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Nevada Bob Now at the Silver Lotus in New Orleans

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Lily, co-owner of the Silver Lotus.
This is Lily, who owns a great little record store in New Orleans, the Silver Lotus. She is selling Nevada Bob's  CD and book in tandem. If you were to check it out you might be surprised at how rare and most excellent her record collection is. It's no ordinary store. It's full of treasures including unique gifts, arts and jewelry. Indonesia-born Lily and her husband Brian Monk also own an equally special jewelry store one block away.

After Lily graduated from college, she started working at a marketing/ad agency in town. "After a year the agency downsized, and people like me got axed." Lily said. "One way to deal with it was to start a business where I could never get axed again."

"When something like that happens, a lot of people in the same industry are looking for openings. New Orleans is a small town, so we were competing in the same space."

They started their business importing handmade items from Indonesia. "We started with a small booth at a flea market. After a couple years we were able to open stores in the French Quarter."

Entrepreneurial from the start, they opened their record shop after buying the contents of a storage unit that was full of records. In the future they plan to create and market their own brand, a story we may return to sometime down the road.

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We're excited to share that you can now find Nevada Bob Gordon's memoir 50 Years with the Wrong Woman as well as his latest CD Everyone Needs a Little Lovin' and a Lot of Beer. Nevada Bob sings country in the classic style of Hank Williams or Johnny Cash with that same Cash baritone.  

Photos on this page courtesy Gary Firstenberg, whose cards and specialty breath mints are also available here at the Silver Lotus.


Related Links
On Instagram: The Silver Lotus 
On eBay Stores: Silver Lotus New Orleans
Nevada Bob and the Cross-Eyed Moose

The Silver Lotus is located in the heart of the French Quarter
Their jazz shop is located at 523 Dumaine Street #2, New Orleans 70116
The Silver Lotus Jewelry and Art Store--all hand-made items--
 is a block away at 813 Royal Street.

Can't make it to New Orleans? Purchase Nevada Bob's memoir here.

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