• Downtown Day Drinking

    August 2, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

    After about an hour of exploring I caved in and went into a bar for a drink and some live music. My first destination was the bar owned by Morgan Wallen, the man who has had a number of global country hits in recent years. It had a lovely rooftop looking over the city and the band were great, and even played Mr Wallen's biggest hits, something which I soon discovered every single band in every bar did.

    After that I went for a delicious lunch before heading to another bar where they played all sorts of music including Queen and Flo Rida.

    One absolutely mental thing that struck me is you had to pay $20 to suggest a song, but $50 would let you jump the queue. Then one band said they'd play certain songs such as Bohemian Rhapsody for $100. People were continually spending this sort of money on song requests which I find absolutely mental.
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