Tues 24 July – I left my watch at home, but according to David about 5000 steps
As usual after a day of driving, David gets free reign in terms of cycling. He found a cycle path through a green belt that took him over a bridge and straight into down town. He found the walk of fame. They have honored all types of music there, not just country.
.We set off to Nashville together in the afternoon. We started at the Johnny Cash museum, followed by the Patsy Cline museum. Both were interesting and informative, but nothing like Graceland.
We moved on to Broadway. It is a milder version of Beale Street. They do not block off the traffic and hence there is not as much of a holiday feel. The demographics had also definitely changed. We had drinks at a few pubs with live music and decided we had had enough country.
We headed off Broadway to Printers Alley and found a restaurant called Skulls, where there have an awesome duo singing the blues. Such good music and much more to my liking. Unfortunately, the other diners were not interested in the music and were very loud, making it difficult for us to hear. It irks David that they don’t even remove their hats at table.
It was a ‘cheffy’ restaurant and we figured it would have small portions, so we ordered starters. I had a healthy portion of a devine lobster bisque and David had mushrooms stuffed with snails. Then the entrees arrived. They were huge and delicious, pork chop for me and ribeye for David. Luckily David was in eating mode after his long cycle, so nothing went to waste.
We lingered over dinner and finally we walked down the alley and heard great music coming from a doorway. It was late, but we went into the pub and found a guy playing guitar and singing. His name was Chris Ferrara and we caught a couple of his songs before closing. He was so good we bought a CD.
Chuckle of the day: Imagine if I took Tinky & Tonky into a downtown pub with me
What I learnt: Of the music streets we have been to, this is my order of preference:
First and foremost: Bourbon Street, New Orleans; Second: Beale Street, Memphis
Thereafter 6th Street, Austin and Broadway in Nashville are pretty even. However, I enjoyed the dancing in Texas, at White Horse and Giddy Up. We didn’t see any people dancing in Nashville.
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