JerryJeff
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Hernando's Hideaway is coming back. Dale Watson bought it.
Quote:Watson recalls his first visit to Hernando's Hideaway in 1983.
“I had to see what it looked like," he said. "It was pretty ‘Woo!' It was a rough little place. It was very dark and had a lot of carpet. Very smoky and that was just in the daytime. But I'm glad I went in there back then."
"What I really love about Memphis and what it's doing, as opposed to what I see in Austin or Nashville or other places, is it doesn't seem so quick ... to tear down places that are part of the soul of Memphis," Watson said. "And so, it's nice to see that type of thing, because it keeps the character of the city and the soul of the city intact. I feel like that's what we're doing with Hernando's."
Quote:“The cost of living here is amazing,” Watson said. “So is the cost of housing. And so, I jumped on it, and I just fell in love with what Memphis has become. I used to come here and it always felt so depressed. … It just seemed that there is a palpable change of the air in Memphis. It feels like the city became proud of itself again.”
Music back at the Hideway
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kabluey
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RE: Hernando's Hideaway is coming back. Dale Watson bought it.
Very good news. Dale Watson seems to be embracing Memphis. Hopefully we are embracing him back!
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JerryJeff
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RE: Hernando's Hideaway is coming back. Dale Watson bought it.
(02-20-2019 03:33 PM)kabluey Wrote: Very good news. Dale Watson seems to be embracing Memphis. Hopefully we are embracing him back!
I go see him every chance I get.
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kabluey
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RE: Hernando's Hideaway is coming back. Dale Watson bought it.
(02-20-2019 03:37 PM)JerryJeff Wrote: (02-20-2019 03:33 PM)kabluey Wrote: Very good news. Dale Watson seems to be embracing Memphis. Hopefully we are embracing him back!
I go see him every chance I get.
I recall his initial move here (purchase of the Whitehaven property and move of the Ameripolitan Awards here) gave many Austinites (-inians?) a wakeup call about how they manage their growth and balance it against their history, and their views were complimentary about Memphis. That doesn't mean we are where we need to be, or that we aren't too architecturally/developmentally anchored to the past sometimes, but it was nice to read improving perspectives of my city.
The Ameripolitan Awards are coming up. Hopefully there is a great turnout.
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Hernando's Hideaway is coming back. Dale Watson bought it.
