Country music and rooftop bars

Day two in Nashville did not disappoint! We took our time getting up and going which is always nice when we can do that. We ate breakfast at a Cracker Barrel, which I’m not a huge fan of, but Steve likes their breakfasts. I liked not having to cook it. 😁 We made a quick trip to Camping World, then back to the RV to wait for our shuttle back downtown.

We started at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. It’s an absolutely huge building, very modern, and filled with all kinds of memorabilia. It is three stories high! We saw LOTS of guitars, gold and platinum records, and my favorite… stage wear and costumes. Elvis’ gold plated Cadillac was in there, too. We spent a couple of hours just wandering around. It wasn’t super crowded, so that was nice.

Dolly Parton’s dresses

The interior of Elvis’ car

After leaving the Hall of Fame, the plan was to jump on one of the trolleys that drives all over town and let’s you hop on and off to see various sites… unfortunately, by the time we had a cold beer and went to the stand to buy tickets, they had stopped running for the day. We were super disappointed because we really wanted to see the area and have someone narrate what we were looking at. Oh well… back to honky-tonk row. No bad days in Nashville!

Being there later in the day and into the night was a whole different vibe. The caliber of musician goes up (hard to believe that’s possible) and the rooftop bars open. We found a great one called Redneck Riviera. The music wasn’t super loud and we had a great view of South ‘Broad’. Geez, sounds like we are getting old!

Redneck Riviera

After leaving here, we went to Whiskey Bent, another bar just a few doors down. Again, the live music was amazing. We really enjoyed listening to them. So much talent in this town!

Now we were getting hungry, so we went across the street and back into the Garth Brooks bar where we had some dinner and listened to the band on the first floor. It was starting to get dark, so we headed up to the roof and got seats right on the railing looking over the street below. It reminded us a bit like a combo of the Vegas strip and New Orleans. Lots of traffic, people, party busses, and holy cow the noise and music!! On the roof where we were there was a DJ and at first he played a great mix of old and new country and rock. As time went on, it switched up to hip hop and the 20-somethings appeared. It was quite entertaining and the people watching was exceptional. Finally, our ears just needed to be done and we headed back to the shuttle stop to take us home. It was a fun night and I was ready for bed when we got back. We will definitely return!