, did you buy anything? Tell me about your visit.

[@denniscook512]

When is the closing date?

[@michaellevesque8084]

Yes, it's gotta be 35 or more years ago now, bought a couple albums, but this old brain can't remember which ones. Sad that it's going, glad that I had a chance to shop there. Hearing this, makes it SO special.

[@edh533]

Twice, last time was about 15 years ago. Can't remember what LP I bought, but man talk about walking back in time and feeling the genuine country music history vibe! It will be sorely missed. Walking into The Ryman and feeling that vibe I hope will be forever.

[@michaelmatiatos7194]

Not fortunate enough to have saw a show but do have a signed copy of, 'Say something nice to Sarah'. signed by Ernest, Jack Mollette, Buddy Charleston, Billy Pfender with a nice Ernest Tubb Record Shop sticker on it. Thanks Otis

[@donaldewert2332]

I walked past the Jamboree back in 1970 on a sat night after the Opry and I remember Leona Williams was the guest singer that night.I was only 15 and was thrilled to be in Nashville. Was so glad to see the Opry at the Ryman before it moved. One of my favorite singers, Penny DeHaven was on the Opry that night. Also Patsy Sledd was with George & Tammy then.Great Memories!!

[@sevenmileridgeband]

thanks for posting!!! Fantastic perspective and history Bill DeMain presents here.

[@scottgriffin5635]

Breaks my heart. Such a great place to pop in to get guitar picks and meet my friends. At least Roberts is still there.

[@tammyslaughter9587]

This is so heartbreaking! I used to go quite a bit with my parents as a kid in the late 60’s and 70’s whenever my dad was off the road. They would play the Opry then we’d walk to the record shop for the Jamboree. My siblings and I would stay backstage where you could lookout beyond the stage and just see a sea of people all the way outside. I have many fond memories of this old building!

[@zachmcglone]

A few months ago, moved to the Nashville area. Im not big on the rooftop bar scene, but i always loved seeing the Ernest Tubb sign because it was a nice reminder of what this place was built on. An actual beacon for country music in a place where rooftop bars are all the rage. This is a big bummer for country music..

[@catheryndenton1766]

Walkin’ Nashville is one the best FB pages out there. Period the end. Thank you Otis for filming this. 💕❤️ You are truly the Charles Kuralt of Americana 🙌🏼

[@paulharty3081]

Bought some cassette tapes there in 1996. Narvel Felts and something else. Had a lengthy chat with the clerk about the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. Too bad it is closing. ET was an icon.

[@russtietje294]

My late father was a combat marine in the Korean War - I remember him telling about Ernest Tubb & Hank Snow doing a show for them at the front lines in 1952 or 1953?

[@michaelcoadysparks1493]

So fortunate I could stop in for my first time in Nashville last summer

[@briangordon8602]

I remember my dad getting the record shop catalog in the late 70s. We use to listen to the Opry and the Midnite Jamboree. Marty Robbins was always the last host on the Opry. He was supposed to end at midnight. But he'd keep playing long past midnight. So the Jamboree always started late lol Wish I still had that stereo. Am/fm 8 track. Sound Design brand.

[@rjs2005]

I lived in Springfield in the late 70's as a teenager and never really got to visit Nashville. My bride and I finally visited in 2016, went to the Country Music Hall of Fame, Tootsie's, toured the Ryman and RCA Studio B. I absolutely HAD to go to Ernest Tubb Record Store and buy some music- I also bought a Nashville t-shirt there, but mainly I just wanted to be in the presence of country music history. There was no show going on so the stage was empty, save for a cardboard cutout or two- I just stood there in front of that little stage, closed my eyes and imagined all the giants of the music industry that played there on sultry Saturday evenings. I'm so sad that it's closed, although I hear a new group, including Ernest Tubb's grandson Dale have bought the building and are still deciding what to do with it- he states unequivocally that preserving Ernest's legacy is front and center, and that the sign will stay. Period.

[@jongrubbs7148]

Went there last Dec and walked inside. Every one there was very friendly and invited us to come back for the recording of the show. Had a great singer and her band was awesome. Sad to see it close

[@janeallingham7569]

A music extra in Coal Miner's Daughter, I got lucky! Directed to walk over to Roy Acuff as Ernest Tubb sang "Walking the Floor Over You". Roy says "Ernest is singing this song about you darling"' and then adds "You remind me of a young Connie Smith". Ernest Tubb invited about ten of us to have lunch at Linebaughs! Next we popped in the Record Shop with LPs of greats lining the walls.

[@darrell3368]

Otis been i his shop many times loved going and buying records and CDs a great place to find great music thanks for sharing and God’s blessings for you

[@denniscook512]

I remember first hearing about Ernies listening to a transistor radio on "skip" signal as an advertiser...Ernies P.O. Box 5366 Nashville Tn

[@robertbentzel6881]

Went there in’15. Loved it. Love EarnestTubb

[@trentflynn6568]

It's heartbreaking to see that place close. Ernest Tubbs, among other places that have soul, along with, the remaining old studios, should be preserved/used for the rest of the days. They're legacies. Ernest Tubbs shop is one reason why I love Nashville. That place has such an amazing history and incredible vibe to it. In my opinion, there are 3 people that could carry on the legacy. #1. Marty Stuart. He would more than likely keep it the same, and, that would be fantastic. #2. Jack White & #3. Dan Auerbach. The last two, to me, are music historians and great musicians who might do things differently, but, would respect and appreciate the building and history, giving credit to where credit is due.. Which would be huge. But, I'm not sure what the future holds. I can only hope it's great. Time will tell. Thank you for such a wonderful video, on a sad situation. & Thank you for reading my thoughts. Take care. ❤️🎼🥁

[@Dannyexplosion]

Bummer. I’d love to hear more stories from Bill. He was fun to listen to. Thanks for the fun channel.

[@jonristic3794]

Always loved stopping in there. Just that feel.

[@cindyscott54]

Breaks my heart, but thank you so much for the wonderful tribute.

[@JohnJones-tj1nn]

I was there in 2014. Pretty well stocked at the time. Glad I got to go there....

[@darrell3368]

Otis been i his shop many times loved going and buying records and CDs a great place to find great music thanks for sharing and God’s blessings for you Otis

[@SeeCSeesCC]

❤️ grew up on by my family on ET ❤️ thanks, thanks a lot ❤️ I have been to this record shop a few times. an important era ending. Thanks Otis, thanks a lot

[@jayjaynella4539]

I remember visiting ET's shop back in the late 70s or early 80s and buying a few Loretta records.

[@JL-vv4ut]

thank you for this sir...very much indeed appreciated as is legends of days gone by...

[@rogerhughes4128]

Thanks a lot!

[@jamescovington7839]

bill has so much knowledge. videos like this are what I look for on KZbin. also, I love his glasses

[@Hamigal]

Thankful to have spent time in there on many trips. Actually saw Ernest Tubb in Columbus Oh with my family when I was a sm child. I'm 65 now.

[@scottbee501]

I’m 69 and never listened to country much BUT the second time I went to college at southern Illinois my friends and I listened to “old” country and loved it.

[@samhardy2038]

I saw Marty and Connie there in 1999. It was crowded and terrific!

[@donaldewert2332]

I'm glad that people like Ethel Delaney, got the chance to perform on The Midnight Jamboree.

[@joshsnyder4119]

I am sad about this and was glad to be apart of it.

[@automatics1im]

Your cinematography is great. The use of lighting is really good and gets away with things that other Videogrpahers shouldn’t try. And of course, the subject matter.

[@Dman85612]

Well I remember when the Ryman fell into disrepair and in the 70s the plan was in place to tear it down .John Hartford wrote a lament called " they're gonna tear down the grand old Opry" on his album Steam powered aero plane. They saved it and restored it. Ernest Tubbs Record shop deserves the same ...there is a whole lot of country history there ...

[@scottkidwellmusic9175]

What a history! Sad to see things like this go... independent record shops are a way of life. Thank you for this 🙏 Be good to you 💛

[@robertwynkoop7112]

We have the great videos of the concert at Ernest Tubbs record store givenMarty Stuart, Kenny Vaughn and the boys (fabulous superlatives all) who played there on YT, Chris Scruggs played steel on at least one song this date too- prior to his joining the group on bass. It is absolutely great and highly recommended! Thanks Otis for posting this, the passing of another icon to be sure…… change is the only constant…..

[@robertbirnbach2312]

I have always wanted to go there and I was going to be in Nashville for the first time next month:( it was on my list

[@kaygibbons9452]

I’m 64 I have been a fan of Ernest Tubb since I was a little girl. I watched the Ernest Tubb show till it ended

[@davo2003hd]

"Ah Leon"! I loved it when Ernest Tubb would say that! Man, the city should buy it. Sad day,

[@tylergavin9341]

IM 26 AND I love Real Country Music like Him and I heard his songs as well

[@swordfish52]

So Sad .. Thanks Otis .. Jimmy ...

[@hypnocracy6102]

Sad…John Hartford was a prophet and all coming true…Earnest Tubb’s record shop is dark…Nobody Eats at Linebaugh's Anymore.

[@lefty5757]

Thank you Otis, I love your channel.

[@jonathanfrieze8497]

man i loved getting to walk threw his tour bus my the hotel i stayed in with my family the one time i went to nashville we were right beside the record shop so being a huge record collector it was an honor to buy some records there

[@drandapple]

I am 85 and grew up in Michigan and loved ET since I was around 15 years old. We could get the ET midnight show some times on radio at 1 am our time. My older brother came home from work one night at 8:30 pm and ran in the house and said you have hear this song as he turned on the radio. It was ET

[@drandapple]

ET and Blue Eyed Elaine

[@George-pt7uv]

That's a real shame. Broadway isn't what it use to be. Gruhn's moved off Broadway a few years ago. Pretty soon there won't be anything there but 3 story bars. I'm glad I was able to visit Ernest Tubb's several years ago.

[@Barb5001]

I remember that shop when I lived briefly in Nashville in the late 1960s

[@lasaranasdelneptuno2201]

Really frickin sad, I would have loved to visit.

[@chrislomas953]

Glad I got to visit back in the early 90's. Sad news, very sad.

[@donny_doyle]

Bill, spot on - they are all so little! Thought the same at the rnr hof. Maybe the clothes were stretchy? Lol...

[@johngolden4468]

While I lived in Nashville I played the Opry and the Midnight Jamboree with as guests of The Osborne Brothers.....it was truly a gift. We lost Bobby this week as well as Jesse McReynolds. Maybe our brother Otis can't comment on what giants these gentlemen were not just to bluegrass but to country music as a whole.

[@hazegreen1896]

reminds me of a Hartford song...I used to go in there back in the day a good bit when most people werent buying records anymore.

[@missouriboy66]

The state of Nashville reflects the state of culture. It's not as interested in tradition, legacy, or preservation as it is short-term entertainment, profit, and the next big thing. 30 years ago my wife and I would walk down Broadway (before dark of course, in those days), and visit ET's record shop, Lawrence Brothers Records, Gruhn's guitars when it was in the middle of the block, and all of the other places that made it, well, Nashville. And we would pay the admission to just sit in the grey-painted pews of the Ryman before it's restoration. There was a mystical silence amidst the tourist tour going on. I'd think about all of the shows played there, and how ET's store was just across the way. And I remember when the Gulch was little more than a field among single story brick buildings. Slowly that has all disappeared now. And here's where we are. And so development takes hold, a death grip if you will to heritage. Yes we have the Ryman, The Opry off of Briley Pky, and the CMHOF. Those entities are preserving what they can and catering to the demographic that will hopefully keep the ever-younger people engaged. Which was what the Opry was always trying to do to some degree. But old Nashville, the Nashville of Broadway Honky Tonks with the same paneling and jukeboxes from the mid 1960's, the Nashville of bins of records at the Ernest Tubb Record Store and Midnight Jamboree, well those days are gone. So the preservation comes down to you and I, in however that manifests itself. I'm just thankful that I had a chance over the last 30 years to have at least experienced the last days of that older Nashville. No, it wasn't the Nashville of the 70's, 60's, or 50's, but it was a Nashville that still held much of the traditions and charm of the golden years. And that will have to be enough for me and any of us. Now I guess I should put that Mel Tillis vinyl on for a spin...

[@t4texastom587]

I hated it when the ETubb Record Shop closed in Ft. Worth....... but I'm in total shock that the Texas Troubadour's very historic Broadway St. original store is allowed to be gone to history. The city of Nashville should have bought it. What a crying damn shame.

[@Nashvilleagain]

Every time we were in Nashville, the first thing I had to do was go to the Ernest Tubb Records Store . So sad and it's such a shame it's over now.

[@tennesseefiddlefoot6260]

Spent many a Saturday night there listening to whomever, wishing I could sit down before I fell down.

[@deanroderick611]

What a shame. I’ve shopped in that store, and also stumbled across a store in Fort Worth one Sunday afternoon. .

[@Austria88586]

Oh no!!! I love Ernest Tubb Record Store!

[@luthravin4774]

I can only add that I was fortunate enough to have recorded demos in Nashville and upon arriving my first stop was Earnest’s Record Store.. that was 2005 and it was like being in a time capsule!! I loved it, and I had to climb up on that stage.. so many many icons had made that climb! It’s just to bad that it couldn’t be saved by the city or a Garth Brooks type.. we are losing so much of our heritage these days… and we will never get them back..sad day and times my friends

[@tomabbot7324]

Gonna write a song . . like John Hartford's "They're Gonna Tear Down The Grand Old Opry". Hate losing old Nashville.

[@marksgraybeal]

flashback. i not know now, but feel may have met in the black hills, state college,BHSC, Earl Scruggs review,& friends? i finnish video to see if can recall connect. as photographer in the 70's/

[@richardwhite2344]

I so agree that this is such a huge loss. I agree with the other person that said the city should have bought the building and preserved it as a historic store. Even in the city near me, more and more the History is going away. What is wrong with America that we do not preserve our history. Sadly, the younger generation will never know about a lot of the history of America!!!