Nashville's Best Dive Bars

I had a great time on Ryan's tour - we had a bit of a mess up with meeting (my problem in not having a US cell and getting delayed arriving), but he took me to several amazing bars, where either the manager or the clientele were incredibly entertaining. I saw guns, Christmas trees (a bizarre sight in March), an all-Japanese country band, and met a man claiming to be Kanye West's mixer who then started crooning me country songs. It was St Patrick's Day, and even after the tour had officially ended, Ryan took me into town to show me the honky tonks in full flow. Even if none of that had happened, I'm sure I would have enjoyed it as Ryan's a great guy. An amazing introduction to Nashville, the variety of life here and a chance to see parts of the city you otherwise wouldn't. Recommend it to everyone...

Let me confirm that when Ryan promises dives, he really means dives. And this, of course, guarantees a wonderful evening full of the unexpected. These bars are rock 'n' roll in the truest sense: barmen with stories you'll hardly believe, Nashville's finest (and least finest) voices on the karaoke, cheap-as-chips beers, smoke-filled rooms (hey, it adds to the atmosphere), classic bar burgers even the East Nashville hipsters haven't yet discovered, and the chance to spend an evening talking to one of the nicest and most interesting people you'll meet in America's friendliest and most interesting city. Book it!