Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Time: Noon
Song: Hope and the
High Road
Artist: Jason Isbell
Mode of Consumption:
Listening to vinyl record “Live from the Ryman.”
Link to Song: https://open.spotify.com/track/4EwXbhNj6JApo3R9b6uciW?si=c8b7281840f84238
It’s our final day of vacation, but we are at home, doing all the chores that pile up when gone for an extended period. Jodi sits down as the record begins to play:
“So, if this record sucks, does that mean we will look to sell our tickets?”
She was referring to the tickets to a Jason Isbell show in Rockford later this summer. The record I bought in Nashville, during a brief stop at the Ryman Auditorium gift shop. I hadn’t expected to buy any vinyl on vacation, but I thought it was appropriate. One, to get a record of a live concert in Nashville, and to get a live record of someone that I was going to see live soon.
As it turns out, I had more vinyl to sift through. On Sunday, Jodi’s Aunt Betty was at an auction, and they had a couple crates of records. She called us as we were meandering through northern Kentucky.
She mentioned there being a half-dozen Elvis records, a Ray Charles, a Merle Haggard. I said if they went for less than fifty, I’d take them.
They went for five dollars per crate.
It was almost entirely a country lot. Lots of Marty Robbins and George Jones. Loretta Lynn. Kenny Rogers.
The condition was fair. They need a good cleaning. I think I’ll see a decent profit on this one.
It was an appropriate
cap to my time off. A solid Jason Isbell record for the collection, and about
150 country records to put up for sale. It all fit nicely at the end of a visit
to country music’s home in Nashville.
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