Nashville At Night

Photo courtesy of Robert Y. Bailey.
The beautiful city of Nashville, Tennessee is a magnet for countless musicians and singers who dream of making it big in the music business. The sidewalks of "Music City" are filled with starry-eyed dreamers knocking on doors, all hoping for a shot at being the next overnight wonder.

But overnight wonders are very rare in the Country Music business. The majority of the performers who actually end up making it spend several years working at a "real job" while singing in every bar and nightclub that will have them. And they are the lucky few - most of the dreamers end up making a living at something else.

Yes, Nashville is a tough city where reality hits you in the face just as soon as you hit the streets and begin knocking on doors. But Nashville is also a city of enduring hope, where the optimism required for chasing this special dream can last for years. For some it will never fade - they'll continue playing the honky-tonks and backstreet bars into their retirement years. Why? Because they're performers, and they love being in front of a crowd even if they never get that big break and become household names.

For the lucky few who do make it, a life of luxury and excitement is theirs for the taking. Pounding the pavement in Nashville is a tough job, but it does offer the promise of fame and fortune for the ones who have the talent, ambition and perseverance to last long enough to attain it. And every once in a while that promise is kept...

About the photo: Photographer Robert Y. Bailey took this beautiful nighttime image of Nashville's riverfront at approximately 10:30 on a cold, windy April 8th night.

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