The Naked Lady of Music Row

Howdy, y’all!  GingerSnaps here, and I would like to thank Karl for the honor of guest posting during his awesome Summer of Love.  I absolutely adore Karl.  He is a sweetheart of a guy, and I was so happy to finally get to meet him face to face just last month at ConFab Baby!

You may or may not know, but I reside in the great city of Nashville…also known as Music City.  There are lots of cool  things about living in a town filled with musicians — both successful ones and wannabes.  I could regale you with all kinds of memories about my brushes with greatness, but it’s the not-so-great I have encountered that really makes for some good stories.

With all of the reality shows on TV these days, it is pretty obvious that people will do just about anything to become famous.  The same goes for folks trying to get noticed down on Music Row.  Legend has it that even Kris Kristofferson landed a helicopter onto Johnny Cash’s back yard just to give him a demo tape of his songs.

I never witnessed anything that outrageous, but one day I was working in my office at Sony Music (this was back in the mid-90s) and suddenly a rush of people passed by my door. Not being one to ever miss an opportunity to witness a good fight or fodder for some good gossip, I immediately got up and followed the crowd.  We all ended up at one of the large picture windows facing Music Row, where to our utmost surprise, there she was.

Standing out on the sidewalk…in all of her glory…a woman — a lady, if you will (and I know Karl probably would) — buck-naked (is it buck-naked, or butt-naked?  I never know…) except for a cowboy hat and cowboy boots…and the guitar she was strumming.

Now, she was a fairly attractive lady — tall and thin, long, black straight hair — and, oh how I wish I didn’t know this…she was au natural.  She would have fit in perfectly in a hippie commune.

She was just strolling down the street, strumming her guitar, and singing her songs.

Well, she wanted to be noticed…and she definitely was!   (By the cops, too.)

I’ve often wondered what ever happened to The Naked Lady of Music Row…if she ever got a song cut or a record deal…I kind of doubt it, but who knows…she might be on the charts right now!

So there you have it…one of the advantages of living in Nashville.  I love it here!  If you ever find yourself visiting my fair city, by all means give me a shout…we’ll head on down to Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge for a beer and to scope out the next big star…or (hopefully, fully-clothed) wannabe.