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                                  EXHIBIT 99.1

                                 PRESS RELEASE

NASHVILLE COUNTRY CLUB SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE NAME CHANGE TO TBA ENTERTAINMENT
CORP.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 8, 1997--Nashville Country Club,
Inc.  (NASDAQ NM:NCCI), a diversified entertainment company with offices in
Nashville, Los Angeles and New York, today announced that its shareholders had
approved the company's previously proposed name change to TBA Entertainment
Corporation, Inc.  The company's stock, which is listed on the Nasdaq National
Market, will begin trading Tuesday, September 9, under the symbol, "TBAE."

"The name change reflects our broader entertainment focus," said Thomas Jackson
Weaver III, chief executive officer.  "In the past 18 months, we've grown from
$3 million to approximately $60 million in assets and have developed a fully
integrated entertainment and resort corporation with operations stretching from
coast to coast.  We expect to continue to grow both internally from
improvements in and expansion of existing operations and externally, through
acquisitions.

"We have experienced explosive growth in our Resort division, where we have
grown our guest accommodations to more than 2,200, announced a $75 million
expansion at our Colorado facility and construction of a $10 million hotel at
our Nashville facility.  With the acquisition in August of a controlling
interest in Avalon West Coast, a group of related entities that produce
concerts and manage merchandising for entertainment and sporting events, our
Entertainment division assumed a leadership role in concert production.  This
complemented our April merger with Avalon Entertainment Group and made our
Entertainment division one of the largest producers of live entertainment
events in the U.S., producing an average of 700 events annually.  Plans
currently are under way to construct $14 million in amphitheater facilities on
the West Coast.

"In August, we completed a $9.1 million equity placement managed by Rauscher
Pierce Refsnes, Inc., who recently initiated coverage of TBAE with a buy
recommendation.

"We will retain Nashville Country Club as the marquee under which the company
will continue to develop country music-related entertainment projects.
However, we believe that the name TBA Entertainment Corporation is a better
name for the public holding company under which the Company will carry its
portfolio of entertainment assets," Weaver concluded.

TBA Entertainment Corp., headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., is a diversified
entertainment and resort corporation that operates resort hotels and
amphitheaters and is a national producer and merchandiser of live music and
sporting events.





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