Temperatures below 50 degrees Saturday morning did not deter the over 100 people assembled in front of Yellow Racket Records on Chattanooga’s Main Street.
The line zigged and zagged its way onto the sidewalk, with people eagerly awaiting the arrival of 9 a.m., when Yellow Racket’s doors would open and Record Store Day would begin.
First in line was the Pezanosky family. In an interview, Jillian Pezanosky said she arrived at Yellow Racket at 6 p.m. Friday, while Thomas Pezanosky said he arrived at 1 a.m. Saturday. The couple and their daughters slept in camping chairs through the night, Jillian Pezanosky said.
“6 p.m. go inside and talk to Ben, the record store owner, go and get Taco Bell, come back, eat the Taco Bell in our car and set up here at 8:30 because nobody was here yet still,” Jillian Pezanosky said, explaining her timeline in the lead-up to the start of Saturday’s event.
The family might have frozen their “butts off,” but the wait was worth it, Pezanosky said. By 9:10 a.m., the family was at the checkout with their bounty.