Music City

Nashville is aptly called Music City. There is literally music coming from everywhere. You can walk down Broadway and hear live or recorded Country music seeping out of closed doors and blaring out of open doors of all the Honky Tonks and shops along the way. What fun! I enjoyed live music during lunch at The Stage on Broadway. While standing at a corner waiting for the light to change I heard music coming from a street sign!

We toured RCA Studio B, http://tinyurl.com/pxe612 where so much of country music has been recorded and produced including 14 years of Elvis' recordings including "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

The Country Music Hall of Fame http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/site/is a fantastic museum of the history of Country music. There are thousands of gold records on display and clothing, instruments, and memorabilia from all of the greats of the genre. Then everyone scattered to downtown Nashville to visit the honky tonks, have lunch and shop. We returned to the hotel for a while and then went to the Wildhorse Saloon for drinks and line dancing, and of course...live music.

I have my new British friends, including "Mrs. P" to thank for my new favorite expression...whatever I don't like, whether it be a meal, a restaurant, or anything disagreeable...it's RUBBISH! Very fun time.

Tomorrow we head for Chattanooga Choo Choo and then to Atlanta Airport to say good bye to group 1 and hello to group 2.