Tuesday, April 19, 2011
National Skyline Nashville Has the Country's 'Best Music Scene' According to Rolling Stone
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 9:45 AM
- Scan courtesy of Larry Mell Morgan
With a subhed reading, "Jack White, Kings of Leon, the Black Keys, Ke$ha and Taylor Swift have all moved here — this is why" — wonder where they heard that — the feature profiles Nashville in five parts: venues, bars, restaurants, clothes and record stores. Stone gathered quotes from locals and semi-locals including Ke$ha, Taylor Swift, my boy Patrick Carney, Nathan Followill, Cage the Elephant's Lincoln Parish and ambassadress — by transitive property — Karen Elson regarding the hottest spots in town. The Ryman, Exit/In, 12th & Porter, The 5 Spot and Station Inn all landed mentions in the venues department, while Springwater, Mas Tacos, Arnold's, Losers and Patterson House were mentioned in the restaurants and bars categories. What local music retailer was unanimously agreed upon as "the spot for indie and vintage nuggets"? Where else? Only one of Rolling Stone's "Best Record Stores in the USA," Grimey's. Well, Elson obviously prefers a different joint.
Also, in case you didn't know, "daytime booze is a time-honored tradition in Nashville." When I wondered aloud, "Where isn't it?", fellow Creamer Adam Gold responded astutely: "I mean ... Salt Lake City?"
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