Nashville honky-tonks and the Nashville Experience

Everyone thinks of our honky-tonks when they think of Nashville and that's for a good reason. There is a good bit of history that ties Nashville's music legends to the honky-tonks. Back when Tootsie's Orchid Lounge was called Mom's and "Tootsie" bought it in 1960. So many legends worked there singing or drinking as they struggled to make it in the music business.

Tootsie's is the most famous of all the honky-tonks but there are some other ones on the same strip that carry as much weight. Robert's Western World, Legend's Corner, The Stage, Bluegrass Inn, Rippy's and more. Each one has it's own style and flair so be sure to visit each one and see which one is right for you. Sometimes the music is mediocre but days and nights it is some really great music. These are some of the best places to hear up and coming as well as some established artists.

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90 minutes at Robert's Western World

Went down to Robert's Western World last night for a little while and sat a couple of stools down from Rhonda Vincent. Wow, she is a beautiful lady and she is sooo talented. I had some Michelob Ultras and I received a free sandwich from the bartender because some guy didn't wait for his order so I received a ham sandwich with fries. Okay, it wasn't gourmet or fine dining but for a lil honky-tonk food, it was good and helped keep the beer in check.

Great times as the crowds flooded in from the CMA Awards at the Sommet Center. Talked just a itty bitty bit with Rhonda, Manuel came in and the Travis Mann Band absoutely tore the place apart. They all are so much fun and the new guitarist really fit right in to their fine grooviphonics. Dig the rockabilly!

I love Nashville and I think this is the kind of thing that truly only happens here in Nashville. Oh, oh yeah...the irony is that I don't think anyone recognized Rhonda Vincent. She sat at the bar with a couple of folks, ate a cheeseburger and enjoyed the music. I think the only time someone besides me talked to her, was to tell her they wanted a drink and to help get the bartender.

Fun, fun, fun night ya'll!

Nashville - what a place

So Manuel makes it to the wall of the Palm restaurant and a massive party rolls out and later Kid Rock goes over to Tootsies, or so I hear. Visit Steph in the City to find out more. Everybody gettin wild and woolly!!! HAR HAR HAR

Tomorrow night in Nashville should be fairly nuts. Gotta love Music City! My friends...this is the Nashville Experience. Ha!

Nashville on a Saturday night

Music and songs by Terry Dennis. Used with his persmission

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The Good Life by Jeff

Nashville Aficionado; episode 4

Printers Alley

BiCentennial Park

A night on Lower Broadway in Nashville

Thanks to Charles Cross for assistance on the Printers Alley and BiCentennial Park segments.

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An Afternoon in Nashville

Robert's Western World


Mulligan's Pub

Today after the seminar and exhibit we wandered around downtown Nashville and visited Robert's Western World. We talked to John Shephard the singer, Ray the bartender and another guy who was in Nashville from Michigan. Everyone was friendly, having fun and just enjoying the day in Nashville.

After that we visited Mulligan's Pub for a bit and then finally to the downtown library and back home.

Sunday Night in Nashville

We went to the last half of the Shakespeare in the Park on a recent Sunday night. We saw the Merry Wives of Windsor and it was so funny and the acting and the way the drew the audience in was incredible. It was a wonderful show with a good turn out. See ya next year Shakes...

We walked around downtown afterwards. We enjoyed the beauty and the architecture of the Schermerhorn and Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

After all that we visited Lower Broadway, taking in the neon lights with our newly arrived German visitors. We listened to music from the sidewalk and soaked up the atmosphere and we let the spirit of Nashville move around us and whisper in our ears.

Can't Keep Bucky Out of the Bars

Jason Michael Carroll and Bucky Covington are teaming up for the 20-city bar tour that begins next month and stops in Nashville on Nov. 17.



"Every time I go back into a bar, it takes you back to when you first got into music," Bucky says. "I played bars eight years or so. I think anybody who gets into music got into it because they went to a bar, played music and people liked it. It's about the music, but it's also about the attention in the bar."

"It's called Raisin' the Bar tour.

Read more Nashville news in Beverly Keel's column today.

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