OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Outdoor gear giant Bass Pro is snapping up rival Cabela's in a $4.5 billion deal announced Monday.
Bass Pro is paying Cabela's shareholders $65.50 cash per share, a 19 percent premium to Friday's closing price. The deal combines two companies known for their giant destination superstores.
58. Top Middle Tennessee commercial transactions for August 2016 - Friday, September 23, 2016
Top commercial real estate sales, August 2016, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
59. Nashville's ultimate holiday to-do list - Friday, September 23, 2016
Don’t let the fact Halloween is weeks away stop you from planning your Christmas season activities. From live shows to shopping, decide now what you and yours want to do later this winter.
63rd annual Nashville Christmas Parade
December 3
The theme for 2016 is The Musical Mile, so it’s only fitting that Grammy Award-winning artist Kelly Clarkson has been tapped as the Grand Marshal for the parade sponsored by Piedmont Natural Gas in partnership with Monroe Carrell Jr. Children’s Hospital and presented by Tootsie’s.
60. Churchwell named VUMC’s chief diversity officer - Friday, July 22, 2016
Andre Churchwell, M.D., the Levi Watkins Jr. M.D. Chair, professor of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and senior associate dean for Diversity Affairs, has been named to serve in the newly created role of chief diversity officer for Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
61. Artist captures venue’s stars, rich history in mural - Friday, July 22, 2016
Listening to the music of the artists selected for his Exit/In mural was one way semi-reformed graffiti artist Bryan Deese got in the mood for the stencils he cut for all of the people (and objects) that appear on his massive 45th Anniversary mural.
62. Mt. Juliet orchard owners giving up their slice of Eden - Friday, July 15, 2016
MT. JULIET – Bouncing the decade-old John Deere Gator through the golden-delicious orchard – the pastoral locale for so many autumn memories with my kids (when they were kids) – driver and orchard-master Tommy Breeden jostles us around trees, over uneven ground and beneath low-hanging fruit.
63. Bluegrass music patriarch Ralph Stanley dies at 89 - Friday, June 24, 2016
NASHVILLE (AP) — Ralph Stanley, a patriarch of Appalachian music who with his brother Carter helped expand and popularize the genre that became known as bluegrass, has died. He was 89.
64. Elvis producer Lincoln 'Chips' Moman dies at 79 - Friday, June 10, 2016
NASHVILLE (AP) - Lincoln "Chips" Moman, a Memphis producer, musician and songwriter who helped Elvis Presley engineer a musical comeback in the late '60s and then moved to Nashville to record Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and other top country performers, died Monday in LaGrange, Georgia. He was 79.
65. Estate sale pickers get piece of picker’s life - Friday, June 10, 2016
By the time the antique dealer from Leiper’s Fork finishes digging and winching to freedom the bronze statue that Tammy Wynette had installed decades ago in the red dirt of this Oak Hill front yard, I had talked about The Beverly Hillbillies, admired the office and desk where Louise Scruggs spent a day chasing Bob Dylan for me and culled through Earl Scruggs’ record collection with the thoughtful guidance of one of Nashville’s best upright bassists.
66. Can fans really help resuscitate ‘Nashville?’ - Friday, May 27, 2016
As it turns out, some of the best “Nashville’’ drama is playing off-screen following the series’ somewhat unexpected cancellation after four seasons.
Controversy surrounding the show’s demise – it was officially cancelled by ABC on May 12 – and possible revival is akin to classic country hit songs about lovin’ and leavin’, feudin’ and fightin’, money problems and greed, heartache and heartbreak, thinkin’ and drinkin’ – all played out over the last two weeks.
67. Guy Clark, Grammy-winning musician, dead at 74 - Friday, May 13, 2016
NASHVILLE (AP) - Texas singer-songwriter Guy Clark, who helped mentor a generation of songwriters and wrote hits like "L.A. Freeway" and "Desperados Waiting for a Train," has died. He was 74.
Clark died Tuesday at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, according to his manager, Keith Case. He'd been in poor health, although Case didn't give an official cause of death.
68. Top Middle Tennessee residential transactions for first quarter 2016 - Friday, May 6, 2016
Top residential real estate sales, first quarter 2016, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
69. Top Middle Tennessee residential transactions for March 2016 - Friday, April 15, 2016
Top residential real estate sales, March 2016, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
70. Working man's poet, Merle Haggard lived his life in song - Friday, April 1, 2016
NASHVILLE (AP) — Merle Haggard didn't just write great country songs, he lived them.
His real life experiences of poverty as the son of Oklahoma migrants, an early stint in prison and a life lived on the road gave his songs true grit when others would just have to imagine those scenarios for inspiration. Haggard wrote songs for the American working class to drink to, to dance to and to cry to.
71. Country icon Merle Haggard, champion of the underdog, dies - Friday, April 1, 2016
NASHVILLE (AP) - Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame through his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as "Okie From Muskogee" and "Sing Me Back Home," died Wednesday at 79, on his birthday.
72. Haslam seeks $12M for 'Nashville,' 'Million Dollar Quartet' - Friday, March 25, 2016
NASHVILLE (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam is proposing to spend $8 million to keep the ABC television show "Nashville" in the Tennessee capital.
The Republican governor's spending plan also includes $4.5 million to subsidize the CMT network's "Million Dollar Quartet" miniseries in Memphis.
73. Top Middle Tennessee residential transactions for February 2016 - Friday, March 25, 2016
Top residential real estate sales, February 2016, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
74. Documentary, album explore Loretta Lynn's Appalachian roots - Friday, February 26, 2016
NASHVILLE (AP) - When Loretta Lynn was growing up in Butcher Hollow in Kentucky in 1930s, her home in the coal mining community was always filled with music, either from her own voice echoing through the trees or the sound of the Carter Family's songs.
75. CMT to honor Kenny Rogers as artist of a lifetime - Friday, November 13, 2015
NASHVILLE (AP) — Kenny Rogers, who earlier this year announced his retirement from touring, will be honored as the CMT Artist of a Lifetime for his extensive music career spanning across multiple genres for decades.
76. Oak Ridge Boys, the Browns inducted into Hall of Fame - Friday, October 23, 2015
NASHVILLE (AP) — The sound of voices in synch filled the air as two of country music's greatest vocal harmony groups, the Oak Ridge Boys and the Browns, along with the late gifted guitarist Grady Martin were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday night.
77. Johnny Cash, Miranda Lambert, Steve Cropper get stars - Friday, October 2, 2015
NASHVILLE (AP) — Country stars Miranda Lambert and the late Johnny Cash, along with famed blues musician Steve Cropper, were honored Tuesday for helping to build Music City's reputation as a home for artists of any genre.
78. Nashville music producer Bob Johnston dead at age 83 - Friday, August 14, 2015
NASHVILLE (AP) - Music producer Bob Johnston, who played a key role in landmark recordings like Bob Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde" and Johnny Cash's "At Folsom Prison," is being remembered as a maverick who helped bring folk rock to Nashville.
79. Top Middle Tennessee residential real estate transactions for July 2015 - Friday, August 14, 2015
Top residential real estate transactions, July 2015, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
80. Old-time country, Stones intertwined - Friday, June 12, 2015
Joey, the CowPolka King, well remembers the times he would play acoustic bass, piano or his specialty – the accordion – and try to catch up after Cowboy Jack Clement launched into one of his favorite songs….
81. Events - Friday, May 29, 2015
Walk of Fame Park Reopening with Loretta Lynn & Jack White. Grammy-winning artists Loretta Lynn and Jack White will be inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame and will join Mayor Karl Dean in the official ribbon-cutting of the newly renovated Walk of Fame Park. Today, 1 p.m. Free and open to the public.
82. Events - Friday, May 22, 2015
Food truck Thursday. Enjoy a gathering of 15 to 20 local food trucks parked along Deaderick Street between 4th Avenue North and 5th Avenue North. This event will take place every other Thursday through the fall.
83. Can old favorites survive Nashville's ‘foodie’ revolution? - Friday, February 6, 2015
A few years ago, Tandy Wilson, chef and owner of City House, offered this tip about earning his respect as a diner: Don’t tell me you’re a foodie, he said, tell me you’re a “regular.”
84. $1M-plus sales reach new heights in 2014 - Friday, December 26, 2014
As 2014 comes to a close, the “Where does it end?” question is becoming more and more a part of the conversation.
And based on the past, it is a logical concern as buyers are being forced to pay more and more for houses with demand high and inventory low.
85. Music takes center stage for Nashville's New Year’s Eve - Friday, December 26, 2014
Cynics and service industry folks might call it “amateur night.” And one can hardly blame them as New Year’s Eve can turn even the most unassuming guest into a rowdy reveler for a night.
86. Festive drinks and fun venues - Friday, December 5, 2014
A number of new places opened in Nashville this year, bringing a bevy of new bourbons, crafted brews and incredible places to sit, relax and sip. If you are looking for more than a meal and want that genuine, trendy Nashville experience, here are a few hot spots.
87. Stonewall Jackson's little slice of heaven in heart of Brentwood - Friday, November 21, 2014
“Everybody has to meet his Waterloo,” sings honky-tonk hero Stonewall Jackson in his breakthrough No. 1 hit back in 1959.
Of course, that line, the entire song really, means everybody must meet his or her fate someday.
88. Goodpasture celebrates 50th anniversary - Friday, October 10, 2014
Aijalon Carter, 15, still remembers her first day as a timid 3-year-old at Goodpasture Christian School. Crying and scared, she was greeted by Miss Jill, her new preschool teacher and immediately felt better.
89. Singing Mechanic’s life much like the songs he sings - Friday, September 19, 2014
The Singing Mechanic – “I’ve got that name. Nobody else can use it,” says Billy Devereaux – sits by his worn, 1,200-square-foot, two-room cottage and looks down at Boots, his Dutch Shepherd.
90. Waylon Jennings' collection going up for auction - Friday, September 5, 2014
NASHVILLE (AP) — A collection of outlaw country singer Waylon Jennings' belongings will go on public auction this fall, including a rare 1958 motorcycle originally owned by Buddy Holly and locks of Willie Nelson's braided hair.
91. Big changes for CMA Fest, city since Fan Fair days - Friday, May 30, 2014
Media representing “big cities” have made much, uh, hay, about Nashville no longer being a rube-topolis, where hicks made what hardly would qualify as “music.”
“Nashville’s no longer just a town of hay bales and cornfields,” or words to that effect, have sprung from the laptops of the Fourth Estate from Gotham and elsewhere in “civilization” who have visited and found out “Hee Haw” – while beloved – really wasn’t an accurate reflection of Music City.
92. Curb lets Belmont have 40 years on historic Music Row property - Friday, May 9, 2014
NASHVILLE (AP) — Curb Records CEO Mike Curb is giving Belmont University a 40-year-lease on a historic Music Row property where some of Nashville's greatest music was recorded.
Belmont officials say the lease donation on the property at 34 Music Square East is worth more than $10 million and will be used by students at Belmont's Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business.
93. Adding lead generation group works for Sumner's HALO Realty - Friday, December 20, 2013
The holidays are hectic, but that’s not what has Mark Williams, principal broker and master auctioneer with HALO Realty in Hendersonville, busier than he’s ever been during the three years he has worked with the company.
94. New Johnny Cash album to be released in March - Friday, December 6, 2013
NASHVILLE (AP) - There's new never-before-heard music coming from Johnny Cash.
Cash's estate is releasing "Out Among the Stars," an album he recorded with Billy Sherrill in the early 1980s that was never released by Columbia Records, then disappeared when the company dropped Cash in 1986. Turns out Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, stashed the tapes - along with just about everything else that came into their possession.
95. 48 hours in Nashville: Entertaining out-of-town guests over the holidays? Show them the “It City” like a pro! - Friday, December 6, 2013
“He Stopped Loving Her Today,” proclaims the throat-thickening No. 1 tourist destination for anyone either visiting Nashville or simply trying to show holiday guests around town.
George Jones’ monument, which presides over the mid-section of Woodlawn Memorial Park in Berry Hill, could easily fit in as the first, last, or perhaps bookend stops on a 48-hour tour of Music City USA.
96. Veda's non-stop creativity in 3 languages - Friday, November 1, 2013
To try to capture the business interests as well as the artistic endeavors of Gil Veda is almost impossible, as he has packed much into his almost 80 years. Much of that is detailed in the accompanying story. But here are a few other little tidbits about Veda:
97. Music and art mesh in Veda’s storied life - Friday, November 1, 2013
Introduced to the Grand Ole Opry crowd as “The Spanish Hank Williams” back in 1962, there remains a sense of music, of rhythm in the voice of Gil Veda as he sits in his adopted hometown’s busiest coffee house named for a dog and raises his soft voice as much as possible to be heard above the din.
98. Country Hall of Famer 'Cowboy' Jack Clement dies - Friday, August 9, 2013
NASHVILLE (AP) — "Cowboy" Jack Clement, a producer, engineer, songwriter and beloved figure who helped birth rock 'n' roll and push country music into modern times, died Thursday at his home. He was 82.
99. Country Hall of Famer 'Cowboy' Jack Clement dies - Friday, August 2, 2013
NASHVILLE (AP) - "Cowboy" Jack Clement, a producer, engineer, songwriter and beloved figure who helped birth rock 'n' roll and push country music into modern times, has died. He was 82.
100. Top commercial Midstate real estate transactions for June 2013 - Friday, July 26, 2013
Top June 2013 commercial real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.