Digging in the South
NeverEnoughMoney
300 Posts
All,I'm traveling down to the South for the first (and maybe last) time and I'd like to hit up a few spots. Record stores, fleas, thrifts, BBQ joints, anything else of interest. I'm going to be - at some point or another - around Huntsville/Madison (Alabama), Nashville, Atlanta, and surrounding areas. Best of all, I'm going to have a car at my disposal (not something that happens much in NY).If any of you have suggestions, they'd be greatly appreciated. I'd be willing to return the favor for those visiting NY.Thanks.
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I can't speak on Nashville, but, in all seriousness, if you're trying to find out of the way spots, most have already been hit. It's just luck of the draw at fleas/thrifts depending on who died and just got their attic cleaned out. And, honestly, the type of people that run these places aren't going to be interested in any "New York boys" asking questions about records. They can smell it, trust me. Just get the phone book and drive around to thrifts, maybe you'll get lucky.
As far as BBQ, the places you listed are ehh IMO; you need to be going to Memphis and NC.
Have fun
I don't have any illusions of stumbling on a goldmine or talking to some ol' thrift hand who just happens to be the son of an old school record plugger who left behind stacks and stack of unwanted and unplayed records just taking up room in this guys basement.
I'm looking for some spots to look for records. Of course, I'd rather get them at a great price than a good one, but when it's all said and done, I just want to look for records in a different locale when I'm there. Same thing I'd be doing in NY.
Oh, but I will be wearing my three piece Armani with loafers, a big stogey, and a Tiffany's money clip while sprinkling my sentences with Yiddish words...but I don't think they'll smell the 'New York boy' in me...
Don't forget to remind them who won the war
Not sure yet - how far from Huntsville are they? Looks like it might be at least 3 hours from the map I'm looking at, but hard to tell.
I'm pretty sure Huntsville, AL will be my base.
I'll be rocking this shirt when it gets too hot for the three piece, so hopefully it will do the trick:
besides that there are no records in GA or the south as a whole.
Huntsville to Montgomery is at least 3 hours, which means Huntsville to Columbus is about 4 1/2 hours. Best advice: hollar at yoigotbeats.
And 33third.com was right: there really isn't much to get excited about, record wise, in GA. Hit up some strip clubs.
my advice, stay off interstates and drive by secondary roads. you'll see thrifts and antique malls that way (not to mention real restaurants as opposed to applebees and tacobell)
thursdays, fridays, saturdays , sundays, ask people about the fleamarkets near by.
Yes, and this is the way to travel regardless of weather or not you want ot find records. Its nice to actually see shit besides rest stops and chain restaurants.
The antique mall that I usually frequent yields some decent wax. It's a big unorganized pile of wax in the back of said mall and nobody goes there but me.
You're not missing anything except for stories that begin with "When I was stationed in Germany..." and go downhill fast from there. But that's Columbus for ya. But for all I know, we're talking about different flea markets.
...and me, though it's been a few months.
There's no free breakfast in Macon anymore, but I've seen billboards for massage parlors around there.