Tootsie's Orchid Lounge
- Address
- 422 Broadway
- Website
- Phone
- 615-726-7937
Lonely Planet review for Tootsie's Orchid Lounge
The most venerated of the downtown honky-tonks, Tootsie's vibrates with boot-stompin' every night of the week. In the 1960s, club owner and den mother 'Tootsie' Bess nurtured the likes of Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings. Now, up-and-coming country musicians play the two tiny stages and it's not unusual for big stars to stop by for an impromptu jam session.








