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Originally Posted by CC1

I have enjoyed the 11 years I have lived now in Tennessee although I still consider myself a Texan / Alaskan.

I constantly have new experiences that make me appreciate it here. Last night on my way home from a business trip I drove through Memphis (ughhh) and then Jackson, TN on my home to the Nashville area.

In Jax TN, home of our beloved Sherri Cupples, I stopped for dinner at "The Old Country Restaurant and Store" that I have eaten at a couple of times before.

When entering the building I heard some great music and looked over at the ice cream parlor to see a folk / country band made up of two guitars, a banjo, a mandelin, and upright bass. Those guys were playing and singing so good it sounded like a record was playing. The vocal harmonies were spot on and it was just a real treat to stop and listen.

The music they were playing and singing was a style that I would never go out and buy or listen to on the radio but live and in person it is wonderful.

The audience was small as it was just a few people standing around listening and the diners and shoppers but these guys were clearly singing for just the enjoyment of it.

I wish I could have stayed longer and listened more. Reminded me of the time I went camping with my son way out in the middle of nowhere Tennessee and we went to a small town bowling alley and in the little restaurant area was three teenagers with overalls on playing a guitar & banjo and singing gospel hymns. Only in Tennessee! (ok well maybe in Kentucky also)

I read your story and relived some special moments in my childhood (the south). I'm a west coast rocker now but you just made me wanna "go back home" for a few days.

Thanks.