Nashville, Music City, The Grand Ole Opry, nightlife, it's a fantastic town! We checked into a nice hotel 
and set off to see what this opry thing is about. Way cool! The complex consists of the Grand Ole Opry House, Opryland, which is a huge hotel, dining, and entertainment complex large enough to hold a football stadium; and what must be the largest indoor mall in the state, complete with multiple theaters including an IMAX screen and an Outdoor World. We bought our tickets and walked to Opryland's River Walk to dine. Opryland is very upscale and dinner at most places there require a small mortgage so we took the shuttle bus back to the mall where a great burger, fries and onion rings satisfied our hunger without requiring a bank loan. Then we were off to the Grand Ole Opry.
The only other animals in evidence were some wild beavers as proven by an official crossing sign near the Wild Beaver Saloon. I didn't even know they drank.
and set off to see what this opry thing is about. Way cool! The complex consists of the Grand Ole Opry House, Opryland, which is a huge hotel, dining, and entertainment complex large enough to hold a football stadium; and what must be the largest indoor mall in the state, complete with multiple theaters including an IMAX screen and an Outdoor World. We bought our tickets and walked to Opryland's River Walk to dine. Opryland is very upscale and dinner at most places there require a small mortgage so we took the shuttle bus back to the mall where a great burger, fries and onion rings satisfied our hunger without requiring a bank loan. Then we were off to the Grand Ole Opry.This was show number four thousand and something. E
very show is broadcast live on the radio and Internet so each is different. Hear one at http://www.wsmonline.com/the-world-famous-wsm-tower . This appetite for live performers permits almost everyone who makes a mark in country music to make an appearance on the show. Anyone who is someone in country music has been on that stage or will be. All consider it to be an honor and a rite of passage into the professional ranks. My recently departed friend Ben Simpson, was very proud of having played his guitar there many years ago.
very show is broadcast live on the radio and Internet so each is different. Hear one at http://www.wsmonline.com/the-world-famous-wsm-tower . This appetite for live performers permits almost everyone who makes a mark in country music to make an appearance on the show. Anyone who is someone in country music has been on that stage or will be. All consider it to be an honor and a rite of passage into the professional ranks. My recently departed friend Ben Simpson, was very proud of having played his guitar there many years ago. One of our favorite acts in the two hour show was a duet by Joey & Rory. They are a young married couple who write and perform their own material and do it very well. I found an example of the song they performed on Youtube. Click
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-w40-YpOMM&feature=related for a humorous treat.
Theresa and I both agree that, although we are not really country fans, this was much more entertaining than any of the rock bands we saw at Sturgis. The skill and stagecraft of the performers is high order, the jokes were clean and still entertaining. There wasn't a single dirty word uttered and no bare breasted women. The show was classy, casual and fun. Wholesome. I wouldn't change a thing other than the bare breasted women part.
After the Opry we went exploring downtown and we were very surprised to find a rich nightlife
that dwarfs any town of this size we have seen. There are blocks and blocks of live music venues, where the music and beer both flow like a river. Thousands of bar hopping people in the streets, keep a trio of mounted police at the ready. As busy as they were, one detected that I wanted to park on the otherwise closed off 2nd Avenue and waved me past the barricade to park the Honda. Nice guy. Theresa rewarded his horse with TLC and petting while it tried to eat my sunglasses.
that dwarfs any town of this size we have seen. There are blocks and blocks of live music venues, where the music and beer both flow like a river. Thousands of bar hopping people in the streets, keep a trio of mounted police at the ready. As busy as they were, one detected that I wanted to park on the otherwise closed off 2nd Avenue and waved me past the barricade to park the Honda. Nice guy. Theresa rewarded his horse with TLC and petting while it tried to eat my sunglasses.
The only other animals in evidence were some wild beavers as proven by an official crossing sign near the Wild Beaver Saloon. I didn't even know they drank.
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