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The second season of the "Nashville Experience" walking tour is here

The latest dates have been released so be sure to book your tour today. Join us for the "Nashville Experience!"

Visit the Webbspun Ideas website to learn more and see what is available.

The Details

This walking tour takes you around Nashville to show what it really is all about.

We will taste local foods, hear live music, admire beautiful architecture and see historical places. With this tour I want to show you the uniqueness of my city and show you all the things that will make you fall in love with it and understand what makes this city such a desirable place to visit and live.

Some of the culinary options include bar-b-que, sushi, pizza, a hot brown sandwich, sweet potato fries, chocolates, pralines and more.

Approx. 4 hours in length

$30.00 per person up to 5 people per tour(food, tips, and non-alcoholic beverages are included in the price.)

To make a reservation or for more information, email me at corey@webbspunideas.comCheck the calendar for availability on upcoming tours.

See ya in Nashville

Nashville Experience Walking Tour dates are coming soon

Visit the official Webbspun Ideas website to keep track of upcoming dates and book your tours now.

Another sign of changes in the music industry

Due to a slow economy and a recording industry that seems to be trying to figure out how to sell albums right now, Equity Music Group in Nashville is suspending operations. People don't seem to be spending money on albums right now and something else that seems to be changing the industry is the ability to get the music without having to buy a full album.

I hate to see this happen but hopefully the business will go on and we'll see growth in Nashville and the music industry again. Read more below and the complete story in the Tennessean newspaper.
~Corey


Little Big Town and the folks from Equity Music Group

Nashville-based independent music label Equity Music Group said Tuesday that it was suspending its operations immediately, blaming a challenging economic climate.

"Our investors tried to a find a way to keep the doors open at Equity, but with a struggling industry, an overall decline in discretionary spending by consumers and a total freeze on the capital markets" the board made this decision, said Tim Wipperman, the label's president.

Equity Music Group began in 2003, co-founded by country artist Clint Black and Mike Kraski, a former Sony/Nashville executive. The label was best known for once representing the country music group Little Big Town.

Read the entire story in the Tennessean newspaper.

Lady Antebellum: Songwriters Find Chemistry as Performers

There's a tried-and-true adage in Nashville that it all begins with a song. In the case of new Capitol Records Nashville trio Lady Antebellum, it began with several.

It was music that brought Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood together. Well, music and some flirtation.

Scott is the daughter of Grammy Award-winning artist Linda Davis, who is best known for her duet with Reba McEntire, "Does He Love You." She and husband Lang Scott were part of McEntire's band until 2000. While still in high school, Hillary Scott joined the family Christmas show at Nashville's Opryland Hotel and was instantly hooked. She remembers thinking, "This is really what I want to do for a living."



Charles Kelley -- the younger brother of pop artist Josh Kelley -- and Haywood attended middle school and high school together in Augusta, Ga. At the University of Georgia, where they both studied finance, they began collaborating on songs.

At the urging of his brother, Kelley moved to Nashville after graduation, and Haywood followed a year later. "We didn't really know what was going to happen, but we knew we wanted to write music and see where it took us," Kelley said.

With the guidance of award-winning singer/songwriter Victoria Shaw, Scott drew attention as a solo artist. But a major-label deal fell through in March 2006, coincidentally around the same time Haywood moved to town.

Lady Antebellum's debut album is tentatively scheduled for a spring 2008 release. The band's diverse influences, which range from the Allman Brothers to Keith Urban to Gladys Knight, have resulted in a record that at once conjures classic country, soulful R&B and a singer/songwriter vibe. "It's like a Neapolitan blend of all these flavors," Haywood said.

Read the entire story at Reuters.

Christophers's Pizza in Nashville

I had the "Swap Meat" pizza for 1 person and she had the "Nashville Star" salad. The pizza was really good. I tasted the salad and it was good as well and they had a pizza crust under the salad. The salad was huge and the pizza was a "personal pan" size but it was really good.

The interior was pretty cool but I can imagine would be to noisy and crowded on the weekends since the place is so small. Try it during the week in the early afternoon because we only had a couple of of tables being used after we arrived.

We also had some delicious Yazoo Hefeweizen beers to wash it all down.

I'd recommend it that you give it a try.


Christopher Pizza
1524 Demonbreun St # A
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 742-7464

Nashville's got more than a country twang

Diverse music scene the mecca of dreams

Even as I stood on the dated linoleum floor and gazed at the tired walls, I knew that in this small room I was in the presence of greatness.

That's a common feeling for visitors to RCA's Studio B on this city's historic Music Row, where many of the greats of popular music recorded some of the world's biggest sellers. Coined the "Home of 1,000 hits," this venerated recording icon is celebrating its 50th birthday this year.
If you're a baby boomer like me, you don't leave here without a sharp stab of nostalgia.

Built in 1957, Studio B is in a non-descript single-storey building. However, its sound stage has heard the likes of Jim Reeves, Roy Orbison, Charley Pride, Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson as they laid down their chart-toppers.

Now operated by Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Studio B is open for tours that provide a perspective on how this city became the dream catcher for singers, musicians and songwriters. It was designated a historic site in 1977, and in 1996 was restored to its original character.

My own visit to this place where global mega-hits were made was almost a spiritual experience. No wonder. Hits came to life here: the sweet sounds of Roy Orbison's Only the Lonely, the Everly Brothers' Dream, Dolly Parton's Jolene and dozens of hits by Elvis Presley including Are You Lonesome Tonight?


Read Peter Wilson's full article at Canada.com