I was in Nashville this past Thursday through Saturday. The only other time I had been there was in 2011. Things have changed and it’s a bit pricey to stay in the city now.
On Thursday I went to the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. It’s a mishmash of instruments and clothing including items from Hendrix, Tom Petty, etc. Friday night I attended the Junior Brown show at The Station Inn. My first time seeing a show at the Station. A fun show! The crowd loved it. I liked that the volume wasn’t painfully loud. Junior hung out signing autographs and selling merchandise. I would gladly see another show at The Station Inn.
Friday I made my first visit to Carter’s Vintage Guitars. The room you usually see on YouTube showing guitar demos by various artists was closed “for filming”, but the door popped open two or three times and I didn’t see any filming going on. Lots and lots of variety to keep me occupied for over an hour or more. Later, I braved the tourist crowd at Roberts Western World to catch a couple of hours of Kelly’s Heroes. Their newest guitarist Luke McQueary was tearing it up on old country standards. Late Friday night I caught Guthrie Trapp’s trio at Rudy’s Jazz Room. Guthrie is from my part of the country and I used to see him regularly in town about 20 years ago.
My Saturday was reserved for the Nashville Guitar Show. I’ve seen members on our forum dump on guitar shows, but I was in heaven. I love looking at the cheapo guitars all the way to the $160K Martins. I spotted Jared James Nichols, Guthrie Trapp, Jim Lill (he was in the middle of making a video), George Gruhn, Brett Papa and Parker Millsap. Vince Gill was there at some point, but I was long gone by them. I hope he didn’t miss me. Saturday night I saw Jim Keller (co-writer of Jenny 867-53oh9) with Audley Freed as a member of the band at The Five Spot in East Nashville. It was great to see a top-level band in a small bar.
Don’t know when I’ll ever get back to Nashville, but this trip went as well as it could. I crammed in as much as I could see in three days. Hope you enjoyed!
On Thursday I went to the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. It’s a mishmash of instruments and clothing including items from Hendrix, Tom Petty, etc. Friday night I attended the Junior Brown show at The Station Inn. My first time seeing a show at the Station. A fun show! The crowd loved it. I liked that the volume wasn’t painfully loud. Junior hung out signing autographs and selling merchandise. I would gladly see another show at The Station Inn.
Friday I made my first visit to Carter’s Vintage Guitars. The room you usually see on YouTube showing guitar demos by various artists was closed “for filming”, but the door popped open two or three times and I didn’t see any filming going on. Lots and lots of variety to keep me occupied for over an hour or more. Later, I braved the tourist crowd at Roberts Western World to catch a couple of hours of Kelly’s Heroes. Their newest guitarist Luke McQueary was tearing it up on old country standards. Late Friday night I caught Guthrie Trapp’s trio at Rudy’s Jazz Room. Guthrie is from my part of the country and I used to see him regularly in town about 20 years ago.
My Saturday was reserved for the Nashville Guitar Show. I’ve seen members on our forum dump on guitar shows, but I was in heaven. I love looking at the cheapo guitars all the way to the $160K Martins. I spotted Jared James Nichols, Guthrie Trapp, Jim Lill (he was in the middle of making a video), George Gruhn, Brett Papa and Parker Millsap. Vince Gill was there at some point, but I was long gone by them. I hope he didn’t miss me. Saturday night I saw Jim Keller (co-writer of Jenny 867-53oh9) with Audley Freed as a member of the band at The Five Spot in East Nashville. It was great to see a top-level band in a small bar.
Don’t know when I’ll ever get back to Nashville, but this trip went as well as it could. I crammed in as much as I could see in three days. Hope you enjoyed!
Despite this, between songs he insisted the sound man 'turn down the acoustic rhythm guitar in the monitors' (his words). I was amazed he could hear the acoustic at any volume!
