Most visitors to Nashville make the rounds Downtown, where The Ernest Tubb Record Shop is one of the most recognizable landmarks on Broadway. A few miles North is a second location and the Texas Troubador Theater, where the Midnight Jamboree broadcast originates every Saturday night. This other Ernest Tubb location is worth the trip down Music Valley Drive (a block from the Opry House). This store features considerably more room to move, and while I can't tell if there is more inventory than Broadway I found everything I was looking for. The Merle Haggard and Waylon Bear family box sets (available in multiples) along with a deep selection of Bluegrass, Americana and the finest selection of country music books I have ever seen. Some Obscure DVD's were also available, including "Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: Cowboy Jack Clement's Home Movies," which I have been anxious to see for a year. A personal treat for me was The Green Hornet, Ernest Tubb's 1970's era tour bus (which you may board and view free of charge.) This was the bus outside The Eau Gallie Civic Center when I saw ET in 1976 when I was 13. It was my first country concert and really lit the fuse for my concert habit that continues 35 years later. Nashville has many sites for country fans making the pilgrimage here, but this stop at 2416 Music Valley Drive is essential. If you can make it on Saturday, even better. The Midnight Jamboree starts at 10pm and admission is free
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