Episode 36: Cory Branan

Thanks For Giving A Damn

Otis Gibbs

Society & Culture, Arts, Music, Performing Arts, Personal Journals

5 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2013

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Cory talks about growing up in Mississippi, Graceland Too, the Style Station outside of Waco, working at record stores, Lucero stories, Elvis’ karate dojo, Andy Kaufman and Memphis Wrestling, bartending at the Peabody Hotel, a great Prince story, his breakdancing… Continue Reading →

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0:00.0	I hope you guys had as good a weekend as Amy and I did. This is one of those weekends that remind us why we live here in East Nashville. On Saturday,
0:22.1	Emmy Lou Harris had a fundraiser for her dog rescue place called Bonaparte Retreat. And she played
0:29.2	Buddy Miller, Keb Mo, Sam Bush, John Hyatt, Bobby Bear, and a whole lot of other people played.
0:36.3	It was just a really fun, intimate, was outdoors on a beautiful Saturday.
0:41.4	And then the next day we went to a local party that happens a few times a year called the Red Barn Roundup.
0:47.2	It's here in East Nashville.
0:49.0	And got to see a lot of friends from the neighborhood.
0:51.2	It was just a really good way to spend a Sunday.
0:53.9	And then last night, Todd Snyder had a party. It was just a really good way to spend a Sunday. And then
0:54.2	last night, Todd Snyder had a party. It was a three kegger. And it was a bit of a strange,
1:01.2	fun evening, as you can imagine it might be, but got to hang out with Phil Kaufman and Chuck
1:06.5	Mead and a lot of other friends from the neighborhood. And just to give you a little idea what it was
1:10.7	like, they were showing skin flicks from the 60s,
1:13.6	projected against the side of this house.
1:15.6	The party was at a mansion.
1:17.6	It's called the Disgraceland Mansion.
1:19.6	And there were drag queens.
1:21.6	Todd ended up marrying two men.
1:23.6	I'm not sure if it was legal or not, but it was fun.
1:26.6	There was a big swimming pool.
1:28.8	I put a lot of pictures up on Twitter at Otis Gibbs, if you guys want to look on there and maybe
1:33.8	follow me and get an idea what the party was like. But I remember my favorite thing I heard
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