When I saw the subject line in my email, I wondered if you meant the Turnip Truck store or the old adage of falling off the turnip truck. I worked there when Stu did! So, bravo to this excellent post in multiple ways
Food service & retail, as you know, are full of people who are striving for other goals and those kind of jobs give them space to pursue their real thing. That branch of the TT was chock-full of creative people paying their bills and investing in their own pursuits. There was camaraderie there and Stu was the one guy we all knew would succeed. A joke many of us shared was that we’d love it if the standard sentence for a convicted white collar criminal was running a cash register where they shopped. A lot of us may have been aloof or surly but there were enough customers who condescended that we had to give attitude back. You & I have share another detail in the overall Sturgill Simpson story, but for similar reasons that you can’t tell them in public, neither can I. I may send you a DM though…
I popped into town just after you in 2015, when there was still an aura of magic to Nashville. I'm sure people still experience Nashville magic but the insane growth has dulled it for me at least a bit. Our first week here, we ate at a burger place in the Gulch and our waitress was a singer-songwriter named Bre Kennedy. She was extremely nice, helpful in pointing us around town, and it has been a trip to hear her on Lightning 100 over the years.
This was a fun read...Sturgill is one of my favorites. Thank you for sharing!
When I saw the subject line in my email, I wondered if you meant the Turnip Truck store or the old adage of falling off the turnip truck. I worked there when Stu did! So, bravo to this excellent post in multiple ways
How does my description square with working with him?
I’d say you read him right.
Food service & retail, as you know, are full of people who are striving for other goals and those kind of jobs give them space to pursue their real thing. That branch of the TT was chock-full of creative people paying their bills and investing in their own pursuits. There was camaraderie there and Stu was the one guy we all knew would succeed. A joke many of us shared was that we’d love it if the standard sentence for a convicted white collar criminal was running a cash register where they shopped. A lot of us may have been aloof or surly but there were enough customers who condescended that we had to give attitude back. You & I have share another detail in the overall Sturgill Simpson story, but for similar reasons that you can’t tell them in public, neither can I. I may send you a DM though…
I popped into town just after you in 2015, when there was still an aura of magic to Nashville. I'm sure people still experience Nashville magic but the insane growth has dulled it for me at least a bit. Our first week here, we ate at a burger place in the Gulch and our waitress was a singer-songwriter named Bre Kennedy. She was extremely nice, helpful in pointing us around town, and it has been a trip to hear her on Lightning 100 over the years.
This was a fun read...Sturgill is one of my favorites. Thank you for sharing!