The Station Inn Stands Its Ground
They are not going anywhere. The Station Inn near downtown Nashville is quickly being surrounded with fancy schmancy buildings and hot spots, but there they are -- all stubborn and vintage and timeless. In a kind of run-down tiny building, they're doing what they do best: giving bluegrass music a place to call home. Dierks Bentley got his start playing there, legends like Earl Scruggs, Emmylou Harris and Bill Monroe have played there, and stars like Ricky Skaggs, Alison Krauss and even Dolly Parton have stopped by to sing. But now that the Inn is engulfed in this trendy new 'hood called the Gulch, some folks are wondering how it will survive. The lease expires next year, but the Inn's owners have an option for two more years. That's good news for anyone who likes to go, like Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman, who recently caught a Doyle & Debbie show there.
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Nid says:
Thanks Alison.
Redmaz says:
Station Inn features many styles of Americana/Roots music not just Bluegrass. Most of it acoustically performed but not all. Try this, take a look at their monthly concert calender. It’s great place where they support the art of music. Some reasearch on your part would’ve been a smart thing to do.
merlefan49 says:
Bluegrass music is for old people and is old music? I’ve seen all ages at bluegrass concerts and festivals.
CountryMusicFan says:
I’ve been to the Station Inn. Every neighborhood, trendy or not, needs an entertainment anchor and this could be one for the Gulch if they just embrace it. We went specifically to see the Time Jumpers who were just spectacular. Kenny Seals, who fronts the jumpers, is also the Opry bandmaster. So what that its a hole in the wall. Good music stands on its own.
stomp says:
NOT a fan of bluegrass music……but a huge fan of dierks bentley and his band :)