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We took a side trip to Nashville the last couple of
days. Charli and Al joined us to rent a
car and drive into the city. We went
straight to Broadway, where there is a 3 or 4 block string of honky-tonks, each
with a new music act playing. The party
starts at 4 or 5 in the afternoon – and we have no idea how long it goes
on. We went to “Legends Bar” where there
was a band with a phenomenal girl fiddler.
She got up and danced on the bar to do Charlie Daniels, ‘devil in the house of the rising sun’. Next door at “Tootsies” there was a male
singer, also great music. We tried a few
more and enjoyed every minute.
Nashville has a replica of the Parthenon in a pretty
park. It’s in better condition than its
original counterpart in Athens, and not quite such a long walk up the hill.
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| Elvis recorded 262 songs in RCA StudioB |
The next day we headed for the Country Music Hall of Fame –
and since none of us is an avid fan we had moderate expectations. It turned out to be very interesting and a
first class museum. We thoroughly
enjoyed the historical commentary, the costumes and instruments, and the many
videos of country stars throughout the museum.
Of course the whole background was filled with country music and we
spent several hours there. We left being
bigger fans than when we walked in. We
highly recommend this trip to music fans of any kind.
The building itself has neat architecture. Seen from outdoors, the windows resemble
piano keys and the flared curve on the end of the building was taken from the
tailfin of a 1950’s Cadillac.
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| Country Music Museum, Piano Key Windows |
In the evening we went to the Grand Ole Opry. It is a huge new auditorium and eight
different country acts are each given a 15 -minute time slot. The whole show is on live radio so there are
commercials while the performers come on and off stage and set up. I left with a craving to stop at Cracker
Barrel on the way home (one of the sponsors and many commercials). We saw the Gatlin Brothers, Chris Stapleton,
Aaron Tipton and Restless Heart among others.
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| Dennis and Carol at the Grand Ole Opry |
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| Live Radio, Opry Stage, preformmers and session players |
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