Owsley Manier

Owsley Manier, most notably known as one of the co-founders of Nashville nightclub, the Exit/In, and the guitarist in 1960s psychedelic rock band, The Lemonade Charades, passed away on October 1, 2024. He was 77. Alongside co-founder and business partner, Brugh Reynolds, Mainer opened the doors of the storied music venue in 1971 after a stint serving in the U.S.Army. The initial idea for the venue was to be a listening room for rising Nashville songwriters, yet in just a couple of years, it expanded to a 500-person capacity rock club that has since served as a central part of the city’s musical DNA. Welcoming countless acts across its five-decades-long tenure, the Exit/In stage has been graced by The Allman Brothers,Jimmy Buffett, Johnny Cash,Billy Crystal,Charlie Daniels, Emmylou Harris, Billy Joel, Jerry Lee Lewis,Willie Nelson,John Prine, Linda Ronstadt,Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Hank Williams Jr.,and so many others. Although Manier and Reynolds’ partnership only lasted until 1975, the venue has remained an enduring fixture over the past 53 years, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023