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Originally Posted by Dixie
Nashville - honky tonks, good restaurants, country music, the Opry, and Cowboys. It sounds like my kinda place. Plus, I'm stuck in a rut, so I'm there June 18-22.
So, who's been there? Have any tips to share?
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Drugstore cowboys. Pretty sure you won't find an actual cowboy there, just like Austin.
I've been there many times since the 70's. Way back then, lower Broad was a scary place. Now I'd tend to agree with the woman that was running for political office in Nashville recently: it has been ruined. All the stuff is still there but the hipsters, bachelorette parties, pedal bar things, and other stuff are just too touristy.
Over the Christmas Holidays in 1987, I drove to Nashville to pick up my then fiancé (now wife) from the airport. We went to lower Broad and went into the Ryman, which was open without any charge and no attendants. Well before it became what it is today, it had been forgotten after the new Opry was opened on the Opryland property. We were able to get up on the stage and no one bothered us. No way you can replicate that today.