Will Sex Sell at Opry Mills? Nashville Scene Article

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 7 Jan 2000 4:27 am

That should bring the tourist and their families flocking to Fan Fair and the Opry.Now all they need to do is turn the General Jackson into a gambling Boat along with the Belle Meade and wow who needs Vegas.You all have heard the old saying,"Sex Drugs and Country Music".

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Bill cole · Post by **Bill cole** » 7 Jan 2000 6:22 am

Hey Ed, Nalor do you think they will have some pawn shops too then it will almost look like homw just move tootsies and the demons den and the resturant lin something and hell you got Broadway again and maybe we could get Smiley to play and Billy Stepp to sing but I'm sure we can't get Marty to throw the Juke box in the street

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 7 Jan 2000 6:52 am

How did that slip through with Gaylord's emphasis on Christian themes??

I thought one (of many) reason Opryland closed was it didn't fit in with Gaylord's Christian concept.

Earl Erb · Post by **Earl Erb** » 7 Jan 2000 7:55 am

I've said this before and I'll say it again,Gaylord is a carpet bagger and only cares about how much money he can stuff in his back pocket.To hell with his christian morels he's a hipocrit and a wolf in sheeps clothes.

Bill cole · Post by **Bill cole** » 7 Jan 2000 8:33 am

Sleepy if were talking about the same Billy Stepp the boy who sang acrss the street from tootises or nearly across the memories fade with age and maybe a little to much burbon. But if he is the indian who could sing his A$$ off then he is probley running the damn smut store

Bill cole · Post by **Bill cole** » 7 Jan 2000 10:19 am

SJ you got it thats the right guyHe was from up here in my neck of the woods and every time I was in we would talk about home I first met Neil Flanz at demons den and a felllow by the name of Hank Corwin Had the shortest fingers of anyone I ever seen but that didn't slow him down none and who could forget Jullien Thorpe with the 14 string Sho~Bud I made the mistake of sitting down to that one night wow I don't know if you remember but I have seen some pretty good battles in the middle of broadway and you are right the tallent just dripped off there also if your ever talking to Neil Flanz ask him if he still plays honkey tonk music with the beer ca or small tomato juice can for a bar cause he sure did at the den[This message was edited by Bill cole on 07 January 2000 at 10:29 AM.]

Smiley Roberts · Post by **Smiley Roberts** » 7 Jan 2000 1:08 pm

SJ,
Thanks for posting this for me. I would've but,don't know how w/ WebTv. I don't,very often,get on a "soap box",but I felt that this needed to be brought to everyone's attention,that is planning to bring their families to Nashville,in the future.I believe Earl Erb said it all,so I won't repeat it. Since the "Nashville Scene" is a local publication,it will only be seen in this area.Therefore,I would urge you people, outside the "Music City" <--(whatta joke) area to c & p this article & send it to all your friends. They need to be made aware of this "All-American Family" shopping mall being erected for their wives & children to see.

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Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 7 Jan 2000 2:34 pm

Maybe they should remanme it to "Lower Broadway". That would fit with the current theme for the shopping center.

Actually the old Lower Broadway wasn't too bad on the weekends. Most of the winos would sort of fade away Friday and wouldn't reappear till Sunday morning. Except for the XXX Rated theater next to the bicycle shop, Lower Broadway back then wasn't too bad. It got worse after the Opry moved.

Billy Johnson · Post by **Billy Johnson** » 7 Jan 2000 3:18 pm

But guys,think of the possibilities of tourist goodies(toys):Candy Kisses,Tops that pop off,Trembling Lips(that talk back),I Love You Drops, Mini Girls on Billboards,Satin Sheets and the list goes on & on. Not that I'll be shopping there, but maybe a 10%discount for musicians which means 50% for the artists.Maybe even an autograph session after the opry,(they always love to do that),of course this is all in fun.Billy

Earl Erb · Post by **Earl Erb** » 7 Jan 2000 3:43 pm

Jack,I agree,lower broad wasn't too bad on the weekends but I have been here long enough to remember when there were NO porn shops and porn theaters.They sneaked in one at a time.If my memory serves me right when the Wheel closed its doors it was turned into the first porn theater.My old gal friend Sally Lorden was a ticket taker when she was out of work.
When the Opry moved things got so bad on lower broad that a couple of guitar players were murdered for a buck in the alleyway behind E.T's place,one being Hank Snows old guitar player whose name escapes me.[This message was edited by Earl Erb on 07 January 2000 at 03:48 PM.]

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 7 Jan 2000 4:24 pm

Hey!Whatsa matter. You guys never heard of "Sex,Drugs and Country Music.Where is the Clergy on this? Sounds like a job for Jimmy Swaggert .

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Bill cole · Post by **Bill cole** » 7 Jan 2000 6:46 pm

Hey it almost sounds like Jimmy Swaggert has already been there and maybe had Jerry Lee with him. Just think Jerry Lee sowing his wikd oats and Jimmy a praying for crop failure

Janice Brooks · Post by **Janice Brooks** » 7 Jan 2000 7:56 pm

>>>"It's nice out there," one clerk said between ringing up sales of hard-core tapes one recent afternoon. "This neighborhood around here is actually kind of seedy."<<<

All the more reason to keep them there.

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Billy Johnson · Post by **Billy Johnson** » 8 Jan 2000 1:36 am

Well folks heres the real story.There ain't no story. Its seems the article in the nashville scene was a hoax. I asked about it tonight back stage at the opry. The story was printed under the heading "The Fabricator". I guess they print false info in there all the time as a joke. The really sad part of this is, it sure seems like something a company would do for the $$$. By the way, the change in the staff band did'nt draw any more folks. Billy

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 8 Jan 2000 3:15 am

Earl, the first xxx theater, that I remember was there while the "Wheel" was still going. I can't remember the order, but it was the Music City lounge, then Little Roy's music store, then the bicycle shop and then either the xx movie theater or the wheel or the wheel then the theater. I don't remember if there was a pawn shop between them and ET's record shop or not.

There's a funny, but true, story about that XX theater. One of the banks on down lower Broadway was robbed one day and the guy went north on Broadway, and the police thought he may have went into the XX movie theater to hide. -- you have to also remember this was 1971 and they were more taboo than they are today --- Anyway the cops come into the theater and turned up the lights and started checking everyone in the theater. The robber wasn't in there but apparently there were a lot of worried "upright citizens" that were really concerned about being caught in that type of place and thought sure the theater was being raided.

Bill cole · Post by **Bill cole** » 8 Jan 2000 7:37 am

SJ who would ever want to beat you up look at it this way it brought back some old memories that we all had been long forgotten and I might add for some of some great memories and it is good to look back and see what we looked like back then so we all never forget we were all young once. Except Ed. Nalor of course he's always been this way

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 8 Jan 2000 8:15 am

SJ,I missed it too.With all the bad things that happen in the business it was easy to believe. That would have been the ultimate in hypocrosy by the Gay_Lords. It was not much of a joke by the writer sort of an iresponsible S.F. The good thing is it brought out things of the past,memorys.

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Janice Brooks · Post by **Janice Brooks** » 8 Jan 2000 1:21 pm

I will close this topic as soon as i figure out the command.