Nashville said goodbye to the man behind one of its most celebrated venues this week, as Earl JT Gray, owner of The Station Inn, passed away at 75.
Tiny in size but huge in legacy, The Station Inn is a long-venerated home for live bluegrass and roots music in Nashville, with a long list of famous patrons and performers. Gray bought the club and its unimposing cinder-block building in 1981 — back when the bustling Gulch neighborhood of today was just a sleepy side street — and he built it into a charming, no-frills haven for music lovers of all stripes.
