Douglas Corner Cafe

Douglas Corner Cafe...the OTHER great songwriters’ venue!

Douglas Corner Cafe is located on 8th Avenue South in Nashville, TN

Trisha Yearwood and The Kitchen’s Jeff Mauro shooting the music segment of her cooking show Trisha’s Southern Kitchen.

Douglas Corner Cafe began in 1987 when Recording Engineer, Mervin Louque, partnered with businessman, Rick Martin, to create a music venue aimed at showcasing new singers and songwriters in Nashville. It soon grew to become a well known ‘Home Away From Home’ for Nashville’s top songwriters and future music stars. It is a place for writers and performers to come together in an intimate environment with the common goal of hearing and creating great music. At Douglas Corner, you will often be entertained by future hit songs long before they are even heard by the artists who will eventually record them. It is also where one might often witness an impromptu jam session with legendary artists, players and writers. Douglas Corner is for songwriters and aspiring artists, what the world famous ‘Improv’ is for comedians. It has been a showcase venue for such artists as Alan Jackson, Trisha Yearwood, Marc Collie, The Kentucky Headhunters, Billy Dean, John Berry, Blake Shelton and many others. The Open Mic Writers Night every Tuesday night is hosted by singer/songwriter Donnie Winters whose father sang with Marty Robbins. Garth Brooks played Douglas Corner as a songwriter and held his very first fan club party at the venue performing with his band to a jam packed crowd. He presented Mervin with the printing plate that was used to make the Fan Fair posters for the event. That plate still hangs in Douglas Corner today. Artists who have performed at Douglas Corner Townes Van Zant

Guy Clark John Prine Garth Brooks Trisha Yearwood Blake Shelton Terri Clark Alan Jackson Jon Bon Jovi Jamey Johnson Eric Church Keith Urban Bill Anderson Jack Clement Hank Cochran Kevin Costner Mac Davis James Otto Neil Diamond Larry Gatlin Cheap Trick