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Today I learned that my old man got around Nashville in 1972.

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I have some ongoing text threads about music with some friends so when one of them mentioned Johnny Cash, I retold a story that my dad told me about going to his house. And since I have all the old family slides I went looking for proof<sub>1</sub>.

![](/img/nashville-cash.jpg)

But I found a bunch of interesting photos in that same folder<sub>2,3</sub>.

![](/img/nashville-tubbs_tootsies.jpg)

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1. Johny Cash House - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Cash
2. Earnest Tubb Record Shop - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Tubb_Record_Shop
3. Tootsie's Orchid Lounge- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tootsie%27s_Orchid_Lounge