Swift donation will help Nashville record store

Pop superstar Taylor Swift is helping out a Nashville record store closed by the COVID-19 pandemic.Grimey's co-owner Doyle Davis said Thursday the store got a call the other day from Swift's publicist asking how Swift may help. It was the soon after Nashville's mayor issued a stay-at-home order and Davis was sending all the employees home.

The store, which also serves as a tiny concert venue, is a Nashville fixture for twenty years, working closely with local record labels and many up-and-coming artists.Swift's donation provides direct relief to the store's 10 regular employees and three months of medical care charges for the store's group insurance coverage."It had been completely out of nowhere," Davis said.

"It gives me a sense of security, knowing we are solid. ...Now I understand my people are looked after."Davis said he's never seen Swift in the store but her publicist assured him she has purchased records there.