Nashville

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Planning a trip there later this year. Tell me what there is to do there!

[Hamwallet]

Get hammered and enjoy live music at every bar.

[ptlyon]

Bang Priscilla Presley

[eDave]

Parthenon
Country Music Hall of Fame
Johnny Cash Museum
Music Row
Smoky Mountains
Day trip to Memphis

[Coochie liquor]

Re-injure Marcus Mariotta
Wear a cowboy hat without owning a horse
Listen to some of the worst music known to mankind
Return home thankful you don't live there...

[KC_Lee]

Parthenon; cool but only about an hour of entertainment
Country Music Hall of Fame; yes, cool place
Johnny Cash Museum; see above
Music Row; not much to see here unless you're into office buildings in a residential area
Smoky Mountains; this would be a day trip but lots to do
Day trip to Memphis; boring drive (made it many times) but fun times in Memphis

Enjoy some hot chicken, Princes is the best
Take in a minor league baseball game at the new Nashville Sounds stadium, it's close to downtown
Marvel at the endless traffic problems we have here in Nashville
Price a few homes in gentrified neighborhoods and wonder why would anyone pay $400,000 to live there??
Get hit up for spare change (and they will get upset if you offer too little money) by the homeless in Downtown Nashville while you enjoy the scene

[Simply Red]

White Castle!

[Great Expectations]

Lots of great farm to table restaurants. The biscuit is great for breakfast. Music is awesome, i had more fund at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday than i did later at night at the venues. Still fairly crowded, musicians are great, and it is easier to hear them.

[DJ's left nut]

Hattie B's -- others swear by Prince's (and a few others) but for Nashville Hot Chicken, Hattie B's is my go to.

Apart from that - bar district, drink and have a good time. It's a blast down there.

[KC_Lee]

Hattie B's -- others swear by Prince's (and a few others) but for Nashville Hot Chicken, Hattie B's is my go to.

Apart from that - bar district, drink and have a good time. It's a blast down there.

It's a 1 / 1A type of thing between Hattie B's & Prince's. Either way you're gonna get some good food.

And if you come down on July 4th you can experience the glory that is....

http://hot-chicken.com/festival/#.WNWHWVXyuM8

[Pushead2]

Jack's

[DJ's left nut]

It's a 1 / 1A type of thing between Hattie B's & Prince's. Either way you're gonna get some good food.

And if you come down on July 4th you can experience the glory that is....

http://hot-chicken.com/festival/#.WNWHWVXyuM8

http://i.imgur.com/xJYGXLh.png?fb

[DJ's left nut]

Now let me issue a warning - I like spicy food. I can handle a pretty substantial amount of it.

Do NOT get the 'shut the cluck up' or whatever they'd call it at Prince's. It is friggen agony. Hot is good, damn hot is damn good if you're wanting something pretty stout that day. But shut the cluck up is just absurd. It's red. It's actually !@#$ing red. The way they make that stuff is to take some hot grease from the fryer, mix in some garlic powder and brown sugar, then add as much cayenne as needed to hit the respective heat level.

They add so much that it isn't a sauce they put on but more of a paste. And again - so much cayenne it turns the entire bird bright red. I ate it on a dare and it really was brutal.

Now I'd imagine there's a person or two that can eat that shit without a hiccup, but those people died inside years ago; their GI tracts were long ago incinerated. If you're a normal human being, do not eat that stuff.

[O.city]

Take a viagra so the cowgirls have something to hang their hats on.

[patteeu]

Johnny Cash museum.

If you're into the Grand Ole Opry, it's there too, but it's evolved to cater to modern country acts. If you're into the old time country religion instead, there's a show developed by former Grand Ole Opry folks called Music City Roots.

[Deberg_1990]

Good show. Hayden Panties and Connie Britton = smoking hot

[Baby Lee]

Good show. Hayden Panties and Connie Britton = smoking hot

Did you say something?

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[scho63]

I literally just stopped in Nashville last Thursday to check out the city on my way to Scottsdale and today I checked in with my sister in NJ and told her she should take a trip there with her husband.

I am not a country music fan but I was really impressed with the city, the cool architecture, and the size. I imagined something very different. Cool city you should have a great time.

[Hamwallet]

I literally just stopped in Nashville last Thursday to check out the city on my way to Scottsdale and today I checked in with my sister in NJ and told her she should take a trip there with her husband.

I am not a country music fan but I was really impressed with the city, the cool architecture, and the size. I imagined something very different. Cool city you should have a great time.

I am not even close to a country music fan... but I did a weekend in Nashville about a year ago. I had a freaking blast. The bar district is top notch. Went to the grand ol opry Friday night show with a backstage tour after. Went to the Ryman theater Saturday night for a Jenny Lewis concert. Tootsies is a must for a few drinks. Extremely fun town.

[gblowfish]

Been a few years since I've been there. I sat in on a recording session at Hummingbird Studios on Music Row with my pal Marc from St. Louis.

Here's what I remember:

Ryman Auditorium: Looks like an old downtown church. It's the church of country music, home of the original Grand Ole Opry.
https://ryman.com/

Country Music HOF: "I wanna ride in....the car Hank died in...."
http://countrymusichalloffame.org/

Pancake Pantry: Breafast will give you a stiffy. And I think this is close to the Vanderbilt Campus. Pretty college girls everywhere!
http://www.thepancakepantry.com/

Ernest Tubb's Record Shop: Tourist trap, but lots of cool memorabilia:
http://etrecordshop.com/

Gruhn Guitars: The coolest Guitar shop in the USA. No lie.
http://guitars.com/

Hatch Show Prints: Coolest show print store in the USA. On the same block with Gruhn Guitars.
http://hatchshowprint.com/

The Hermitage: If you like American History, this is Andy Jackson's estate:
http://thehermitage.com/

Hard Rock Cafe Nashville: In a cool old warehouse down by the river:
http://www.hardrock.com/cafes/nashville/

Roberts Western World: Honky Tonk, all night long....
http://robertswesternworld.com/

That ought to hold you for a day or two.

[Jenson71]

Follow Blowfish's list, with the following addition: The Bluebird Cafe, to listen to a songwriter.

[ROYC75]

Wildhorse Saloon ( Coyote Ugly )
154 2nd Ave S,
Nashville, TN 37201

The bar dancing and watching the body shots are entertaining.

[Hamwallet]

Pancake pantry... I went their and had the best F'n pancakes I've ever had. I waited over an hour and it was totally worth it.

[Bewbies]

Went to a beer garden/burger joint in East Nashville that we loved. There's also a cool bowling alley/bar hipster thing downtown that was cool too.

Nashville is a cool town. Great vibe there. Way too many hipsters though.

[PutQuinnIn]

Hour drive or so to Lynchburg, but the Jack Daniels distillery has a great tour of the facility.