I couldn’t wait to set foot in Nashville and I am lucky enough to have visited when the CMA Festival was in full swing. The sun shone way into the 90’s and Broadway filled up with country boots.
Nashville is to musicians as Hollywood is to actors.
What did I think? I think it spoke to the very best and worst sides of me. The place is full of talent old and new, triers, believers and hopeful dreamers. It’s alive with spirit and those clinging onto possibilities. It’s a place that can exhaust you and also leave you wondering and maybe re considering when moonlight and moonshine hit you. Right up until the day breaks once more and you pick yourself up and try again. Cos that’s what dreamers do.
Nobody cares when you’re sitting on the floor; they only pay attention when you’re winning.
I totally got it and Nashville is a place I….. felt.
Obviously I went prepared with two new songs to get in the spirit of things because I am going to have a top ten Country hit one day and have since made a tunesmith page to fill up with songs. You can listen to them here once you’ve watched my Nashville video below.
“Cowboys aint easy to love and they’re harder to hold,
They’d rather give you a song than diamonds or gold”
12 Comments on These Dirty Sidewalks of Broadway
Anthony
16th Jun, 2016 02:06
Sweet Dreamers; Dream Sweetly
…and I like the songs too!
– TC
Jules Smith
16th Jun, 2016 04:06
Well you gotta keep dreaming. Always. It’s the happy part of life 🙂 Thank you, Anthony!
LL
16th Jun, 2016 03:06
You’re cutting quite a swath across the USA with your boots–made for walking, your cowboy hat, rocking it from the Atlantic, through Nashville, the Houston Cowboy Church and the Rocky Mountains. The only thing left is a conquest of the Pacific Coast.
Jules Smith
16th Jun, 2016 04:06
Challenge accepted! 😉
Gorilla Bananas
16th Jun, 2016 07:06
Go for it Jules! You definitely write better lyrics than a lot of pop stars, including Bruce Springsteen and Gary Glitter. Find some young crooner with a guitar and a voice and give him the words for his tunes!
Are you going to visit New Orleans? I’ve heard you find a different sort over there.
Jules Smith
16th Jun, 2016 14:06
Thank you, Mr. Gorilla Bananas! There’s nothing quite like a positive gorilla, I say!
I was meant to go on a couple of occasions but things got changed. I’d love to see it as I’m sure I would get on well with the food, the ambience and the bad Ju-Ju part! Maybe next visit!
the late phoenix
16th Jun, 2016 18:06
happy for England but my heart breaks for Wales…
the woman in the Cowgirl Up! logo is you, mah dahlin!
Johnny Cash vs. Bob Dylan? Dylan would kick Cash’s ass in a cage match.
“Spoonman” by Soundgarden, my favorite country song
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Jules Smith
19th Jun, 2016 17:06
Mine doesn’t!
I know! That logo should be mine! That’s exactly what my fairy Godmother said. I’m stealing it.
Tough call on the cage match..*)
Exile on Pain Street
17th Jun, 2016 12:06
I still can’t quite wrap my mind around the logistics of this expedition. How do you pack enough clothes for the amount of time you’ve been away? How is such an elaborate excursion being financed? You don’t seem to have an itinerary or rhyme or reason. You go to one place and suddenly show up in another. I want to know all the stuff you’d never put in a blog post.
Jules Smith
19th Jun, 2016 17:06
Well I’m in California now! You just can’t keep up with me. Let’s just say that I have some really cool and accommodating friend over here who have bent over backwards to be nice to me. I’ve got a free house, free car and people wanting to take me here there and everywhere to show me places so I ‘m only having to spend money on the odd flights and meals and cowgirl gear!
The Blue Grumpster
17th Jun, 2016 22:06
They only pay attention when you’re winning… Well, I think you’re kind, smart, beautiful and winning.
Jules, it’s Friday…
Such a fun day! 🙂
Jules Smith
19th Jun, 2016 17:06
Aww Blue, that’s such a lovely thing to say to me. Back at ya, grumpy!
It is a fun day and so is today cos Sun (day) sounds like fun!
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