Iconic Music Clubs of the South

Music is an integral part of any culture. Before music artists makes it to the large venues. They must start with the smaller stages. Some of them are cinderblock buildings with no windows. Others are more wide open holding almost 1000 people. Meet you at the table to talk about some of these beautiful, humble beginnings. 

I'm Lainie, and I'm Laura Beth, and we are Steel Magnolias.  The strength of steel with the grace of a magnolia. We are here to have uplifting conversations about life in the south. And we've got plenty of room at our table, So pull up a chair.

Welcome back to the Steel Magnolias podcast. If you are new to our proverbial table, welcome. We're glad you're here. Not sure how you found us, but it was probably from a friend. So be sure to thank that friend if you enjoy this episode today. And we do hope that you will enjoy it. I'm excited to talk about this subject because we are music lovers. Yeah. And it is summertime and music just goes hand in hand with the season of summer.  So there's festivals and concert tours being announced and road trips are being planned. Get your Chacos ready.  It just is the soundtrack of summer totally no matter what kind of music you like, usually music is a part of your summer in some respects. So we're so pumped to talk about this topic. And it took a lot of distilling down into what we've got today because the original title was going to be iconic southern venues.  And that opened up a huge can of worms. I had to text Laura Beth and say, Okay, I have 35 so far on my list, which we typically try and stay around a top 10 kind of list. Yeah. And that's obviously not going to work. So I'm like we're gonna have to break it down. Do we want to do outdoor/ indoor? Nope, still too big do we want to do? Yeah, based on capacity? Like, how are we breaking this down? Because this is a hard one.

So we do have a breakdown, but it's going to be several volumes. It's not going to be we're not doing a series. It's not gonna be like the next consecutive episodes because we may

lose people. Music freaks like us, but we did decide that we would start with smaller venues that are indoors, we're just calling them music clubs, because I think under 1000 or 1000 ish. Yeah, I mean, that's even funny to say, because a couple of them on my list are like, maybe 50. Yeah, I have a couple of 100 ish 300

Yeah, I mean, that's very different field than 1000. But we had to break it down some kind of way.

For sure. If you are not, like how many people are in a room kind of person. Like I am like, I have a hard time sizing up a room. Okay, and see, stop right now. And think about your favorite venue in your town and go look up the capacity of it. Oh, that's a great idea. Have a frame of reference when we're talking about these places of oh my gosh, that's half the size of my favorite venue in town or whatever. Maybe

even your if you know about like your church sanctuary, if you know if it's 500 they can Okay, three, you know, okay, who knows what works for you. But let's go. Okay, some of these we've been to and that's even more fun to some of them I've been to and then I have like at least three or four that are now on my bucket list. After doing my research Oh, I'm like and one other qualifier lay a place I want to go. These are all open still. Oh, yeah. Like we're not talking about ones that have closed down. Those are epic, too. There's some epic, especially when you think about historic theaters. That's another one of our slots. Oh my goodness. So yeah, these are all open. So I'm going to kick off right here in Nashville, Tennessee, you will hear a lot of Nashville because as you know, this is Music City. I mean, there's a reason people come here to get discovered it's because people come here and get discovered.  There are producers everywhere and they're sitting in on these writers nights and small clubs. And so that really happens to people even today. So the Exit/In it's literally written out exit slash in the accident opened here in Nashville in 1971. It is a so it came here when oh, we're the same

our family's the same age as the Exit/In in Nashville. It has a capacity of 500 Standing room only there's a couple of seats up in the upstairs section and gosh, I forgot about that. You are looking for a seat. You're out of luck because this is a very small venue. Jimmy Buffett was the first show how iconic is that? Steve Martin writes about the accident in his book Born standing up. Sting is wearing an excellent t shirt which is black and white like yes it's icon very Nashville iconic. He's wearing it in the police's Zenyatta Mondatta album artwork. So let me just I mean there's 10s of 1000s of performers that have played the accident so I'm just going to rattle off a bunch now again 500 seats and not even seats 500 People standing shoulder to shoulder.  Etta James,Rosanne Cash, Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt, Talking Heads Billy Joel, Muddy Waters, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Willie Nelson, Kings of Leon, Lucinda Williams, the Allman Brothers Band, REM Do I have your attention? 

So we had a little drama 2019/ 2020 with the building? Yes, there was drama of a buyout of the building, and then in April with everything in Nashville, but that's a whole other subject.

In April of 2021, the longtime operators of the Exit/In Chris and Talisha Cobb, they attempted to raise enough money to out buy the development firm that was about to purchase the building. And they raised over $200,000, which is respectable through their GoFundMe site. But the AJ capital firm, which was the development firm, they closed on the property for 6.45 million crazy so they were a little bit outbid there. Okay, now in AJ Capital Partners defense there, they are a local development firm that relocated here from Chicago in 2020. So they haven't been go very long, local using that lightly. They are, they are saying that they have no plans to develop on it, because they actually were the ones that went in deemed it a historic landmark. Okay, and so that does show okay, maybe it is going to be preserved. Yeah. And their founder said the company's intent was never to turn the accident into a hotel or in to any other use. So maybe it's safe. If you're in Nashville, even if you're not planning to grab tickets to a show at the Exit/In. It's still worth driving by just to even appreciate the little corner it sits on. Yeah, even that little neighborhoods cool. Yeah, listen. Elliston place. Yeah, that's a very fun area. 

Okay. Another huge cultural iconic city in the south for music is New Orleans. Oh, yeah. And there's a place called tip patinas that I want to mention holds about 800 people have not visited this venue yet, but it's on my list now. So this venue, first of all, is nice. It's the place the name Tipitina’s comes from a song written by a very revered musician in New Orleans, that they called Professor Longhair. He was a pianist. His true name is Henry Roland Byrd. Okay. But anyhow, he is very revered rhythm and blues musician in that whole New Orleans scene. Cool. And Tipitina was a song that he wrote. So this one of many songs that he wrote, he also wrote a song apparently a lot of people know called Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Okay, anyway, so and that's played, obviously in carnival. Like that would be down there for sure. Yes, so this man. This particular Club was kind of established in 1977 as a neighborhood juke joint but also as a place for him to perform in his final years.

Wow. So it's survived lots of different changes of ownerships and a brief closing in 1984 been open most of the time. Okay, since 77. Anyway, the list of artists that have played this venue is crazy. Many of the beloved artists of New Orleans have played it meaning Dr. John, the Neville Brothers, Cowboy Mouth, Better Than Ezra. Lots of those names but also national artist Wilco. Nine Inch Nails Pearl Jam, Lenny Kravitz, Bonnie Raitt, James Brown, Nine Inch Nails. I said that already. Wow. Wow, it goes on and on Goo Goo Dolls. Willie Nelson. That's the list goes on. You’ve gotten to see any of those people at that venue. You are lucky.

I mean, yeah, I just it's so sweet when you can come across a show that later the band is so epic and you're like I saw them, especially if you had that feeling when you were there like, yeah, this stage is already too small for them. Yeah, right. Yes. That's so cool. 

Well, I'll mention the 40 Watt.

Oh man, okay. Athens, Georgia.  Now you'll hear some college towns mentioned and we were talking even before we hit record, college towns are a breeding ground for good music because you got a good music loving fan base there. That's right, you got talent, a talent pool of young people that might have a little bit more expendable time on your hands to practice right? Just you know, it just kind of is a nice environment for clubs. So though it's been in five different locations Since opening in 1979. The 40 Watt is definitely an iconic club, I would say and it's 500 ish. Yes, thank you meant to mention that 500 capacity. This is the home base for countless countless numbers of Athens bands such as our em the B52s,  Drive by truckers. And it's apparently got just incredible sound easy access to like getting around the club which is nice like easy access to the bar really friendly staff you know, like some couches delight, like more fun place to work. If you're a student at Georgia than the 40 Watt, but I can't imagine if I saw any of these bands in a 500 capacity to see REM Nirvana Snoop Dogg, Iggy Pop Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth Run DMC the Black Crowes, My morning jacket, Deirks Bentley. The Killers John Mayer. I mean, I just saw John Baylor's in a 500. I mean, I just saw John Mayer at Bridgestone Arena here in Nashville and paid a penny for it a pretty penny. I mean, Kenny Chesney Sugar Land, I mean, all different genres. Wow. And I'm pretty sure the Drive by truckers do an annual homecoming show. Oh, there that's like even maybe like a three night run or something. Okay, that's so well, I love it. 

Well, I'll just stick with the college town. Okay. The cat's cradle. That's a cute name. It's about 750. Capacity venue. And this is in Carrboro, North Carolina, which is just about a mile from the North Carolina Chapel Hill Campus. UNC Chapel Hill. Okay. So it has been that area that they called the triangles, Premier live music event venue for quite some time. Okay. So this one, you know, also allows both some established bands and some up and coming acts okay to be seen on their stage. And it's some of the same ones. We've already mentioned Public Enemy, Nirvana. John Mayer, Joan Baez, Iggy Pop, are some of the ones that have played that. Okay. So what did you what that is telling me is that Those are the names of people that were willing, yes, to start somewhere small, or that didn't have an overnight success.  Like they had to do the circles. Yeah, that's right. Make the Yeah, hit those place. Yeah, for quite a while before they go. I didn't have a Adele type turned around of like, okay, yeah, arena tour stadiums. Here we go. Yeah, exactly.

That's cool. 

Well, I know I mentioned, I'm going to be in Nashville a bit. And I'm going to go ahead and talk about the one that if you know music venues that you're probably like, When is she going to talk about the bluebird cafe? So I'll go ahead and do that. Well, yes. So the bluebird Cafe has about tiny 90 seats. It's the smallest one on my list. It opened in 1982. I always think I'm not at the right section of the street when I get to because Bluebird, it is not. It's not in downtown Nashville. It's in like the suburb of Nashville. And yeah, it's considered a suburb. Yeah, that green hills areas where I'm talking about it's so small. I literally bought my wedding dress next door, it's on a strip mall. So anyway, but this is what's crazy. So it opened in 1982. And at the time, the the owner she was I think dating a guitarist, so she wanted to start to incorporate music into her restaurant. It was a restaurant that started saying, Okay, we'll do music. Well, then she felt like she had like this two headed creature is her words, because during the day, it was a lady's lunch place.

How funny I don't I didn't know this. I didn't either, but I mean, flowered tablecloths, tuna salad. Then mid afternoon they take the tablecloths off and bring sound systems in and have live music. People like Chet Adkins and Minnie Pearl would come for lunch. I'd never heard that before. Then it just sort of evolved into a live music spot. So lunch got dropped, it was just getting more and more popular in the evening for for the reason of the the music needs that were surfacing. And even beyond that, they were doing multiple genres of music, but the one that seemed to be really special was the night they did this writers in the round. Yeah. Okay. And so if you've, if you know the name, Ken Burns, incredible filmmaker, he's featured the bluebird in his country music, which was so excellent film it. The bluebird even has its own documentary called Bluebird: an accidental landmark that changed music history. So if you're interested in learning more about the Bluebird, there's that film as well. It is marked as the place that Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift were discovered. I'm putting that in quotes, sharing their songs. And the intimacy of this place cannot be overstated. Here's what's crazy to ticket prices, because again, because you don't know who's well, you do know who's coming, but you don't know who might guest appear. They're like 15 bucks. Yeah. 10 To 15 I think I think they tend to have a like, $10 or they want you to buy food or alcohol. Yeah. Yeah, kind of like a comedy club that wants you to at least have some sort of a tab going but you have to have reservations and then even with your reservations, you're gonna encounter first door did to for general admission seating. But it is seats, its tables, like you said, it's or you know, you're going to have a server getting you food. But I mean, it's not unlikely for someone of the level of Steven Tyler of Aerosmith to sit in, right just show it like I'm in town to a song. I'm doing some writing over a couple of streets over thought I'd sit down and do a couple songs. That's insane. That would be so fun. So the bluebird is certainly one that even if you don't know the names, if you have an evening in Nashville, yeah, get some tickets. Yeah, and they do I mean, you have to try out to play it. So it's not like you're gonna be sitting there and it's some awkward like, gosh, you know, 12 year old Yeah, just got up there like they're legit. in Sunday nights, or the big writers night and the movie is coveted. Yeah, the music is. Really, you know, it's written by you. It's not there yet. You do cover songs. Yes. Exactly. Musical. Like what's that great. Original original? Yeah.

Okay, so another one I wanted to mention is George's Majestic lounge in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Oh, cool. So this is the oldest and longest running live music venue in Arkansas. It actually opened in the 30s as more of a like social event dance kind of place. Okay. And then live shows started in the 70s. So some of the artists who've played at George's majestic lounge are Leon Russell, The Little River Band Delbert McClinton, Eddie Money, who I loved, Zac Brown Band, Sam hunt, on and on. But yeah, 700 people so that'd be a fun one to that is on your trip to Arkansas.

That's so cool. Okay, over in Asheville, North Carolina is The Orange Peel. I have had this one on my list just because it seems like artists that I follow when I get the email of like the tour that where they are, this is where they're playing. A lot of times if they're not playing in Nashville, this is like the closest to us, or Atlanta, you know, Asheville, North Carolina's orange peel barely got on my list because it's 1050. But I’m including it.

They call themselves a social aid and pleasure club, and I'll talk more on that a little bit. But it is again, a premiere spot for live music. They've hosted the Commodores. Oh my gosh. I loved the Commodores. love it acts of the 60s now it became vacant for a time period. That's kind of been a thread and some of the ones we've talked about vacancy time periods or moving around that's just part of being around for a long time rent goes up. Yeah, neighborhoods change. So a lot of these venues it's unique, especially if they're in the original Oh, that's super rare base that they started, but they are sort of attributed to bringing in artists like the Smashing Pumpkins, Arcade Fire, Bob Dylan again. In 1050 capacity, they are known for recognizing, you know legendary performers before they're legendary performers. Everyone from Bob Dylan to Ziggy Marley to Wilco, they've performed all to sold out audiences. So in New Orleans, the term social aid and pleasure club describes organizations that provide comfort or care or just entertainment to its membership. So the orange peels mission is to do all of that and more for the whole area of western North Carolina. They host a number of benefits there. They do Galas and weddings and birthday parties, and even memorial services. So that's why they're holding on to that social aid and pleasure club title, but I thought that was That sounds so vintage to me.

Yeah, well, I think that was that's one of the hotspots for sure. Okay. Austin, Texas, who also college town and, you know, like that's, I know, it's big. It's a big city, bigger city, but there's a place called The Continental club. That just sounds epic. 

This is now on my list. It's just 200 people, which that's pretty stinking small. Yeah, it is. It started as a swanky, supper club. And then it later became like a working man's blue collar bar. I'm just reading this from their website. I love that, where it opened at 7am and eventually grew to be one of the premier live music venues presenting bands like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Paul Ray and the Cobras and many more back in the late 70s. And through the early 80s. And then from like 83 to 87 it became a hotbed for new wave, punk and rock and roll bands like Social distortion. Oh my gosh, and one of my favorites in the 80s The Replacements So anyhow, this place is still hoppin, they've had Robert Plant has played this stage. I just think like happened. But Zepplin let's see him on a stage of 200. No, but there's so much good music in Austin. That could be its own episode sometime talking about Austin City Limits and just all the goodness that comes out of that whole town, but the Continental Club. Austin in Nashville, so much get compared to one another. So I'm glad that you had an Austin venue to mention. 

Alright, shifting back to New Orleans briefly, I would love to mention Preservation Hall in New Orleans capacity-100. This place sounds amazing. It does. So founded in 1961. This is one of New Orleans oldest venues. The story of Preservation Hall though, dates back to the 50s. And I have I absolutely love this, it started as a way to preserve the legacy of jazz. So a lot of the stuff that we're talking about now, when they were founded probably weren't thinking this is going to be talked about one day, right? Well, Preservation Hall, I kind of started as a place to make sure not necessarily, they wanted to preserve the music of jazz because it was a little bit getting overshadowed by the teenage Elvis craze happening and the Beatles and there was just a lot of overshadowing of jazz. And so there was a very small art gallery on St. Peter Street, excuse me in New Orleans, which is in the French Quarter. And upon opening the gallery, the proprietor, Larry Bornstein. He founded it and this gallery and that basically started taking all his time. And then he realized I'm not going to have time to go into jazz concerts anymore. I've got this gallery I'm running and I love jazz. And so he started to invite the musicians to have rehearsals over in his gallery, so he could at least be hearing jazz. So then he eventually moved his gallery to a nearby building because the jam sessions are growing, right? So it's almost like they're so good that they're just jamming this is as good as they're going to be on stage right later that evening or the following day. So he moves his gallery and about that time, a young couple on an extended honeymoon comes through town, the Jaffes, and they began to work with him and ownership of the Preservation Hall began, which was very unique in that it was a racially integrated place. Yes. Okay, the bands were integrated. The patrons were integrated at a time when that was very unusual. No, this is like Jim Crow era of the South. But that's what they were most familiar with. They're from Pennsylvania, Sandra and Alan Jaffe. And so in 1963, Alan Jaffe, he organized the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. So they're so good, like, just let's just make a band out of all these sort of session players that we've got around here. And they had a string of performances in the Midwest and he is on record as saying like they're going to be a hit and true to his estimation. The tour was a success interest in the band began to bubble not just around New Orleans, but as all all the way into other countries. And following the decades of the band traveling, they're still with us today. They have played with the Grateful Dead. They've played for the King of Thailand, all kinds of open doors for this band. Now Alan Jaffe had an untimely passing in 1987. But the Preservation Hall and the preservation jazz band, like I said, they they are continuing on they now operate under Jaffe second son, Benjamin, so you can still go hear great music, New Orleans jazz, the band plays every Tuesday night. There's there's music every night of the week. But this band this band is jazz Hall band that Preservation Hall Jazz Band they play every Tuesday night, but I will say they are going on tour with Josh Groban this summer, fun. So they're opening for him. So they're probably going to be gone a lot of your summer dates. So if you're really banking on seeing them, make sure to check their tour dates with Josh Groban, because if you imagine

there have been tickets don't miss the opener.

Absolutely. He's coming here. So I kind of wanted to see it. But they have so many great photos, black and white old photos that are on their website. I would highly encourage people to go check it out because I had so much fun looking at old photos. I loved the way that people were dressed. I know the musician I know back when it was yeah,

it was just everything looks so classy. But they also look very hot. And you know, I mean it's New Orleans for Goodness sake. well when we were doing the research for this podcast that was also on my list and I was putting in my notes you know what I wanted to say for each place and when it came to preservation all up but just look at website because there was so much I didn't even know what to include. Yeah, the history is pretty lengthy so I hope I did an okay job summarizing that for you guys. But yeah, great job. Iconic for sure.

On a number of levels. 

Okay, I'm going tiny next, That was pretty tiny- It was 100 You're going smaller? I am going half of that.This place we've actually seen Okay, yeah. Reds Lounge in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

Oh my gosh, if you if we weren't doing a slow roll through town, we would have missed it.

We actually did this. It was said in the intro that some of these are cinderblock places with no windows. This is what I was talking about. Yeah, this place is I mean, there's no website, if you're going to Clarksdale you'll just have to ask around now you can look it up I think TripAdvisor or something you can find things about it. But there's no website. No. This place was it's owned and was started by a man named Red Paden. He is often behind the bar or tending the smoker, which is outside on the porch. Do you remember that?

I'm so glad you mentioned that because I didn't want to interrupt you. But I was about to say imagine a huge smoker that covered pretty much pretty much the entire poor front facade.

There's no windows. There's nothing lovely about this place. But it is iconic blues. In the middle of the Delta, the home of the blues. Yeah. So Kingfish, who we've talked about on our blues episode before has played here. Lots of blues names, many of which I don't know. I know some blues names Watermelon Slim, Lucious Spiller, Mark Mule man, Massey, Robert Bilbo Walker. have all played this venue. So if you're into the blues, this might be a pilgrimage for you.

There's not a lot of places that are 50 seats that have live music happening right owner at the smoker now front or behind the bar Yeah That alone

should draw you in and it's like you there's like red Christmas lights because it's red so there's like red Christmas lights all hanging on the walls but it's just very very casual

We had Laura Beth’s son Jacob with us and it's more of a nightclub, so and you know it's in an area where just being a couple girls I don't know that we would want to go alone. Yeah, safety first.  Certainly not with a four year old. So it is but it would be so fun to hear music there. It's just yeah, it's just one of those lovely places that I hope stays intact because you just you just know there's the walls could talk right there was one that used to be there in that area that's not open anymore called Po monkeys. I don't think it's open anymore. Okay. But um, Red’s is still around.

Well, the last one on my list is the station in Oh, another Nashville Nashville capacities about 150. So in 1974, the Station Inn and was opened by a group of six bluegrass pickers and singers. It has been in two locations. So it's at its second location where it stands today, but it's been at this one for a long time. So it's been owned by JT Gray since 1981. He actually died last year at age 75. The Station Inn mourned that so he's he's deeply mourned in our city. The station in lives on though. JT Gray was a musician raised in Corinth, Mississippi, which is just over the Tennessee border here, which we've talked about when we talked about Slug Burgers. Yes, absolutely. Corinth, Mississippi keeps coming up. He moved here in the 70s. And he transformed the club to kind of a coffee house sort of vibe. It was near Nashville's Vanderbilt University, so that definitely works to have a coffee house kind of vibe near a college campus, but the owners themselves they were the house band, okay, built in entertainment. That's perfect. They changed hands a couple of times. And it is been in our 12th Avenue South area, called the Gulch area, before it was The Gulch. It was there long before it was called the Gulch. It moved there in 1978. So many of the world's I mean successful musicians have played the Station Inn including Billman row. Alan Jackson Dirks, Bentley, Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, John Prine, the venue has been around for so long and so many generations that there are people that like it's a generational kind of trip to bring your loved ones through. There is a sort of a same vibe as the Bluebird, like never know who might sit in a session or just hop up on stage. Some of the people that were known to have taken the stage before they were big names include Chris Stapleton, The Old crow medicine show, they were like a house band there for a very long time. Deirks Bentley, all of them had a household name there for a long run in a venue of 150 people.

So I've been here a few times. And even sometimes you're just one time you and I were there together. And I can't remember who the woman that was playing. She was just a player behind the band. But she was really good. And then it goes down later that she played with several different well known artists. Yeah, yeah. And that happens. These are like, session players or background singers or Yeah, the band that rubbed shoulders with all the Nashville. Big name. Yeah. So that's really fun to me to Jenny Lynn was her name. Okay. Yeah. If you want to look her up. She's, I mean, all of these all of the people that you see there, you're like, they could have their own their own live recording happening right now. Yeah. And it would be a hit. And they might actually have that, like, that's another thing that's funny is, you know, she could be like, oh, yeah, and I have five CDs if you're interested, too.

I'm like, Who are you? Yeah, yeah, that's true.

Well, the last one I had on my list was the Charleston Music Hall in Charleston, South Carolina is 965. So knocking on 1000 Okay, people, but it's steeped in history. Now, it didn't start as a music hall it started. It's one of the oldest buildings on the block that it's on. It was a tower depot. It was built as a passenger station of the South Carolina railroad. And then later, after B It was a passenger depot and then it closed down It's so wild to think about like that was all pre Civil War. Oh, well, following the Civil War, it became the Charleston bagging manufacturing company where they made woven fiber bags. Okay. So it didn't become a music venue until later. Okay. In 1995, the Bennett Hoffard company facilitated the halls amazing transformation into this arts venue. Oh, I bet it's glorious, and but I just wanted to mention it because it's even been. David Byrne has played here. Joan Baez has played here, but one of our Nashville favorites. The renowned bluegrass musician Ricky Skaggs. Yeah won a Grammy for a live album that was recorded at this venue. Oh, cool. 2003. So if you are a Ricky Skaggs fan, you may have already heard music from the Charleston Music Hall, whether you knew that's where it was or not. Well, that's cool. Because he is being a bluegrass picker.  He had his pick of lots of other venues. Some we've discussed already. So that's very interesting, really like something about some special look or the sound of the Charleston Music Hall.

Maybe on your next Charleston trip, you can take a peek and see who's going to be there. We love Charleston, we had some honorable mentions that we could I say just gotta say, even if they just get name and a little nod:  The Burl in Lexington, Kentucky. So it was originally built in 1926. I don't guess I need to go into all of the details of that, but it's holds about 300. Now their honorable mention is the Bradfordville blues club in Tallahassee. It's one of the cinderblock juke joints, but has had some very well known blues artists. So there's another honorable mention. The Zanzibar Theatre in Louisville holds about 350 that's one we didn't want to not mention another college town of Oxford Mississippi has Proud Larry's about 300 people

that that sounds like a spring break spot to me Proud Larrys.

Right? Well, it's had Jason Isbell, kingfish, muddy Magnolia, okay, some of those fun names. So that's just a few honorable mentions that we wanted to honor time but okay, my nod so y’all what did we miss? There's somebody out there going. You didn't include someone so did their live recording it? Yeah, let us know. message us through Instagram at Steel Magnolias podcast or jump on our website, Steel Magnolias. podcast.com Let us know what we miss. But we

do know that we still have some outdoor venues, we still have some bigger capacity venues, we still have more dance halls. I mean, there's lots we can go to it had to be open today under 1000 or 1000. capacity or under and we put a qualifier that somebody significant had to kind of play there. Maybe even even better if they were like a nobody when they played there, you know,

so fun. Well, so that was such a good fun

episode. I'm so charged up to talk about the other sorts of categories that we put together, but we'll you'll have to wait on that. So until next time, we hope you guys have a great week. And with that, Peace be with you, And also with y’all.