Kris Kristofferson
There probably isn't a country artist in Nashville who hasn't bragged about performing at the Ryman Auditorium, then sneaking
out the back door and across the alley to
Tootsie's Orchid Lounge. To celebrate the
bar's milestone anniversary, you can make that same legendary walk yourself. On a purple carpet, no less. Tootsie's is marking
50 years as one of lower Broadway's best bar-slash-music-rooms with a star-studded night. First, there is the Ryman show with
Kris Kristofferson,
Mel Tillis,
Little
Jimmy Dickens,
Terri Clark,
Mark Chesnutt,
the Grascals, Ronnie McDowell and new artist
Joanna
Smith on Nov. 7.
You can go to that for just
$50. If you want to hit the Tootsie's after-party that will stretch down the entire block on Broadway,
that'll
be $150. And if all you want to do is party at Tootsie's, that's $110. There will be free hors d'oeuvres, surprise guest
performances and more. I'm sure the music will be thoroughly entertaining and the food will be Nashville's finest, but the
purple carpet walk might be the most priceless part of the night.
