The Daily brothers decided to retire from the record store business, which at the time wasn’t exactly doing so hot.ĭon Daily, who played a major role in George Strait’s early recording career, died in 2013. The old location shuttered in early 2006 and with it went decades of memories, like an all-too-brief Jeff Buckley in-store performance in 1994 that is still the stuff of local legend. RELATED: Houston's Cactus Music to close its doors (2006) The Shepherd location had a VHS and DVD rental area that film director and Houston native Wes Anderson haunted while he was working the script and casting 2001’s “The Royal Tenenbaums.” He also reportedly discovered the music for “Rushmore” (The Kinks, John Lennon, The Creation) on the record racks at Cactus years before. Another label, Starday, was the home of Roger Miller and George Jones among others.ĭaily’s kids Bud and Don opened up the Shepherd location in 1975.
Pappy also ran record labels, including D Records, which over the years would be the home to acts like a pre-outlaw Willie Nelson and regional polka and Tex-Mex acts. “Our original store in the Heights, Daily's Record Ranch, regularly presented in-store events with the performers of The Louisiana Hayride including Hank Williams Sr.,” notes Cactus head honcho and co-owner Quinn Bishop. RELATED: Houston businesses that have served generations Camping supplies and hiking boots have replaced concert posters, box sets, and dusty vinyl.īut Cactus' roots go back decades to Harold “Pappy” Daily’s outpost in the Heights that opened in 1946. That location is currently a Whole Earth Provision Co. 3, 2006 (Jessica Kourkounis/For The Chronicle) Jessica Kourkounis/File Show More Show Less
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George says that he will most likely apply for a job at a movie theater here in Houston. Cactus Records, a shopping staple for many Houstonians, will be closing it's doors permanently on March 31, 2006, after more than 3 decades as a leading independent music and video retail outlet. Clair (cq), video supervisor, has been working at Cacuts Records for the past 20 years. 3, 2006 (Jessica Kourkounis/For The Chronicle) Jessica Kourkounis/File Show More Show Less 24 of25 George St. 3, 2006 (Jessica Kourkounis/For The Chronicle) Jessica Kourkounis/File Show More Show Less 23 of25 Gene Burner has been shopping at Cactus Records for nearly 20 years.
The store, a shopping staple for many Houstonians, will be closing it's doors permanently on March 31, 2006, after more than 3 decades as a leading independent music and video retail outlet. 3, 2006 (Jessica Kourkounis/For The Chronicle) Jessica Kourkounis/File Show More Show Less 22 of25 Quinn Bishop worked his way up to General Manager at Cactus Records over the past 20 years of employment there. 20 of25 21 of25 Cactus Records, a shopping staple for many Houstonians, will be closing it's doors permanently on March 31, 2006, after more than 3 decades as a leading independent music and video retail outlet.
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