Chasing Nashville’s Ghosts

I decided to move home to Nashville while shopping for molasses at a Stop and Shop in Amherst, Massachusetts. Well, what I really needed that day was sorghum. I knew that was hopeless, so I settled for the poorer substitute….

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Bittersweet Ballads

I was in a bathroom stall at a bar when I read an ad on the back of the door: “Nashville is…cowboys with smart phones, southern belles with tattoos, southern hospitality and culture with a SoHo flair.” I went back…

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Cashing In on Johnny Cash

I was sitting in a dark room with my mom and dad, watching a DVD of Man in Black: Johnny Cash Live in Denmark 1971 projected onto the wall. We’ve just paid $16 each for this privilege — or more accurately,…

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