Last night's free street party concert gave me another plank for my platform that Nashville is the best city in the country! As Keith Urban surprised the crowd by joining Darius Rucker onstage to sing their version of "Space Cowboy," you could hear everyone began to murmur, "This could only happen in Nashville." And they are all correct, things like that can only happen in Nashville. No matter if you love or loath country music, you can't deny that musical magic happens regularly throughout this city.
The free street party concert last night was no different. As thousands of Nashvillians braved the rain to see headliners Luke Bryan and Darius Rucker play, the a feeling of nostalgia mixed with hope surrounded me. Ok, that was a little much, but it was an amazing show! Luke Bryan was his country self and offered the crowd several interesting and slightly redneck remixes of his songs. Following him, Darius Rucker did not dissappoint. He played an incredible mix of both old (Hootie songs) and new (country songs) stuff. The crowning moments of the night, though, came when Keith Urban join Darius on stage to perform "Space Cowboy" and when Luke Bryan came back out to preform their head bob inducing rendition of "Family Tradition".
I have been to many concerts here in Nashville where incredibly famous artists "stopped" by to play with the headliner. It is something that makes Nashville concerts extra fun! It is very rare to go to a show and not have a special guest. Their not always as incredible as Keith Urban, but they never disappoint. It is one of the many, many reasons I love this city so much.
Things like this truly can only happen in Nashville...
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