Nashville: Year One

I am coming up on the one year anniversary of my move to Tennessee and of spending nearly every dime I make on adventures in Nashville. I have spent the better part of the year going from concerts to awards shows, museums, thrift stores and record stores, while perfecting my skills at getting in and out as fast, often and cheaply as possible.

My favorite Nashville destination is The Ryman Auditorium. Unfortunately, getting in isn’t always cheap. I subsidize my music habit by buying extra Hatch Show prints or extra concerts tickets to typically turn enough of a profit to pay my way to the show. The Americana Music Awards (featuring a surprise appearance by Robert Plant and Band of Joy), The Pixies, Don Williams have been my biggest scores so far. For Jeff Beck and Social Distortion I was only able to break even. For Bob Dylan and Leon Russell I didn’t stand a cut dogs chance of getting decent tickets, so I may have to resort to scalpers.

Anyone with input on how to improve my enterprise is welcome. In the meantime I will post details of my Nashville exploits.