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Tommy Boswell

 

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Post  Posted 7 Feb 2016 2:50 pm    
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If you had only one Saturday to spend in Nashville, where would you go to hear classic country with good pedal steel? Or Texas country? Or classic rock? You know, the old stuff (like me).

And I wouldn't mind hearing new stuff either, if the young artists take their inspiration from the classic country and rock.

I've got one Saturday in Nashville to make the most of, my first trip ever. Need advice.


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Rich Gardner


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Post  Posted 7 Feb 2016 2:59 pm    
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Any honky tonk on Broadway. They're all good.
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Emmett Roch

 

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Post  Posted 7 Feb 2016 5:00 pm    
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What Rich said.
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Jim Palenscar

 

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Post  Posted 8 Feb 2016 8:10 am    
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Nashville Palace is a great place- not on Broadway
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David Spires


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Post  Posted 8 Feb 2016 8:45 am    
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I would turn my Saturday into a Monday, and go see The Time Jumpers @ 3rd and Lindsley.

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Tommy Boswell

 

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Post  Posted 8 Feb 2016 4:09 pm    
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Time Jumpers would have been my first choice, schedule did not allow.
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Chris LeDrew


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Post  Posted 9 Feb 2016 4:45 am    
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Go to Robert's Western World on Lower Broadway (the old Sho-Bud shop) for some authentic old-time country and swing. You won't hear "Sweet Home Alabama" or "Wagon Wheel" there.
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Trent Harris


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Post  Posted 9 Feb 2016 7:46 am    
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Nashville Palace and Robert's
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Paul Wade


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Post  Posted 9 Feb 2016 7:57 am     nashville,TN
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Chris LeDrew wrote:
Go to Robert's Western World on Lower Broadway (the old Sho-Bud shop) for some authentic old-time country and swing. You won't hear "Sweet Home Alabama" or "Wagon Wheel" there.

also the time jumpers Smile
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Darrell Criswell

 

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Post  Posted 9 Feb 2016 8:38 am    
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Chris LeDrew wrote: "Go to Robert's Western World on Lower Broadway (the old Sho-Bud shop) for some authentic old-time country and swing. You won't hear "Sweet Home Alabama" or "Wagon Wheel" there."

If you go to Roberts on Saturday night Don Kelley will be there from 6 to 10 pm and everytime I have heard him there he plays "Sweet Home Alabama" and other southern rock classics.
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Post  Posted 9 Feb 2016 2:39 pm     Re: nashville,TN
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Paul Wade wrote:
Chris LeDrew wrote:
Go to Robert's Western World on Lower Broadway (the old Sho-Bud shop) for some authentic old-time country and swing. You won't hear "Sweet Home Alabama" or "Wagon Wheel" there.

also the time jumpers Smile


Yes for sure if it fell on a Saturday. Smile
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J R Rose

 

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Post  Posted 10 Feb 2016 5:51 pm    
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Don Kelly has been in town for years. Used to play the old Stagecoach Inn years back when and other venues. A great vocal and Bass man but does play a lot of Southern Rock. Nothing wrong with that but if you want country with Steel that is not what he does. J.R.
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Damir Besic


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Post  Posted 10 Feb 2016 7:35 pm    
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Don always has the hottest guitar players in town, even Brent Mason worked for Don, he is an icon of the lower Broadway...bud sadly never has a steel guitar...
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Darrell Criswell

 

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Post  Posted 10 Feb 2016 7:41 pm    
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I saw Don Kelly a few months ago and he had Port McClister playing guitar. Don't know if he was a regular or a sub.
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Damir Besic


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Post  Posted 10 Feb 2016 7:44 pm    
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I don't know if Don has a "regular" guitar player, every time I see him he has a different one lol...
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Roger Rettig


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Post  Posted 11 Feb 2016 5:20 am    
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When I first spent any time in Nashville the Don Kelley Band was, even then, assured to feature a fine guitar player. It was Joe Glaser who advised me to seek him out.

The first time Redd Volkaert was there, then Rod Riley and after that Johnny Hiland. All good players, of course, but Redd was and is a true original.
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Darrell Criswell

 

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Post  Posted 11 Feb 2016 5:33 am    
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If there is one thing Don Kelly isn't -- it's traditional country!
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Charley Hill

 

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Post  Posted 11 Feb 2016 7:39 am    
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Music City Bar and Grill. Decent food and you find an array of players and singers there.

Robby Turner, Rusty Danmyer, Eddie Lange (Usually plays Bass while there) and any other assortment of talent. Traditional Country though.

Reach out to Mike Sweeney, he is usually at the Palace. Great Guy!

Log Hollow Jamboree: Lynn Owsley and others


Roberts on Broadway. Tommy Hannum, Chris Scruggs..etc.

The Bell Cove is a must if you are near....Jim Vest is usually out there....Smiley Roberts too. Look him up if you get there.....a real interesting guy!

Of course, Tommy White at the Opry or with Vince Moreno down on Broadway.

If you have Facebook, reach out to Eddy Dunlap. He may be in town. Great player for sure.

Go by the Steel Guitar Store in Hendersonville.....see Vick Lawson. Never know who may show up there. I have heard that Lloyd Green comes in from time to time. Stop and see Shelly. Great Hangout for Steel players!
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Darrell Criswell

 

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Post  Posted 11 Feb 2016 7:44 am    
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Check out The Wheel on Broadway across from Roberts-- Gary Gibson there is terrific usually with Vic Lawson on steel.
Full Moon also may have a good band.

And the Nashville Palace is always worth checking out close to Opryland, Ike Jonson with Mike Sweeney on steel is great.


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Herb Steiner

 

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Post  Posted 11 Feb 2016 11:15 am    
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Rich Gardner wrote:
Any honky tonk on Broadway. They're all good.


Disagree. Some places, previously mentioned, but not any. I like the Wheel, Robert's, Layla's, and Legends.

So, relatively few places I've found on Broad, and mostly during the daytime hours. And the upstairs joint at 5th Ave., across from Legends, has open windows and such an incredibly loud PA system with such incredibly loud rock bands, that the Broadway experience has been significantly diluted for me when they're rocking out.

I mean, should I be required to have ear protection when I'm a block away from the venue?

I liked the Nashville Palace and Music City Bar and Grill. Same parking lot, excellent bands.
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Tommy Boswell

 

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Post  Posted 14 Feb 2016 10:06 am    
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Thanks to everyone who responded. Broadway was an experience. Nashville Palace and Music City Bar and Grill delivered the goods.
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Darrell Criswell

 

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Post  Posted 14 Feb 2016 10:40 am    
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[quote="Tommy Boswell"]Thanks to everyone who responded. Broadway was an experience.

Was it a good experience?
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Tommy Boswell

 

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Post  Posted 15 Feb 2016 6:50 am    
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Broadway was fine, but I was looking for classic country and pedal steel. Heard Ronnie Miley at the Palace, and Rusty Danmyer at the Grill, and thoroughly enjoyed listening to both of them. And the bands everywhere were top notch, Broadway included.
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