Nashville takes claim to being the Home Of Bluegrass music. The plaque that is displayed outside the Ryman Auditorium states its grassroots. The Ryman Auditorium first opened in 1892 as the Union Gospel Tabernacle. The Ryman was the setting for the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974. The Opry is considered to be “the show...
Downtown Nashville – Country Music Hall of Fame & Walk
The city of Nashville has plenty of history to see and experience. Alongside all the small music venues is the Country Music Hall of Fame (shown left), Country Music City Walk of Fame Park (shown below) and the Ryman Auditorium that will be featured in an upcoming article. I will also talk about Nashville’s newest convention center further down in...
Downtown Nashville – Historic Venues
We caught the shuttle from our hotel into downtown Nashville. The shuttle driver gave us a quick history lesson about earlier Nashville before dropping us off on the corner of 4th and Broadway. Honky Tonk Central; Music City U.S.A. and professed home to Blue Grass lies next to the Cumberland River in the northwestern portion of the Nashville Basin. We traveled down Broadway between 3rd...
Elvis’s Graceland Tour (part 2)
After walking out the backdoor of the mansion, we followed the concrete pathway past the carport and right up to Elvis’s business office. There are lots of memorabilia pieces scattered throughout the office. There are pictures, album covers and leather chairs and sofas. The original desks, file cabinets and office equipment where Elvis and his staff managed his entertainment empire were still waiting for...
Touring Elvis’s Graceland (Part 1)
When we arrive at 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard, I get tingles up and down my back. I am actually going to be in the confines where one of America’s most famous entertaining legends lived. This in itself is a spiritual and surreal feeling that could not have ever been imagined as a young child. Here...
Elvis’s Fleet of Cars at Graceland
Elvis loved his vehicles. His love for cars began as a young man and progressed just like his music career. Not only did he purchase cars for himself, he also gave them to friends and family. Elvis kept his fleet of cars current. He would refurbish his driveway with new and updated models constantly....