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THE LONGBRANCH SALOON
30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
This Friday, December 29th, the Longbranch Saloon, at 1848 Cumberland Avenue, will be celebrating its 30th anniversary. My first foray into the Longbranch was in 1987. A friend had told me that one time a man had been thrown through the saloon’s front window. I didn’t know if that story was true, but it was enough to make me want to step inside. I was never disappointed with a trip to the Long Branch. You could always count on meeting out of the ordinary people and the Branch’s excellent juke box was legendary.
R.B. Morris says "the basic story is that this is the 30 year anniversary of the Longbranch Saloon, 15 years on one side of the street and 15 years on the other. That’s quite a legacy in an a-historical college town. The bar’s been through a world of changes, different eras, different times, but has a long tradition as an artist and musician’s bar. A mixed crowd of the most interesting people."
Please stop in for a bit of nostalgic fun and help celebrate 3 fascinating decades of Cumberland Avenue history. For more details, please contact:
Longbranch Saloon
1848 Cumberland Avenue
Knoxville, Tennessee
(865) 546-9914

Jack Rentfro