People seem surprised when they find out that Nashville is a Democratic city and that Tennessee's 5th congressional district is safely blue. Obama won the district both times he ran. In 2016 Trump took just 38.2% of the vote- and in Davidson County (Nashville), he only got 34.3%). In 2018, Davidson County backed Democrats in both the gubernatorial race and the U.S.
Weird cities continues with Paris, TN, home of the World’s Biggest Fish Fry. We attend the redneck arts and crafts festival, interview a one eyed owl and a snake and the wee Eiffel Tower as I sing to our holy catfish and take out a payday loan.
Given the bad weather in Florida I fled to Tennessee and Jamie and I decided to do a bit of V-logging, looking at the sights and symbols of Nashville. If you heard my interview with Conspirinormal a few months back, you know Nashville has quite a few oddities many are unaware of, some of which were new to me. We consider the Parthenon, Athena, the Bi-Centennial Mall, the high IQ of Taylor Swift and much more in this first of many road trip analyses.
No child should have to suffer, so nothing is more awesome than learning about an adorable kiddo who has beat the odds. That’s exactly what a 3-year-old Nashville, Tennessee, girl did when she came off the organ transplant wait list without having to undergo transplant surgery – a feat which doctors say is extremely rare.
Little Zoey Jones has been through more in her 3 years than most people go through in a lifetime. She has been through 13 surgeries, 3 open-heart surgeries, 7 cardiac arrests, 5 strokes, and the child has spent 23 months at the hospital. [1]
Let me introduce you to David Bither, a senior vice-president of Nonesuch Records, where he signed Emmylou Harris, Wilco, Ry Cooder, Buena Vista Social Club, T Bone Burnett and the Black Keys. I first got to know David when he worked at Elektra Records and helped launch successful careers for a diverse group of incredible artists, from Laurie Anderson, Youssou N'Dour and Sam Phillips to Billy Bragg, Tracy Chapman and Allen Toussaint.
