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    • TravelerOn The Road Again
      Day 88

      Tootsie's Orchid Lounge - Nashville TN

      October 7, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      A back alley separates this honky-tonk bar from the Ryman & artists would come here to hang out during & after performances. Owner 'Tootsie' Bess was well-known for her generosity toward struggling musicians such as Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson & many more. According to tradition, a painter mistakenly painted the exterior orchid purple & that's how it has stayed. This place has 3 floors & was mobbed all day !!Read more

    • Bex's TravelsAtlanta & Nashville
      Day 11

      Final full day in Nashville

      November 1, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      12.25pm
      Currently sat in the Wildhorse Saloon, listening to a band do their sound check.

      We went to the ‘Patsy Cline’ museum this morning. It is on the floor above Johnny Cash museum & has a similar lay out & feel to it. I came away feeling really moved & not going to lie I did tear up a couple times. I didn’t quite realise how much she achieved in her short life, I still can’t believe she was only 30 when she was killed in a plane crash. She seemed much older & wiser than her years. There was lots of memorabilia, Patsy was a keen scrapbooker so all her personal photos & memories had been scanned so you could look through them all on an iPad. You got a real feeling about the kind of person she was. Her daughter Julie was in the museum chatting to guests, so it goes to show how closely the families work with the museum & the respect held for the person & their personal artefacts.
      When we left the museum we popped into the ‘Goo Goo’ store - not that I would ever be able to eat any of their stuff as they contain nuts, mainly peanuts & we all know peanuts are evil.

      1.50pm
      Sat in the Hard Rock cafe. Ordered steaks for lunch & non alcoholic cocktails (it is still a bit early!). We ended up leaving the Wildhorse as there was nothing due to happen until around 6pm. We thought they held line dancing throughout the day & would have been nice for Mel to line dance in Nashville, I may have even gave it a try, but obviously today was not the day! So instead we went for a walk after lunch along the pedestrian bridge, the views were really nice.

      11.30pm
      Lunch in the Hard Rock cafe was nice, we had the Oreo cheesecake for desert, was yummy but I couldn’t eat it all!
      After lunch we just wandered, went in shops to get gifts & bits for home. We called into Alan Jackson’s bar - ‘AJs Good Time Bar’, there were a couple singing & it was nice to sit & chill.

      We caught the 6.15pm shuttle back to the hotel & then decided we really should start packing. At 8pm we popped to the bar for a drink & listen to the acts playing there ‘Brassfield Alley’ & ‘Brianna Alomar’. I really enjoyed both acts, easy listening & very talented, especially Brianna as she is only 16. Would be nice to see if either of them make it big in the future.

      Oh we found out why Wildhorse was so quiet & bands sound-checking. Tonight was the final of the NashNext competition to find Country’s new next star.

      Back to more packing & bed, sad that the holiday is at an end.      Read more

    • Rambling BearsRambling North America
      Day 150

      Our First Exploration into Nashvegas

      December 23, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C

      After the heavy rain yesterday the wind blew up overnight and the weather event continued til mid-day when both eased.
      We are staying in mid-town Nashville just off Broadway, the main drag that leads to Nashvegas - the Honky-Tonk strip. We kept our wandering to Broadway today poking our heads into each bar that had live musicians playing. After walking down to the river and up the other side of the street we settled on Tootsie’s Orchid Bar. We had a great afternoon and evening listening to the band there. We had a great time and are thinking of returning on Tuesday to listen to them again.Read more

    • Sheppo89RTW solo backpacking trip
      Day 1,371

      USA Tour - Nashville, Tennessese

      December 13, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

      WHAT A NIGHTMARE OF A DAY!

      Had to get a coach from Memphis to here, however the coach was delayed a good hour, and then we got stuck in traffic for 2 hours making a 4 hour journey close to 8 with the drivers break!

      Anyway finally made it to the hostel which is quite cool - it’s called downtown Nashville hostel. It’s huge and all the rooms are named after bands etc.... guess which room I was put in.... THE BEATLES. Bastards

      Anyway it was pissing down so I only went for a quick walk around the block around 9pm and had a quick beer before people retiring to bed. However from my first impressions.... I like Nashville. I like it a lot      Read more

    • Sheppo89RTW solo backpacking trip
      Day 1,372

      USA Tour - Nashville

      December 14, 2018 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 12 °C

      Up and out today aaaaaaand it was lashing it down. Gutted. Hasn’t stopped all day and when you don’t really have much winter/wet weather clothing it’s a proper bitch.

      However I did manage to get a few sites in before I and to give up and turn back. I went to see the state capitol building which is cool, saw the Andrew Jackson monument, Vietnam war monument, Korean War monument etc, basically I went to the war museum.

      After I had managed to get soaked i went to broadway to a place called nudies honkey tonk bar which was awesome. It had the longest bar in Nashville it was class. The band was awesome, played some cool songs and I even got a request on which was sharp dressed man and they did it brilliantly! After a few beers in there I went to broadway brewery- 70 ales on tap! Cool place and I had brisket nachos that was bigger than my torso!

      I debated about going out tonight but I’ve been told Saturday is the big night so I saved my money as I have to pick and choose my battles when travelling as once the money is gone. That’s it. Game over. Time to fly home. So I went back the hostel and just chilled, kinda boring but you can’t constantly keep yourself entertained whilst away, and sometimes just doing nothing is good for the mind.

      Hopefully tomorrow I can get out and go and see the pantheon and the grand old oprey- fingers crossed for the weather...      Read more

    • Sheppo89RTW solo backpacking trip
      Day 1,374

      USA Tour - Nashville

      December 16, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      Last day in Nashville - took it easy. I managed to watch the Liverpool game and then I went for a walk up and down Broadway and went to a bar called tin roof. I was there for hours watching the band and eating awesome food.Read more

    • Sommerferie 2019 Deep South
      Day 18

      Mandag d. 8.7.

      July 8, 2019 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 33 °C

      Bye bye dejlige hotelværelse i Memphis. Det var en fornøjelse.

      Vi kørte til Graceland, og var igennem hele Elvis-maskineriet. Jeg troede egentlig at det var ligegyldigt, men det var virkelig fedt at være på tour i Graceland. Rundvisningen sluttede med familiens gravsted. De kan noget med at spille på følelserne - de dér amerikanere. Vi så også hans private fly Lisa Marie. Han sparede ikke på noget den gode mand. Guld på det ene og andet.

      På området kunne man købe utrolige mængder af Elvis merchandice, men jeg modstod fristelsen. Jeg er havnet i en slags t-shirt karantæne, så no Elvis t-shirt for me.

      Den sidste lange køretur mod Nashville gik uden de store problemer. Da vi forlod Graceland satte jeg et af mine favoritnumre på, igen igen igen..... Marc Cohens “Walking in Memphis”, og den er (om muligt) blevet endnu bedre, efter vi nu kender til de ting han synger om. Du skulle prøve at lytte.

      Da vi kom til vores store fede lejlighed i downtown Nashville (med tiltrængt vaskemasine), skyndte vi os til Broadway, hvor vi smagte på byens øl og lyttede til livemusik, som spillede fra hver bar vi passerede. Hold nu kæft, hvor er det hyggeligt.

      Nashville en kæmpe kontrast til Memphis, og vi kunne mærke det øjeblikkeligt. Gaderne var rene, stemning er tryg, og der var nærmest kun hvide. Jeg ved godt det lyder uheldigt, men det er sådan vi oplever det. .

      Vi skulle selvfølgelig forbi Bridgestone Arena på Broadway, hvor mine elskede Penguins vandt Stanley Cup for to år siden. Et lidt helligt sted. På toppen af en bar, havde vi udsigt over Tennessee Titans hjemmebane. Cool :)      Read more

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    • Sommerferie 2019 Deep South
      Day 19

      Tirsdag d. 9.7.

      July 9, 2019 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 34 °C

      Vores dag startede med tøjvask, det betød at vi undgik en underbuksekrise - pyha. Vi gik derefter til ishockeyarenaen, i håb om en rundvisning påndet hellige sted. Desværre blev vi (jeg) fælt skuffede. We dont do that anymore.... safety reason... øv altså.

      Vi slentrede ned af Broadway kl 11.00, og barene havde allerede sat deres bands igang. Næste stop var broen over Cumperlandfloden, og pudsigt nok lå Titans stadion på den anden sidde ;) Chefen gik nærmest kold (eller varm), og var virkelig tæt på at blive skubbet i floden! Hun placerede heldigvis sig selv i skygge under et træ, og jeg gik lidt videre.

      Country Music Museum og Hall of Fame, var næste stop. Det var da meget hyggeligt, og dejligt afkølet, men jeg må nok indrømme at vores viden om country, viste sig at være utilstrækkelig. Vi kendte jo nærmest ingen af kunstnerne. Vi gik da chefen begyndte af fryse. Du læste rigtigt.

      De sidste timer af eftermiddagen gik med fjollede hverdags-skænderier i lejligheden. Jeg gik derfor i “helle” på den solbeskindede terrasse. For dér kommer chefen overhovedet IKKE ud! Vi bliver heldigvis hurtigt gode igen, men ugevis på to-mands-hånd med en handicappet, varme-angst, humørsvingende hustru kræver altså lidt pause. Alle arbejdere skal jo have pause ;-)

      Bare rolig, det var selvfølgelig en joke ☺️

      Chefen blev nogenlunde sig selv, og vi gik (naturligvis) til Broadway for at høre musik på barene. I bliver sparet for kedsommelige billeder af alle de bands vi hørte. Men dejligt var det!

      Jeg tror sgu at jeg flytter til Nashville.      Read more

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    • Sommerferie 2019 Deep South
      Day 21

      Torsdag d. 11.7.

      July 11, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C

      Morgenmaden fik vi i en af lejlighederne, som var lavet om til spisestue. I rummet kørte et tv på en kristen kanal som tilbedte herren - meget alvorligt. Ind trådte karikature af lavere middelklasseamerika ind. Én efter én. You couldnt make it up... :)

      Vi skulle tilbage til de lejligheder vi havde forleden, men inden vi kunne komme ind, dimsede vi lidt rundt. Vi kørte til kvarteret Brentwood, hvor de rige (og flere countrystjerne) bor. Vi sneg os i et af complexerne, og kigge på de store huse. Hold nu kæft altså. Det var nogle kæmpe huse.

      Den sidste halvdel af eftermiddagen, flygtede vi fra solen og varmen, og blev i lejlighedens aircon. Her kunne chefen begynde optræning af armen. Det var hun ikke pjattet med. Smerte er ikke rigtig noget for hende.

      Til aften gik vi naturligvis en tur til Broadway. Jow, du gættede rigtig: en enkelt lille øl, lidt mad og livemusik. Chefen siger at jeg er stadig kun er i country-level 3/10, og vil selvfølgelig gerne meget længere op.

      Vi var i det hele taget nok lidt heldige med planlægningen af vores tur. New Orleans står under vand, og det bliver vist kun værre. Tænk hvis vi havde siddet spærret inde i en oversvømmet by - med en brækket arm.      Read more

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    • TravelerNashville, TN
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      Cruis'n Broadway

      March 16 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      Main strip Nashville

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