The Nashville Gazette: April 1980 (First Issue!)

Columns
“On The Home Front” (Thom King)
Real World News
“Street Talk”
The Rock Lawyer’s Corner (Edd Gross)
Hot Picks (Lisa Richards)
The Month Ahead (calendar)
“Star Notes” (Carolyn Dodson)
The Trivia Contest (Thom King & Margaret Cash)
Books: “Living Proof” (Robert K. Oermann), “Pickers & Poets” (Curtis McGuirt), “Willie’s Time” (Gary Kanter), “Stand By Your Man” (Mary Bufwack), “Happy Trails” (Douglas B. Green), “Jimmie Rodgers” (Douglas B. Green), “Lost Highway” (Douglas B. Green), “Waylon & Willie” (Douglas B. Green)
Movies: Coal Miner’s Daughter (John Pugh)
“Flickering Images: TV’s Second Season” (Gary Kanter)
Mind Over Platter (Lynne Mitchell)
Restaurants: The Old Spaghetti Factory (J. Valerie Nasatir)
Sports: The Soundettes Strut Their Stuff (Sam Hunnicutt)
Vinyl Views: Kenny Rogers (John Lomax III), Linda Ronstadt (Bette Blackman), Marianne Faithful (Tom Russell), Bob Seger (Sam Borgerson), Richard Dobson (Jim Rooney), Cloverbottom (Thom King)

Articles
On The Campaign Trail: Learning How Democracy Works (Tom T. Hall)
Many Night’s Stands (Karen Gray)
The Joys of Inflation (Don Cusic)
Never Say Die! (Jan Simmons)
The South: Political Battleground In 1980 (Michael R. Harbert)
Dog Scratch Fever (Marjorie Reeves)
More Problems For Sequoyah (John S. Hepler)
An Open Letter To TVA Nuclear Workers (Jeannine Honicker)
Coal Miners’ Daughters (Mary Etta Cook)
Gram Parsons: The Outcast Southerner (Sid Griffin)
Nightmoney Pays Off (Rick Hull)
Roger Cook and Nashville’s Pop Factory (Al Cunniff)
Song City Serenades (John Lomax III)
“Hossman” Allen: Back On WLAC (Harvey McGee)
The Shake-Up At The Radio Station (Scott Perry)
Riders In The Sky: Nashville’s Home Grown (Robert K. Oermann)
Stars of the 80’s: Four Acts To Watch (John Lomax III & Stacy Harris)
More Than Meets The Eye: There Is A New Wave In Nashville (Rick Champion)
Hot Wax: A Close Look At The Bootleg Racket (Keith A. Gordon)
Tonto Remembered (Gary Kanter)
Revival/Survival, Oldham-style (Kurt Benz)
Antiques & Auctions (Cindy Kent)

Comments: From the ashes of Take One came The Nashville Gazette, which published roughly six issues if I remember correctly. They went BIG right out of the gate with an impressive 40pp debut issue in April 1980 with a four-color cover photo of country music legend Tom T. Hall, who also wrote the issue’s cover story.

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