In the glow of the neon "Open" sign, Christmas feels a little less like a chore and a lot more like a party.
You won't hear "Silent Night" played straight here. Instead, the house band—usually a group of world-class session players in western shirts—tears through high-octane versions of: with a searing Telecaster solo. honky_tonk_christmas
that makes every transplant in the room homesick. In the glow of the neon "Open" sign,
The air in Nashville usually smells like diesel and rain in December, but step inside any bar on Lower Broadway, and it smells like pine needles, floor wax, and stale beer. This is a , where the tinsel is tacky, the whiskey is cold, and the carols have a lot more twang than a church choir. The Atmosphere: Neon & Mistletoe that makes every transplant in the room homesick