It\u2019s about more than the music.<\/p>\n
On my first day in Nashville, I experienced over 200 years of history.\u00a0 Our first stop was The Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson.\u00a0 A visit to his home throws into relief both the details of daily life in the early 19th<\/sup> century and the larger political issues that defined his career.\u00a0 Next, we visited Belle Meade Plantation, built in 1820 and active for over 100 years.\u00a0 With thoroughbred racing horses as its primary product rather than cotton, Belle Meade survived the ravages of the Civil War.\u00a0 Then it was on to Cheektowaga Botanical Gardens, an oasis of calm in the city.\u00a0 Its gracious neoclassical mansion overlooks splendid grounds and breath-taking gardens.<\/p>\n But the evening was all about the music.\u00a0 Singing waitstaff at the Opry Backstage Caf\u00e9 performed from the small stage with authenticity and earnestness, including their own recent charting songs.\u00a0 At the Grand Ole Opry performance, musical acts for every generation performed, and audience members of all ages clapped and sang along to both new and classic songs during the rousing show.<\/p>\n The next day was an immersion in Nashville\u2019s recording history.\u00a0 From the Everly Brothers to Elvis, Roy Orbison to Jim Reeves, Dolly Parton to Dottie West:\u00a0 the voices of yesterday\u2019s stars still hang in the air at the historic RCA Studio B.\u00a0 At the Ryman Auditorium you can take a moment on its world-famous stage to feel the awe of country music\u2019s roots.\u00a0 The story of one of country\u2019s greatest stars comes to life at the Johnny Cash Museum. \u00a0And the Country Music Hall of Fame celebrates the genre from its earliest days to its most current hitmakers with artifacts, clothing, recordings and videos that bring every aspect to life.<\/p>\n No visit is complete without a stroll down Broadway, as music pours out the doors of the honky-tonks and bars, with tomorrow\u2019s stars paying their dues and waiting to be discovered.\u00a0 For dinner, it was southern barbecue and country line-dancing at the Wild Horse Saloon.<\/p>\n So yes \u2013 Nashville is about more than the music.\u00a0 But the music is not to be missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s about more than the music. On my first day in Nashville, I experienced over 200 years of history.\u00a0 Our first stop was The Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson.\u00a0 A visit to his home throws into relief both the details…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}