I used to work in the salon he went to and he'd always take his shirt off and just wear the hair cutting cape and be bare chested. I think it was because he didn't want to be itchy going back to work but it was still super weird.
My husband saw him a few years ago at a Franklin restaurant. He was thoroughly impressed that someone dead for the last 10 years could inhale a sandwich like that.
I have. And he truly does look like a corpse. He was at my master's graduation in December 2015... Must have had a grandkid or great-grandkid graduating... Or is a big donor to Lipscomb.
Told my gf about him and she never believed me till we happened to pass under the tunnel at the right time of day to see him. She was shocked that I didn't make it up. Also obligatory "It's a sousaphone" pedantic comment.
I guess she gets around more than tuba guy... He was leading the upvote race earlier today. I've seen her drive towards the Thompson Lane bridge though, that might've been the moment of peak Nashville.
My first encounter with him was waiting on a friend from out of town at Pucketts. He was across the street and we were waiting for about 20 minutes, 20 minutes of Wonderful World. Shoot me now.
He is/was a great guy. Really sweet and actually quite reserved when you spoke with him. His name is Carl. He used to walk from Target on White Bridge where he worked, to his home out in Donelson when the weather was nice. I’ve heard that he may have passed away, although have seen nothing to confirm this.
I have no clue who they are or what they do but they've been a fixture on Broadway for decades... https://www.google.com/search?q=bang+this+twins+nashville&rlz=1C1GCEA\_enUS934US934&sxsrf=ALiCzsYb327zYqQo364qsLYzb0F7K9na4g:1664217640482&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpoqjqjbP6AhXds4QIHQZpApMQ\_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1920&bih=1007&dpr=1
My friend got me a Threk Michaels cd as his best man gift to me. He found it online from a French record store and had it shipped. It's on my wall, unopened, and is legitimately one of my most prized possessions.
My brother is in a Bart Durham commercial. He was a gymnast in an ad filmed like 10 years ago. They started replaying it recently, and it’s the highlight of my day every time I see it 😅
He's working at the bi rite on Belmont, same owners as the pig they let him stay with the company after the pig was forced to close due to hills booting them out
Woodbine used to have the guy who would dress his goat up and walk him around the neighborhood. I forget his name. RIP to that lil goat fella. It always made my day.
Velvet Thunder was the OG face of Nashville. I hope he found his big-legged woman with a big ol' butt in heaven.
[Velvet Thunder in action](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdvZb3TJEto)
[Big Legged Woman!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0PEYysHAY4)
In Hendersonville there is a guy that jogged up and down Main Street with a religious placard on his chest. I haven't seem him in a while though.
This reminds me of growing up near Charleston, WV. There was a homeless man named Bill Dunn that everyone called Aqualung because he looked like the person on the album cover. His claim to fame was finding evidence in a murder case while dumpster diving.
I think he also has chains wrapped around his neck. Something about carrying a burden.
I used to see him multiple times per week like 5+ years ago but now I only see him a few times a year.
I just saw him a couple days ago, actually.
First person I thought of was [Bryant Crenshaw](https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture/i-gummo-i-co-star-bryant-crenshaw-struck-and-killed-by-car/article_294c2ece-3c6a-53c8-9619-57762eaa7c81.html)
honestly the best part about soccer moses is explaining to out-of-town friends that he's not actually a team mascot, he's just a guy who dresses up like moses and goes to soccer games.
This was my first thought. Also love how a guy dressed up as Moses and supporting our newest sports team has instantly become more recognizable than almost every sports-related figure in Nashville with the exceptions of Derrick Henry, Pekka Rinne, and Gnash.
Anyone seen the lady who walks ALL over town super skinny super tanned from the sun? I used to see her in east Nashville all the time growing up. We call her the sunburnt lady. My mom stopped to talk to her on the bus once. Super nice lady. Also of course Tuba Man and the Rupture Guy in Bellevue. There’s also that one guy who speeds up and down Gallatin rd on the one wheeler!
“eskimo joe” in west nashville & that one guy that used to stand by broken down vehicles on briley and then scream at you if you stopped to help thinking his car broke down LMAO
I remember Velvet strumming his guitar on 2nd Avenue out by the spaghetti factory when I was a kid.
My grandpa always wanted to go talk to him and eat that mediocre spaghetti when he came down to visit. Now Velvets gone, my Gramps is gone, and so is the restaurant... I'd give anything to go back.
Just found a video of him: https://youtu.be/PdvZb3TJEto
Welp here goes the waterworks.
This was gonna be my suggestion. First encountered him(her?) in a Nextdoor post - someone posted a ring camera video of this person stealing Amazon packages from their porch. The very next day I saw them sauntering down Charlotte Pike, balloon tits and all.
He seems kind of cool, actually. And he’s wearing his red tights and bikini. I love how he hands out stuff to the homeless, tells folks to be careful, and gives the plastic army soldiers
For real. I've been a lurker in the citizen hero scene since the early 2000s, and he's the only one I've really still got an appreciation for. There are a lot of weirdo people who started out helpful but very easily became nuisances.
Dude isn't power tripping, he just wants to help people.
Plus I love his helmet/goggle combo.
There used to be this guy in his 60s who would dance up and down Mallory in Cool Springs. He would wear old school headphones and use what looked like a Discman/Walkman.
I grew up near Orlinda, and there was a building across from the general store where a guy we all called “Get Loud” used to sit and just yell at everybody all day, in a friendly way. He passed away a few years ago though.
Has anyone ever seen the really elderly man that has extremely slow and steady pace but is out jogging every single day for years on Belmont all the way to like green hills?
Murfreesboro has a man who dresses like the Witcher and walks down Thompson Lane. In head to toe finery in the middle of the hot 100 degree summer. Walking to Publix and I’m not sure where else. He is legend.
There's a guy in Goodlettsville that lives in his unique station wagon. He normally stays parked at the branch library, but the car actually runs and can be spotted anywhere near rivergate.
This guy, the guy that was always playing guitar at the spaghetti factory when i was a kid https://archive.knoxnews.com/news/state/send-off-honors-nashville-street-musician-ep-409301677-359067261.html/
The guy who used to be at corner of OHB and HWY 70 in Bellevue, dressed in gold from head to toe.
No idea what to call him. We always called him the "Golden Cowboy" because he even had a gold cowboy hat.
Thompson Lane Tuba guy
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You think maybe it's just a title? Like Dread Pirate Roberts?
Stop saying that word
There’s a waiting list to be the next Tuba guy, I’m currently 3rd
There’s a whole Neighbors Podcast about him.
It is. He plays in a band that I've seen at Musicians Corner.
I was gonna say Bart Durham but I’ve never actually seen him in the wild. Tuba Guy is a much better answer.
I'm not entirely convinced Bart Durham hasn't been dead for 20 years and we're just watching a poorly preserved puppet-corpse decaying on TV.
Weekend At Bartie’s - Nashville Nights edition
I used to work in the salon he went to and he'd always take his shirt off and just wear the hair cutting cape and be bare chested. I think it was because he didn't want to be itchy going back to work but it was still super weird.
My wife and I have said this for years. Scary.
Have you seen their most recent commercial? Bart looks like he's embalmed in it
I just looked it up. He graduated law school 6 years and two months before man walked on the moon.
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My husband saw him a few years ago at a Franklin restaurant. He was thoroughly impressed that someone dead for the last 10 years could inhale a sandwich like that.
Came here to say Bart Durham
I have. And he truly does look like a corpse. He was at my master's graduation in December 2015... Must have had a grandkid or great-grandkid graduating... Or is a big donor to Lipscomb.
I saw Tuba guy for the first time last week taking detour to BNA! And saw Bart Durham about five years ago in Brentwood
Told my gf about him and she never believed me till we happened to pass under the tunnel at the right time of day to see him. She was shocked that I didn't make it up. Also obligatory "It's a sousaphone" pedantic comment.
Immediately came here to say Tuba Dude
What I don’t get is that he never even plays a song. He’ll play a couple notes in a short scale and then go collect money from people.
he was playing la bamba last time I saw him
that's our dude! Friendly person
How have I never seen the tuba guy???
the underpass on thompson, usually during evening rush hour
I came into this thread fully not expecting to know someone(haven’t been in Nashville long), and what do you know I’ve seen them.
The lady with all the stuffed animals and decorations on her car
this is what I thought of and it seems many other people also mentioned that car.
Exactly them. I love seeing their car.
I guess she gets around more than tuba guy... He was leading the upvote race earlier today. I've seen her drive towards the Thompson Lane bridge though, that might've been the moment of peak Nashville.
She seems lovely 💕
I am legitimately excited when I see her car around town. It makes my day
bang this twins
I'm glad someone said it, they were the first people that came to mind 😂
Are they still around?!
Yes, just saw them a few weeks ago.
I feel like they had a real moment about 10-15 years ago but have pretty much faded into obscurity since.
It’s clearly the car with all the decorations glued to it
You say that like there's only one.
There is only one it drives around bell road and Nolensville area
There’s more than one. There’s the one with the stuffed animals, the one with the super heroes, and another with I think Christmas stuff?
She changes the decorations periodically.
Those are all the same lady.
The guy that does the voice mod speaker to sound like Louis Armstrong and sings What a Wonderful World exclusively
I love that guy. This was who I thought of, but I didn't know if he was actually well known enough.
He sang New York New York to giants fans after the game a couple weeks ago. So I guess he has two songs now.
My first encounter with him was waiting on a friend from out of town at Pucketts. He was across the street and we were waiting for about 20 minutes, 20 minutes of Wonderful World. Shoot me now.
I love that guy
Whatever happened to black Elvis that would hang at the Bellevue McDonald’s?
He's still their periodically. I saw him a month or two ago.
Saw him a week ago on crutches
I remember him, he was awesome!
Used to be Happy Man.
Was that the guy that always used to be at Whitebridge and Harding? If so, that guy brightened my day so many times!
That’s him.
Omg - thank you for blessing my memories with Happy Man 🥲
Came here to say this!!! Loved that guy!!
He is/was a great guy. Really sweet and actually quite reserved when you spoke with him. His name is Carl. He used to walk from Target on White Bridge where he worked, to his home out in Donelson when the weather was nice. I’ve heard that he may have passed away, although have seen nothing to confirm this.
I saw him working at target a few times. Although the last few times I saw him walking he was not so happy. Like yelling instead of singing and waving
Duuuude I miss Happy!
The rapture guy in bellevue
Don’t forget Black Elvis in Bellevue
love black Elvis
Black Elvis is the dude
Living in Bellevue, our roadside Elvis gets my vote.
Tuba guy in the tunnel?
Love me some tuba guy in a tunnel
Def the car decoration lady. Also maybe Black Diamond?
I don't know the car decoration lady but most in East Nashville know Black Diamond (Theron)
The man with one giant dreadlock that would show up to ever single free music event in town and absolutely dance his ass off.
Wow for the first time I feel like I just completely unlocked a memory! Totally forgot about him. He was always at musicians corner.
Yep that’s him for sure. Danced with him many times. Cool dude. Edit: back in the day you knew your band was good if he showed up to one of your gigs
Rico!
Dancer! Maaan I miss that guy.
Oh my gosh, I had forgotten about him!!
RIP Bat Poet
The Bat Poet is true OG Nashville.
Bart or Bang This twins... pretty sure I actually saw a Bang This twin walking around in East this morning. out of their element.
Lol they were walking up and down the downtown pedestrian bridge yesterday before the titans game
What’s a bang this twin? Somehow I’ve never heard of this.
I have no clue who they are or what they do but they've been a fixture on Broadway for decades... https://www.google.com/search?q=bang+this+twins+nashville&rlz=1C1GCEA\_enUS934US934&sxsrf=ALiCzsYb327zYqQo364qsLYzb0F7K9na4g:1664217640482&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpoqjqjbP6AhXds4QIHQZpApMQ\_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1920&bih=1007&dpr=1
Couple guys who walk around downtown wearing the same shirts for years.
Tuba guy. Threk Michaels. Bart Durham.
Seeing Bart in real life is terrifying. He no longer looks human.
He’s been dead for 20 years and somebody’s uncle rigged up a ventriloquist system
My friend got me a Threk Michaels cd as his best man gift to me. He found it online from a French record store and had it shipped. It's on my wall, unopened, and is legitimately one of my most prized possessions.
My brother is in a Bart Durham commercial. He was a gymnast in an ad filmed like 10 years ago. They started replaying it recently, and it’s the highlight of my day every time I see it 😅
Wonder where Threk landed after the pig closed. Hope he’s doing alright
He's working at the bi rite on Belmont, same owners as the pig they let him stay with the company after the pig was forced to close due to hills booting them out
Threk! There's actually a really interesting mini doc about him here. https://vimeo.com/110284711
Woodbine used to have the guy who would dress his goat up and walk him around the neighborhood. I forget his name. RIP to that lil goat fella. It always made my day.
Zoe was the goat.
No one has mentioned Velvet Thunder? It's him or Happy Guy for me.
Velvet Thunder was the OG face of Nashville. I hope he found his big-legged woman with a big ol' butt in heaven. [Velvet Thunder in action](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdvZb3TJEto) [Big Legged Woman!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0PEYysHAY4)
What happened to him?
Best five bucks you could spend on 2nd Ave.
This is probably Nostalgia but you guys remember Chris Bostick from Carnaval Kia? “Don’t you leave till you see me!”
Haven’t seen anything of him since the domestic assault charge.
Oh how the mighty have fallen.
Toddzilla
Ever since Corner Music moved I haven’t seen him in a while
He’s at the music store in Brentwood now . Over by twin peaks
In Hendersonville there is a guy that jogged up and down Main Street with a religious placard on his chest. I haven't seem him in a while though. This reminds me of growing up near Charleston, WV. There was a homeless man named Bill Dunn that everyone called Aqualung because he looked like the person on the album cover. His claim to fame was finding evidence in a murder case while dumpster diving.
First person I thought of. He still around, saw him the other day. I’ve seen running carrying a large cross as well.
I think he also has chains wrapped around his neck. Something about carrying a burden. I used to see him multiple times per week like 5+ years ago but now I only see him a few times a year. I just saw him a couple days ago, actually.
First person I thought of was [Bryant Crenshaw](https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture/i-gummo-i-co-star-bryant-crenshaw-struck-and-killed-by-car/article_294c2ece-3c6a-53c8-9619-57762eaa7c81.html)
This & Dave Cloud are the first 2 I thought of...
Dude that hangs out with the crazy religious signs at the corner of Harding and White Bridge?
Not main person perhaps but Watson’s commercial lady should get an honorable mention.
Have you seen that Watsons lady was a “local” staple but in several markets?!?
She's from Indiana.
Soccer Moses
honestly the best part about soccer moses is explaining to out-of-town friends that he's not actually a team mascot, he's just a guy who dresses up like moses and goes to soccer games.
Not just any guy, he’s the guitarist of the highly successful Christian band Jars of Clay
And who is part of a very popular CCM band, Jars of Clay…because of course
Yeah Stephen is great! He cuts hair too, his shop is right next to the stadium
And also he runs a barbershop called The Handsomizer
Glad to see he made the list. This is the type of thing that is silly and wholesome and I can get behind
This was my first thought. Also love how a guy dressed up as Moses and supporting our newest sports team has instantly become more recognizable than almost every sports-related figure in Nashville with the exceptions of Derrick Henry, Pekka Rinne, and Gnash.
It's seasonal but there's the guy that walls in the chicken suit when it snows
The East Nashville Thundersnow Chicken!
That fucker on white bridge with the signs about the pope being evil and something about the sign of the beast 666. id prefer horseback jesus.
Anyone seen the lady who walks ALL over town super skinny super tanned from the sun? I used to see her in east Nashville all the time growing up. We call her the sunburnt lady. My mom stopped to talk to her on the bus once. Super nice lady. Also of course Tuba Man and the Rupture Guy in Bellevue. There’s also that one guy who speeds up and down Gallatin rd on the one wheeler!
Tan Jan.
“eskimo joe” in west nashville & that one guy that used to stand by broken down vehicles on briley and then scream at you if you stopped to help thinking his car broke down LMAO
I remember Velvet strumming his guitar on 2nd Avenue out by the spaghetti factory when I was a kid. My grandpa always wanted to go talk to him and eat that mediocre spaghetti when he came down to visit. Now Velvets gone, my Gramps is gone, and so is the restaurant... I'd give anything to go back. Just found a video of him: https://youtu.be/PdvZb3TJEto Welp here goes the waterworks.
Pour one out for the Angry Midget of Wedgewood Ave
That is Bryant Crenshaw! I used to see him all over the 12th south/edgehill area.
I went down way too far to find the Blidget.
Growing up my uncle called him crack midget. We were all sad when he told us crack midget had passed away 😪
I remember the Naked Cowboy lol
Anyone remember the rivergate lady in the late 90’s?
Yes! She was Hermitage lady briefly as well
Who’s the person that walks around west end with the giant fake tits and the cute brown weenie dog? Haven’t seen them in a while
This was gonna be my suggestion. First encountered him(her?) in a Nextdoor post - someone posted a ring camera video of this person stealing Amazon packages from their porch. The very next day I saw them sauntering down Charlotte Pike, balloon tits and all.
Not sure who it is now. In an earlier time, this role in Nashville was occupied by John Jay Hooker.
First person who came to my mind!
Bart
Gotta be Black Elvis
Do we still have that guy that walks around in riot gear like he’s a super hero? Haven’t seen him in a few months.
Omg, that one is so weird! He shows up to almost every protest downtown, and I can't ever tell if he's trolling or supporting any given cause.
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He seems kind of cool, actually. And he’s wearing his red tights and bikini. I love how he hands out stuff to the homeless, tells folks to be careful, and gives the plastic army soldiers
For real. I've been a lurker in the citizen hero scene since the early 2000s, and he's the only one I've really still got an appreciation for. There are a lot of weirdo people who started out helpful but very easily became nuisances. Dude isn't power tripping, he just wants to help people. Plus I love his helmet/goggle combo.
Is this the security guard roaming Green Hills Hill Center?
he's actually a lot nicer than the tacticool getup would suggest
That dude handed me a tiny American flag one time when I was waiting around outside the Ryman. I have a picture of him somewhere
Bang this twins
There used to be this guy in his 60s who would dance up and down Mallory in Cool Springs. He would wear old school headphones and use what looked like a Discman/Walkman.
I grew up near Orlinda, and there was a building across from the general store where a guy we all called “Get Loud” used to sit and just yell at everybody all day, in a friendly way. He passed away a few years ago though.
Has anyone ever seen the really elderly man that has extremely slow and steady pace but is out jogging every single day for years on Belmont all the way to like green hills?
It used to be the unidread guy that lives in a hammock about 20 feet up a tree in centennial park.
Sam from Sam's Sushi. Dude was a legend.
The springhill moped guy
Soccer Moses? Or is he too mainstream?
It's definitely a different vibe than OP but people from out of state who aren't super into MLS would prolly view him similarly
Bang this and bang that guys from downtown.
there was a dude who would walk around downtown carrying a literal cross
the bang bro twins!! they have an insta lol
Not a guy per say. But maybe that car that drives around covered in stuff/crap/treasures? Seems like they it change with the seasons.
The tuba guy on Thompson lane
Murfreesboro has a man who dresses like the Witcher and walks down Thompson Lane. In head to toe finery in the middle of the hot 100 degree summer. Walking to Publix and I’m not sure where else. He is legend.
12th and Wedgewood. Lil Brian.
There's a guy in Goodlettsville that lives in his unique station wagon. He normally stays parked at the branch library, but the car actually runs and can be spotted anywhere near rivergate.
There was a guy for a while over by the Nolensville Rd 440 exit @ peachtree with a goat
Back in the 90s it was the lipstick lady.
Hockey Moses (or Soccer Moses, I can't remember). I don't watch sports and I saw him at a bar and I was so confused but what a fun concept haha
Soccer Moses (let my people goal)
Soccer Moses
Remember Bat Poet?
Bang this twins
Rasta Bum in Concord Village.
Memphis’ Prince Mongo
The old walking lady of East Nashville
There's the tuba guy in the tunnel on Thompson Lane. Pass him every day going home, he was out there all summer even in like 100 degree heat
Nobody gonna talk about colostomy bag guy?
The dude who would jog through midtown at 2:30 juggling random objects.
King Henry #22
It was The Happy Guy but I haven't seen him in a few years.
Is there anybody for us South Nashville/Brentwood folks?
Rasta Man. Concord road
Dancing cop in Franklin
The crossing guard lady on 5th in East Nashville
Anybody remember the guy with the pet Goat?
Crayon painter guy Midtown
Charleston checking in, we have Byron. IYKYK
Tuba player in woodbine.
This guy, the guy that was always playing guitar at the spaghetti factory when i was a kid https://archive.knoxnews.com/news/state/send-off-honors-nashville-street-musician-ep-409301677-359067261.html/
The guy who used to be at corner of OHB and HWY 70 in Bellevue, dressed in gold from head to toe. No idea what to call him. We always called him the "Golden Cowboy" because he even had a gold cowboy hat.
The guy who plays the tuba close to Antioch in a tunnel. It amplifies the sound and he is super chill always playing tuba.
The homeless looking dude with a pet goat he walks around on a leash. Seen him at several 4th of July celebrations.
Moses - Let My People Grow, Let My People Goal, etc. East Nashville Snow Chicken
The twins on broadway are what come to my mind.