Lorenzo Washington Tribute
10/26/2026 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Nashville PBS remembers Lorenzo Washington, founder of the Jefferson Street Sound Museum.
Nashville PBS honors Lorenzo Washington, a longtime member of our Community Advisory Board and founder of the Jefferson Street Sound Museum, which preserves the legacy of Black music in North Nashville. Our former Community Advisory Board chair, Les Kerr, remembers his friend, and Lorenzo shares in his own words why local stories matter. Includes visitation & funeral details shared by his family.
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Nashville PBS is a local public television program presented by Nashville PBS
Lorenzo Washington Tribute
10/26/2026 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Nashville PBS honors Lorenzo Washington, a longtime member of our Community Advisory Board and founder of the Jefferson Street Sound Museum, which preserves the legacy of Black music in North Nashville. Our former Community Advisory Board chair, Les Kerr, remembers his friend, and Lorenzo shares in his own words why local stories matter. Includes visitation & funeral details shared by his family.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- For many years, Lorenzo Washington and I served together on the Nashville PBS Community Advisory Board, bonding over our shared love of music.
In 2011, Lorenzo turned his own home into the Jefferson Street Sound Museum, preserving Jefferson Street's musical legacy.
- It has so many personal stories, you know, and it tells you about what's happening in the community.
I like the local stories and news that the station carries.
- [Les] Lorenzo believed in the power of local stories and his own story is one of Nashville's best.
We will miss our friend.
His family invites the community to a visitation Friday, October 30th at New Season Church and his funeral Saturday, October 31st at Olivet Missionary Baptist Church.
(bright gentle music)
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