Nashville. Overview. Nashville, on the Cumberland River has so much to enjoy if your trip is about fulfilling your fantasy of being a country singer. Pick up your pickup truck, an unreliable woman, big boots and your guitar and you have all the right props! Luckily there are many comfortable hotels. Cafes and farmers’ abound to indulge the gourmet in you, if, on your country music pilgrimage you need to build up your strength. You can always slip on the comfortable trainers and jeans while no one’s looking. The ‘district’ is the entertainment area between 2nd and 5th Avenues. That is the great thing about holidays, out of the office for days on end and in Nashville you might find yourself sleeping with a guitar on your back! However if you are an ordinary country music fan or an Ocean USA holidaymaker like most of us, find out about the music of the Hill Billy lifestyle. Hill Billies inspired the 1920s music of the workers and the slaves. The African American slaves’ struggles are expressed in the fantastic blues and soul songs. Visit the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry House. Elsewhere find rough blues bars, bow your head in shame at the way so many starving black blues singer inspired the likes of Elvis, during times of segregation. Music Row is where the recording studios first started.
Nashville, on the Cumberland River has so much to enjoy if your trip is about fulfilling your fantasy of being a country singer. Pick up your pickup truck, an unreliable woman, big boots and your guitar and you have all the right props! Luckily there are many comfortable hotels. Cafes and farmers’ abound to indulge the gourmet in you, if, on your country music pilgrimage you need to build up your strength. You can always slip on the comfortable trainers and jeans while no one’s looking.
The ‘district’ is the entertainment area between 2nd and 5th Avenues. That is the great thing about holidays, out of the office for days on end and in Nashville you might find yourself sleeping with a guitar on your back! However if you are an ordinary country music fan or an Ocean USA holidaymaker like most of us, find out about the music of the Hill Billy lifestyle. Hill Billies inspired the 1920s music of the workers and the slaves. The African American slaves’ struggles are expressed in the fantastic blues and soul songs. Visit the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry House. Elsewhere find rough blues bars, bow your head in shame at the way so many starving black blues singer inspired the likes of Elvis, during times of segregation. Music Row is where the recording studios first started.
If you're after a quieter side of Nashville away from the main city, then Opryland is the place for you.