#8 – Ginger Eldridge: Mother, Survivor, Honorer

Collected Clan: The Company You Keep

In this episode, I reconnect with Ginger Eldridge, someone I've known for nearly the entire 26 years I've lived in Nashville. We talk about music business life in Nashville, the impact we both experienced knowing the late great Landy Gardner, getting to second base with Dolly Parton, doing life with an out ex-spouse, and so much more. She's a Mother. She's a Survivor. And she's an Honorer. Listen, you'll see. We go light we go deep then we go light then we go deep again then light again as we cover a lot of memory ground in this conversation. Visit the show notes at www.collectedclan.com/gingereldridge for links to topics discussed and supplemental material. Topics Covered:

• 0:02:14 College survival and Nashville arrival
• 0:09:16 Experiences in Christ Church Choir
• 0:13:10 Getting to 2nd base with Dolly Parton
• 0:21:14 Career on Music Row
• 0:27:10 Discarding stuff and heavy memories
• 0:31:30 The legacy of Landy Gardner
• 0:39:52 Coffee the Italian way
• 0:44:28 The legacy of Landy Gardner, part two
• 0:48:02 Adulting with an ex-spouse
• 0:54:54 Stairway To Heaven
• 0:59:48 Non-Profit Spotlight: Alive Hospice
• 1:01:04 Celebrity bucket list introductions
• 1:08:40 Importance of divorced parents staying close by for the kids
• 1:13:16 Doing life with an out ex-spouse
• 1:39:24 My shocking musical confession

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