FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES BAR & HONKY-TONK WELCOMES THE ERNEST TUBB RECORD SHOP BACK TO THE NEON NEIGHBORHOOD

The neon lights on Nashville’s Lower Broadway will shine a little brighter, and classic country music will play a little louder, when the legendary Ernest Tubb Record Shop celebrates its grand reopening on November 13.  Garth and the team at Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky-Tonk are thrilled to welcome their neighbor back home.

“We are really happy for ET to be back in the Neon Neighborhood,” Brooks said. “It's all the excitement of somebody new moving in next door, and at the same time welcoming an old friend back to Broadway.”

Country music pioneer Ernest Tubb, the Texas Troubadour, opened the record shop in 1947, and it soon became more than a place to buy music and songbooks. Tubb launched the Midnite Jamboree, a live radio show that aired on WSM immediately following the Grand Ole Opry, to attract customers to the store at 417 Broadway and introduce new recording artists and their music. Music legends including Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley performed on the Midnite Jamboree, walking over to the Broadway location following their Grand Ole Opry performances at the Ryman Auditorium. Garth is proud to be on the list of artists who have guested on the Midnite Jamboree.

“Ernest Tubb Record Shop is part of what makes Broadway such a special place - it’s a piece of Nashville history,” said Benjamin and Max Goldberg of Strategic Hospitality. “We’re thrilled to see our neighbors return and reopen, carrying forward the legacy that makes the Neon Neighborhood so special.”

Over the last three years, the Ernest Tubb Record Shop has been restored to preserve its legacy while expanding its offerings, which now include a four-story bar, record shop, rooftop honky-tonk, and The Forty Seven lounge (named for the year the shop was established).