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  • TOOTSIE'S ORCHID LOUNGE
    422 Broadway
    Nashville, TN
    615-726-0463

    The place to be in the early '60s, Opry stars would steal across the alley from the Ryman and throw back a few while between shows. Why? Owner "Tootsie" Bess had a soft spot for struggling writers, and nurtured the stomachs—and bar tabs—of greats like Roger Miller, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson. More recently, Terri Clark and Eric Heatherly cut their teeth here before finding chart success. Today, the purple facade anchors Lower Broadway's colorful past, and the interior walls are suffocated with publicity stills of the greats, the hopefuls and never-wills who came to town chasing dreams.


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