Longtime readers of the blog know that I love stories about small record shops and I like to feature the write ups from the local newpapers, here's another great story out of Fort Worth:
BY JOHN-LAURENT TRONCHE
July 20, 2009
The image of a vinyl record spinning round and round, at 33 and one-third revolutions per minute, might seem antiquated to some, but to a father and son it’s a way of life.
Jerry Boyd and his son, Jenkins Boyd, recently moved their record shop from its Hurst location to a new location on Montgomery Street last month, not far from the Cultural District.
Doc’s Records and Vintage is their two and a half year old store that sells records, CDs, T-shirts, music memorabilia and a whole lot more. (The name Doc’s comes from the fact that father Jerry Boyd is a practicing Dentist.)
“Anybody who owns record stores owns them because they love records,” Jerry Boyd said. “Hopefully you can make some money, but we do it because we love records.”
Read the rest of the article here: www.fwbusinesspress.com
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