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Nashville, Tennessee
    
         
    You are listening to 16th Avenue, performed by Lacey J. Dalton. Of all the great music in Nashville, I know of no other song that describes the lives of musicians and songwriters in such accurate detail. So, God Bless the boys who make the noise - on 16th Avenue. - Wilson Jay    
   
   
   
Nashville, Tennessee (AKA Music City, USA)
    
    Nashville was founded in 1779 and named Fort Nashborough, after the American Revolutionary War hero, Francis Nash. Because of its location, it quickly grew as a river port and in later years, it developed as a major rail center. In 1806 Nashville was incorporated as a city and later in 1843, it became the capital of the state of Tennessee.
During the Civil War era, Tennessee was the last state to secede from the Union and Nashville was the first state capital to fall to the Union.

By 1925, Nashville already had a thriving publishing industry when the WSM radio station’s Barn Dance was first aired on October 18, 1925. It was a 60 minute show. Under its original name, the Grand Ole Opry had arrived and the future of Nashville was expanding again.

   
       
    ATTRACTIONS:    
       
   

The Grand Ole Opry

    
       
   

The Hermitage

    
       
   

Music Valley Wax Museum

    
       
   

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    
       
   

Belle Meade Plantation

    
       
   

Ryman Auditorium

    
       
   

General Jackson Showboat

    
       
    For a listing of Music venues in Nashville, click here.    
         
     
   
         
   
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