As we’re
packing up today we pause to watch the squirrels playing chase over the rooves
of the houses opposite, it’s a heart-warming sight. The drive to Nashville goes
smoothly, so smoothly that we need to slow down a bit to delay our arrival, I
re-programme the sat nav to go to Oprey Mills an outlet centre on the site of
the Grand Old Oprey. The outlet is huge but we make a beeline for the Levi
store and soon all 3 boys have jeans, I don’t miss out but it does take several
more shops for me to find what I want. The food court in the centre of the
shops is enormous with every type of food imaginable and lots of OAP’s with
lanyards, presumably so we can return them if they get lost!
At last we
reach our apartment in Nashville, now if the apartment in Louisville was a
large airy country house loft conversion, this one could not be more different.
It is a compact urban apartment all dark wood flooring, chrome and modern
furnishings with a small balcony overlooking the Cumberland River. We’re both
eager to explore the music of Nashville so we walk into town past 2 or 3 bail
bond companies and yet another enormous courthouse, what more naughty people! We
stroll through Printers Alley, along Broadway spoilt for choice by so many bars
playing every type of country music from acoustic, to blues and rock. It’s so
hard to make a choice but we’re lured into Nudies Honkey Tonk Bar and are soon
foot tapping in time to the music being played including The Spice Girls! What an amazing venue, there’s
a white Cadillac on the wall above the band, complete with leopard skin seats,
horns on the front and a rifle mounted on the back.
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| Nudies Honky Tonk Bar |
Later after a
quick shower, we hit the strip again. First stop, Whiskey Bent Saloon, the band
are playing great blues style music, then Layla’s where the female band are definitely
country, not our style but the talent of these ladies is obvious with some
amazing guitaring and fiddle playing. And finally, The Stage, the guy on the
door makes a show of IDing us, I think he was just trying to make us feel good!
The 8-piece band is brilliant, playing the audiences emotions as much as their
instruments and in Chris they have a great front man. They play everything from
Sweet Caroline to Shout.
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| Chris Weaver live at The Stage |
At last we
reach our apartment in Nashville, now if the apartment in Louisville was a
large airy country house loft conversion, this one could not be more different.
It is a compact urban apartment all dark wood flooring, chrome and modern
furnishings with a small balcony overlooking the Cumberland River. We’re both
eager to explore the music of Nashville so we walk into town past 2 or 3 bail
bond companies and yet another enormous courthouse, what more naughty people! We
stroll through Printers Alley, along Broadway spoilt for choice by so many bars
playing every type of country music from acoustic, to blues and rock. It’s so
hard to make a choice but we’re lured into Nudies Honkey Tonk Bar and are soon
foot tapping in time to the music being played including The Spice Girls! What an amazing venue, there’s
a white Cadillac on the wall above the band, complete with leopard skin seats,
horns on the front and a rifle mounted on the back.
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