152 Nassau

Historic recording studio in Georgia, US February 2024 152 Nassau, home to Nassau Street Sessions Recording Studio, was a historic recording studio building in Atlanta, Georgia.https://atlanta.curbed.com/2019/10/29/20937032/kyle-kessler-downtown-atlanta-recording-studio-margaritaville https://web.archive.org/web/20191105075053/https://atlanta.curbed.com/2019/10/29/20937032/kyle-kessler-downtown-atlanta-recording-studio-margaritaville dead November 5, 2019 Judge orders demolition of historic downtown recording studio to halt—again Atlanta.curbed.com Keenan Sean Richard 29 October 2019 The studio recorded blues, jazz, and country musicians in the South beginning in June 1923. Despite the efforts of preservationists and music history aficionados, in 2019, the building was slated to be torn down and replaced by a hotel and restaurant.https://www.wabe.org/demolition-looming-for-building-with-country-music-legacy/ Historic Recording Studio To Be Demolished Wabe.org July 30, 2019 A Margaritaville Resort is due to open on the site. One of the first commercial recordings by a rural white musician, Fiddlin' John Carson's "The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane" was recorded in the building on June 19, 1923.https://www.historicatlanta.org/152-nassau/ 152 Nassau Street Historicalatlanta.org December 26, 2018 February 11, 2020 November 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201101171534/https://www.historicatlanta.org/152-nassau/ dead Georgia Public Broadcasting reported that it was the first country music hit.https://www.gpbnews.org/post/demolition-halted-site-country-musics-first-hit Demolition Halted On Site Of Country Music's First Hit Ellen Eldridge August 8, 2019 Gpbnews.org Fannie May Goosby's "Grievous Blues"Oliver, Paul Barrelhouse Blues: Location Recording and the Early Traditions of the Blues https://books.google.com/books?id=rks4DgAAQBAJ&pg=PT235 25 August 2009 Basic Books 978-0-465-01989-2 235 and Lucille Bogan's "The Pawn Shop Blues" were also recorded there, notable as the first rural blues to be recorded.Curtiss, Lou http://sandiegotroubadour.com/2015/10/race-records-the-birth-of-black-blues-and-jazz/ Race Records: The Birth of Black Blues and Jazz San Diego Troubadour 2014-06-20 2017-03-31 2017-09-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20170922041654/http://sandiegotroubadour.com/2015/10/race-records-the-birth-of-black-blues-and-jazz/ dead Other artists to record songs at the studio include Eddie Heywood, Sr., and the Morehouse College Quartet. Ralph Peer was one of those involved in the studio. The building was later used as a museum with Gone with the Wind memorabilia. Demolition Demolition began in August 2019 but was halted after the rear of the building had been torn down. However, a lawsuit attempting to prevent demolition was thrown out in October 2019.https://www.ajc.com/news/local/lawsuit-dismissal-clears-the-way-for-razing-historic-music-site/TgRZvNoXc9I4MymAMQvv0N/ Lawsuit's dismissal clears the way for razing of historic music site October 23, 2019 Michael Kannell The Atlanta Journal-Constitution References 33.7585 -84.3921 dms type:landmark_region:US-GA title Category:Recording studios in the United States Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Atlanta Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 2019