Wild Wednesdays

Studio B & Nashville Photo-ops

March 6, 2024 /

We boarded the Studio B shuttle after we finished with the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum.  Browsing through my pictures, it dawned on me I did a horrible job capturing our time there.  

  • Our guide was witty and entertaining throughout the tour.
  • Through this door, we entered historic Studio B
  • Elvis recorded at Studio B from 1958 – 1971. Unfortunately, I moved my phone causing blur but these 47 singles were recorded here and made the Billboard’s pop chart.
  • The priceless Steinway and favorite of Elvis Presley.
  • Rear parking and Studio A entrance, then just to the right out of view is the entrance we passed through the previous day
  • Roy Accuf Pl entrance to Studio B with my mirrored reflection.
  • Historic market at the corner of Acuff Pl and Music Square
  • The front side of RCA Victor Recording Studios

 

 

This is nearly all the song titles listed in the above photo I took inside Studio B

 

Now for a few views from our roaming about downtown Nashville. Broadway has a zillion honky tonks and they all play loud live music.  It’s almost deafening passing on the street, I can’t imagine how loud it is inside.  Next time, we’re down there we’ll be sure to wear ear plugs. 

  • We started our day by having breakfast at the Pancake Pantry. We got in before the crowd wrapped around the building.
  • Inside the Goo Goo Cluster Candy Store. These are Mmmm good!
  • Luke Bryan’s place is to the left at this cross walk. I love the neon sign of the gal wearing shorts and boots – so cute!
  • A festive autumn display in an old pickup truck
  • Legends Corner mural
  • We loved The Voice when Blake Shelton was a judge. Old Red’s is his establishment
  • Mike’s ice cream is one of four places we sampled ice cream on this day.
  • Nissan Stadium, home of the Tennessee Titans
  • The sun is beginning to set
  • The reflection of the pedestrian bridge captured by the sunset on the building windows.

I’ll be sharing my newest artwork tomorrow with TAD. Come by if you have a chance! Have a wonderful day! 

I’m linking with Sandee and her Wordless Wednesday community!




15 Comments

  • angelswhisper2011

    March 7, 2024 at 5:20 am

    We loved the in- and outside of this amazing tour, CK😻and we also saw someone in picture eight who’s now famous too😸😺Double Pawkisses for a Happy Day🐾😽💞

    • Cathy Kennedy

      March 6, 2024 at 4:23 pm

      It was a lot of fun. I took quite a few pictures but when I look back I think I should’ve done a better job. Oh well, perhaps next time I’ll capture pictures I missed. 🙂

  • EsmeSalon

    March 6, 2024 at 12:39 pm

    Amazing slide show, thanks and now at least I managed to visit Nashville as well
    I visited you via Comedy Plus: I’m Ready for Spring
    My links: 39+40. I hope you will join us and share your links with us at Wed-Sat at #WordlessWednesday (words welcome) https:// esmesalon. com / tag / wordlesswednesday/
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  • Thomas Edward Anderson

    March 6, 2024 at 10:02 am

    Hi, Cathy!

    Happy Wild, Wacky and Almost Wordless Wednesday, dear friend! I hope this hump day finds you in good health and good spirits.

    It must have been a thrill for you and DH to travel to Nashville and tour the RCA studios where all those stars of country music and rock & roll recorded their hits and “The Nashville Sound” emerged. I found many of my favorite Elvis songs on your Studio B playlist including “Little Sister,” “Marie’s The Name,” “Devil In Disguise,” “It’s Now Or Never” and “Stuck On You.” I have two more Elvis favorites from that list to mention: “Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby” and “Ask Me,” and there is a story attached to them. Those two songs were the A and B side songs on the first Elvis record I ever added to my vinyl collection. I vividly recall how that RCA 45 came into my possession. My dad had a career selling and servicing office equipment and machines. One day, circa 1965, he took me with him to a shop that installed one of his copiers so that he could perform maintenance. It just so happened that the guy who owned the shop had emptied a jukebox of its contents and was selling the old records it housed for only 10 cents each. I asked my dad if I could look through them while he serviced the copier and he agreed. I rummaged through two large cartons. To my dismay, most of the records were bland big band sounds, not my cup of tea, but eventually I found the two records I wanted that were in the rock & roll category.
    One was Ricky Nelson’s “The Very Thought Of You” b//w “I Wonder (If Your Love Will Ever Belong To Me)” and the other was the Elvis double-sider I mentioned. Only 10 cents each, and they were still in very good condition!

    I enjoyed your slide shows, and it was nice to catch a glimpse of my great friend’s reflection in the window glass. Have a happy Wednesday, dear friend Cathy. I’ll come over again tomorrow for your Thursday Art Date With Rain!

    • Cathy Kennedy

      March 6, 2024 at 4:35 pm

      Tom,

      Oh yes, it was a thrill to spend a few days in Nashville to do these tings. It was an amazing experience. This trip is what inspired us to go back in December. 🙂

      Thanks for sharing your story about how you came to own the Elvis’ double-sider. It’s hard to imagine anything once costing a mere dime these days but it did. Do you still have these prized records?

      • Thomas Anderson

        March 6, 2024 at 5:13 pm

        Hi again, Cathy!

        Mrs. Shady wouldn’t want me telling you this, but when we first started dating in the late 1980s, she was having trouble making ends meet. She was divorced, a single mother trying to raise a teenage daughter. Money was tight. Caring about her as I did, I sold my entire record collection including that Elvis “twofer” and gave her the money to help her out.

  • Sandee

    March 6, 2024 at 9:51 am

    What a fun adventure. I would love to visit and explore.

    Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. Love and hugs, Cathy. ♥

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