Over the past eight decades, Nashville, Tennessee’s honky-tonk district has evolved from its stage-show roots into an world-famous tourist destination.
From the days when Ernest Tubb, George Jones, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette celebrated their success and drowned their sorrows at storefront joints to the growth of mega-bars named for three decades of neon-ready superstars ranging from Alan Jackson to Luke Bryan, these are not your grandfather’s honky-tonks.