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 ARCHIVED TOPIC: Station Inn Bluegrass Jam -- What's it Like?


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Old Hickory - Posted - 04/04/2024:  17:49:46


My wife and I are taking a road trip to Nashville in October then heading home by way of Asheville and other points between the Blue Ridge and DC.



Our several days in Nashville include a Sunday, so I can go to the Station Inn bluegrass jam.



What's it like? Open and welcoming? Intimidating?



I'm a moderately advanced player who can mostly hold my own in a jam. But if it's going to be full of touring performers and recording artists, I don't know.



Love to hear your experiences.

staceyz - Posted - 04/04/2024:  18:41:40


I found it is a bunch of down home people, who are inviting, and lots of visiting people like yourself.... Just go, you will have fun, order some pizza and have a beer as well...!

Brian Murphy - Posted - 04/04/2024:  19:22:35


On your way from Nashville to Asheville, you might want to check out the Music Outlet in Sevierville, TN (just a few miles off I-40).  When you're coming through Asheville, you might want to hit Acoustic Corner in nearby Black Mountain.

Hardison16Picker - Posted - 04/04/2024:  20:00:31


Not really like a jam but like a show for the crowd! Very fun!

gcpicken - Posted - 04/05/2024:  20:52:42


I was there in December. Very down to earth. Very close up and personal. Problem is you can’t buy tickets in advance. There are some bands I would fly in to see. Po Rambl’in Boys and Lonesome River Band.

Dale Diehl - Posted - 04/06/2024:  07:16:10


I've been to one show and one Sunday night jam, so not a lit of experience. The show was great. It was over twenty years ago before that corner of Nashville was over priced , gentrified, yuppieville. In those days it was a little spooky. Not well lit, industrial neighborhood. Not much parking. Not fancy inside. Kind of cramped, never too far from the stage. The music was great.

The jam was very low key. Just a bunch of what mostly seemed to be locals that night, sitting in a tight oval, in front of the stage. Folks seemed to be inviting, though I did not participate. It was not a show/open mic type atmosphere as some jams are. But like I said that was over 20 years ago. Time flies.
The last time I was in that neighborhood, it had really changed, but the Station Inn looked the same. Inside pics I've seen still look the same too.

bobabooie - Posted - 04/12/2024:  15:48:59


Man, what a place. We were in Nashville for a week and we spent 3 nights at the Station Inn. Incredible real bluegrass music. One of the nights was “jam night” and it was great. You should be pretty good if you want to participate though or have big plums. I had neither so I sat back and listened. They serve beer and pizza. It was AWESOME!

eagleisland - Posted - 04/12/2024:  17:04:48


I went once, probably 15 years ago. I had my banjo with me, but the jam itself didn't seem like much of a jam - more like a group of the same good-but-amateur musicians who showed up every Sunday afternoon. Didn't strike me as a particularly welcoming circle.

So I sat and listened, but mostly engaged in conversation with Ed Stacey - pipefitter61 - and a young fella he had in tow by the name of Kenny Ingram. You might have heard of him.

The discussion with Ed and Kenny was of far greater value than anything I woulda got out of the jam.

Old Hickory - Posted - 04/12/2024:  19:34:37


Thanks, everybody, for sharing your experiences and observations. Really appreciated.



The October road trip is happening -- hotels in Nashville and Asheville are booked -- and old friends are meeting us in Nashville. As far as I understand, we're staying a short walk to the prime music venue area. So I'm bringing my banjo and will visit the jam. 



As I mentioned in the current discussion of age, at 73 (today!) I've lost a few bpm in the last decade, but I can still play. As long as the jam isn't full of pros on their off night or youngsters who got their bluegrass from Trampled by Turtles, I should be OK. 



If they're not welcoming, there's nothing I can do about that.

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