Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes?

Nashville !!  First off I want to thank my brother, Rob and his wife Wendy for taking the time out of their schedule to show me around.  What can I say about Nashville Tennessee?  The streets are kind of stinky, and every other door leads to a bar.  All around you, the sounds of young artists, whose futures are tied to a guitar and a dream, come streaming out of open windows along the sidewalk.  While I did not have the time and or money to experience all that Nashville has to offer, I did hit some of the highlights and let me tell you it was nothing short of a dream come true.  Like my brothers and sister, I grew up in a house where country music was a staple of everyday life, especially the classics, Hank Sr, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, George Jones, etc.  Nashville is the Mecca of any country music fan.  It would be impossible to tell you about every single thing that we saw, so I’ll hit the highlights.  The Grand Ol’ Opry was so amazing, I’ll have to do its own separate post.

First stop was Cooter’s, The Dukes of Hazzard museum.  How crazy is it, that after all these years, people still flock to see the General Lee and all the memorabilia.  It definitely brought back memories…. and yes, my heart still fluttered seeing Bo and Luke Duke…even their cardboard cutouts are cute….

The Man in Black, Johnny Cash.  His museum was surreal.  I took so many pictures, I thought my camera was going to melt….lol….

Just up the stairs was the Patsy Cline Museum.  Looking around at all of her records, I could hear my Mom singing along with the radio.  Her amazing career was cut short with the plane crash that took her life.

George Jones, No Show Jones, his museum, showed how down to earth he was.  He mowed his own lawn, and once rode his Cub Cadet lawn mower 11 miles to get a drink, when they had taken all his car keys.  He was a conservationist, and a collector of fine guns.

Sightseeing can make a body hungry so we grabbed some lunch at the Wildhorse Saloon.  The food was delicious, and the service was great. The place was gigantic, with five bars and three floors, the place holds almost 2500 people.  Wow…..

We walked by Margaretaville, but we didn’t get a chance to stick around for the Sirius XM Friday Night Happy Hour show.  I also got to see the famous Tootsies, and Ernest Tubb Record Shop.  And of course souvenir shopping isn’t complete without the popular hat pictures….. Well, that is about it, I could fill the internet with all the pictures that I took.  Stay tuned for my next couple posts.  I still have to share my visits to the Gaylord Opry Hotel, the Ryman Auditorium and the Grand Ol’ Opry…….