Sunday, November 4, 2018

Club Reports: Acme Feed & Seed, Wildhorse Saloon, Benchmark, Tootsies, Robert's Western World (Nashville)

This is the Music City, Nashville, Tennessee.
Located on the banks of the sleepy Cumberland River, Nashville was the 4th location of my office group's annual Party Weekend trip. Prior locales were Chicago in 2015, Toronto in 2016 and New Orleans in 2017.
Our journey began with lunch at Acme Feed & Seed.
This band was singing the blues.
Nearby were places like Rock Bottom Brewery.
Florida Georgia Line House.
The Pub Nashville.
Home to famed local delicacy Nashville Hot Chicken is Hattie B's.
The Country Music Hall of Fame is here too.
There are many ways to party in Nashville, such as the Nashville Tractor.
Or the bicycle built for 12.
Or the Honky Tonk Bus.
And the Hunk Express!
We partied in the traditional way, heading over to the main drag of Broadway.
Spotted: My entourage headed downtown!
Lighting up at night, Broadway reminded me of Bourbon Street in New Orleans!
Every address is a bar, restaurant or both. Ernest Tubb's.
Jason Aldean's.
The original Blake Shelton's Ole Red. A fourth location is opening on International Drive in Orlando in 2020.
Red Neck Riviera.
Whiskey Row.
We began our evening with dinner at the famed Wildhorse Saloon.
The Matte Gray (USA) band was playing....guess what....Country music.
Country line dance lessons between sets.
Spotted on the dance floor: Mary, Ron & Maria.
Cross Atlantic (GB) was up next, playing, guess what, Country music
We next headed to Benchmark.
There was a live band, playing......Country music.
Packed to the rafters. In Nashville, every venue has a live band, there are normally no cover charges and they pass around a bucket for tips for the band.
Tootsies is a four level venue with live bands on three of the four!
One of close to a dozen rooftop bars in downtown Nashville.
Spotted: Maria and our local hostess Nicole. Big thanks to Nicole for providing us with some much-needed guidance!
Live band playing......Country music!
Last stop of the night was Robert's Western World, home of not only traditional Country music but also a deep fried bologna sandwich!  YUCK!
Large venue, packed like everywhere last night!
Live band playing some Conway Twitty although when we arrived they were playing 60's hit "Secret Agent Man"!
No House, No Trance, No Trap, No Breaks, No Hip Hop. Nashville is all about Country music and if you don't like Country music you have no business being here. I will recover next weekend at Electric Daisy Carnival in Orlando. Nonetheless, Nashville was an impressive party town and a good time was had by all!

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