Visit to Music City

I checked into the hotel and went to explore the city - walking down the main street which is called Broadway. Although there aren't any "theatres" along this Broadway like in NYC, you can hear music pouring out of the bars and clubs all hours of the day. I was walking along the street at 4:00 pm and each doorway I passed had live music wafting from inside -- and a lot of patrons taking in the sounds.
I also took a walk up to see the State Capital Building and then ventured over to pass the city hall and a nice riverside park. Along the river you can find more clubs - but these must be the late night clubs because none of these were open. Across the street from these clubs is a scale model of the original fort that stood in the area and was the basis for the founding of the city. Kind of weird to see these 18th century stuctures across from those from the 19th and 20th centuries as this city has over 200 years of history, celebrating their bicentennial in 1996.
The city also hosts two major league teams with an arena right downtown and a stadium across the river which is the anchor for a greenway that is being built along the river. They even have a pedestrian bridge over the river to get from downtown area (or The District as it's called) to the stadium.