Unfortunately, Tootsies was one of the places in Nashville I did not make it to last summer. We were at Roberts right next door, though. Tootsies is a Nashville institution and probably as important to country, western and honky tonk music as the Ryman. It sits just across Ryman Alley from the Ryman Auditorium. It was said that a drunken Willie Nelson sold a song for a hundred bucks. Patsy Cline then went a made Crazy a country music staple. Others hung out there during the 60's and 70's. Kris Kristofferson and Tom T. Hall were two. Many performers at the Opry would cross the alley for some refreshment before their show. It was said that it was 17 steps from the Ryman's back door to Tootsies, but it was 34 steps back.
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