Nashville’s Famed Ernest Tubb Record Shop to Close This Spring

Nashville’s famed Ernest Tubb Report Store, a rustic music establishment for over 70 years, will completely shutter its doorways this spring.

“It’s with nice disappointment that we share the information that the Ernest Tubb Report Store — constructing and enterprise — will likely be bought,” the corporate that runs the shop stated Friday in a statement.

“Our objective has all the time been to guard, promote and protect the good historical past of the document store and constructing. That need stays as robust right now as ever. Nonetheless, as a consequence of modifications in circumstances out of our management, it’s now clear one of the best ways ahead is to promote the enterprise and the true property.”

The store, based by Grand Ole Opry legend Ernest Tubb in 1947, had been at its 417 Broadway location in Nashville – throughout from the Ryman Auditorium and the place it hosted the Midnite Jamboree radio present – since 1951. Along with specializing in nation music information, the shop additionally hosted numerous in-store performances and signings all through the many years. Following Tubb’s demise in 1984, the store was purchased by longtime worker David McCormick.

“We’re heartbroken that the shop, which has existed in its present location within the coronary heart of decrease Broadway since 1951, will shut this Spring,” McCormick’s firm added. “Preserving the historical past and custom of nation music stays on the forefront of the whole lot we do. We stay dedicated to preservation work and stay up for new tasks that can permit us to proceed to guard and nurture the invaluable historical past and custom of nation music.”

Based on the Nashville Scene, the constructing that homes the Ernest Tubb Report Store was bought in 2020 for $4.75 million; McCormick beforehand purchased the constructing in 1992 for $128,000. The constructing was bought by Robert’s Western World venue proprietor JesseLee Jones, who stated of the store’s destiny in 2020, “Ernest Tubb Report Retailers will likely be right here for one more 52 years, if it’s as much as me.” Two years later, the document store is closing up for good.