Nashville, Tennessee June 14 – June 21, 2023
While Nashville is almost exclusively about music, Steve and I did find other things to do while in Music City.
One of our favorite things to do while traveling – you guessed it – a presidential museum. We went to the Hermitage which was the home of Andrew Jackson. We toured the grounds and the home. You were not allowed to take pictures in the home (What is up with that?). The museum was small but pretty good.
Another favorite thing we like to do while traveling – yes – a battlefield. We took a day trip to Murfreesboro, Tennessee to Stones River Battlefield. The North narrowly obtained a victory at Stones River to give them control of central Tennessee. The museum was small but informative. I liked the short hikes around the site to view the battlefield.
We also visited the Parthenon. This is a pretty impressive building and Centennial Park that surrounds the Parthenon is lovely. I was a little underwhelmed by the statue of Athena and the museum inside.
Now on to the music!
We went to the Nashville Palace which had music everyday beginning at 11:00. We saw music here several times. Most musicians here played a combination of cover songs and originals, which I liked. Some musicians were great and some were not so great.
We also went down to Broadway, which contains several blocks of restaurants and bars. The latest trend is for country music stars to open a restaurant and bar on this street. We went to several including Blake Shelton’s place called Ole Red and Luke Bryan’s. On Broadway, most of the musicians played covers, but they were pretty good.
Jackson Browne played at the Grand Ole Opry while we were in town. Our seats were not the greatest because we didn’t even think about the Opry when looking for concerts, but we had a great time. Jackson Browne played for three hours and he was awesome. This was definitely the highlight of our stay in Nashville. he even played by favorite song – “Doctor my Eyes”.
We are headed south of Nashville to Columbia Tennessee to visit Srikar Reddy (Steve’s roommate from Hopkins).
“Doctor my Eyes” by Jackson Browne.