The dive bar where country legends got drunk and wrote your favorite songs.
The show tells the story of a group of songwriters who hung out together at the bar 30 years ago and who penned some of America's most popular music.
Acting
Willie Nelson's charm holding this whole ramshackle thing together.
Production
Genuine archival footage of actual drunk geniuses being brilliant.
Director
Bayron Binkley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tootsie's back door literally connects to the Ryman Auditorium's stage door — performers would slip out between sets to drink with songwriters who couldn't afford tickets.
This documentary arrived right before Nashville's TV revival and the 'alt-country' boom, making it a fascinating time capsule of an era just before retro became cool again.
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