#Downtown Nashville

[lauraepartain]

Rest in peace, Patrick Haggerty, it was a blessing to have met you. Haggerty was a country singer and queer activist, whose 1973 album Lavender Country is widely considered to be the first openly queer country album ever made. I originally became hip to Patrick through his 2016 StoryCorps short called “The Saint of Dry Creek”, a Sundance Film Festival selection that tells the story of being young and gay in rural america, and his father, a dairy farmer, who impressed upon him the beauty in being true to yourself.

“‘Look, everybody knows I’m a dairy farmer. This is who I am.’ And he looked me square in the eye. And then he said, ‘Now, how bout you? When you’re a full-grown man, who are you gonna go out with at night?’ And I said, ‘I don’t know.’ And he said, ‘I think you do know. Now, I’m gonna tell you something today, and you might not know what to think of it now, but you’re gonna remember when you’re an adult. Don’t sneak. Because if you sneak, it means you think you’re doing the wrong thing. And if you run around spending your whole life thinking that you’re doing the wrong thing, then you’ll ruin your immortal soul.’  And out of all the things a father in 1959 could have told his gay son, my father tells me to be proud of myself and not sneak. My reaction at the time was to get out in the hay field and pretend like I was as much of a man as I could be. And I remember flipping 50-pound bales three feet up into the air going, ”I’m not a queer. What’s he talking about?” But he knew where I was headed. And he, he knew that humiliating me and making me feel bad about it in any way was the wrong thing to do. I had the patron saint of dads for sissies, and no, I didn’t know at the time, but I know it now.” - Patrick Haggerty/Lavender Country

Patrick boldly made music that I know not only touched the lives of many of us, but provided a sense of comfort, confidence, and the power of feeling seen to his queer audience. He spent his life doing the opposite of sneaking, and left us with his art and spirit. 

Taken at the OG Basement in Nashville years back after his show there.

#patrick haggerty #lavender country #queer music #queer country #country music #kodak #kodak professional #hasselblad #on camera flash #lauraepartain #laura e partain #nashville tn #Downtown Nashville

[thebatblog]

#nashville #batman #Batman building #downtown Nashville

[viper-motorsports]

The streets of Nashville TN reverberated from SKI Autosports’ N°3 Audi R8 LMS GT3 that opened the 2023 GT America sprint weekend with a victory over the SRO3 contingent.

#audi r8 lms gt3 evo #gt america #ski autosports #downtown nashville #2023 gtamerica #street racing

[sweetkissesxx]

what i found in an alley way in downtown nashville

#nashville #billie eilish #billie #music #poster #wall #wallart #my post #cute #love #tennessee #nashville tennessee #outside #downtown #downtown nashville #stars

[zivakrealtygroup]

#Downtown Nashville #Bellevue neighborhood #Belle Meade Community #Nashville community #selling properties in Bellevue TN #houses for sale #Bellevue TN

[hindisearch]

Exploring the Vibrancy of Hotels in Downtown Nashville

#Hotels in Downtown Nashville #Hotels #Downtown Nashville

[lunarsolitaire]

XGRESSIONS VIDEO SHOOT

#nashville #broadway #downtown Nashville #dickies #overalls #timbs #timberland #tennessee #Bandcamp

[akanoahj]

HIM.

#black culture #black tumblr #black men #blackboyjoy #black is beautiful #fashion #fresh #nashville #downtown nashville

[tyresdeg]

was that completely ridiculous? yes. did i just have the time of my life? also yes

#i’m not straying from tumblr anymore people are always so negative #like i know i also got mad when they moved nashville from downtown #because that will effect the growth of the series. races in big cities are good for the series #once you stop getting pissed off at everything indycar does wrong it’s much more enjoyable #not everything has to immediately grow the series and that’s okay #it’s hard but you do have to believe that everyone’s just trying their best

[nando161mando]

Neo-Nazis March Through Downtown Nashville in the Middle of Black History Month

#nashville #neonazis #downtown #black history #black history month #class war #antinazi #usa news #usa #united states #unitedstateofamerica #united states of america #unitedstatesofhypocrisy #racism #racist #nazisploitation #nazis #nazigate #nazi #american #america #amerika #amerikkka #joe biden #biden administration #president biden #biden #far right #right wing extremism #ausgov

[lauraepartain]

An old portrait of an old friend. Courtney Marie Andrews, taken 7 years and a month ago. Back then, navigating downtown Nashville was so easy. We just drove downtown, parked, and had a good time taking photographs. Amazing the differences 7 years makes. I think this shoot was the first time we had ever met too! Love this lady.

#courtney marie andrews #Hasselblad #portrait #kodak #kodak professional #portra 400 #lauraepartain #downtown nashville #nashville #make portraits #shot on film #laura e partain #americana #americana music

[exc783]

Nashville Downtown at Night

#nashville #downtown #nightlife

[4everbrookemarie]

✨🖤✨

#love #self love #bgm #bgr #black is beautiful #blackgirlmagic #blackexcellence365 #black fashion #black love #brown skin girl #smile #Red lips #red lipstick #nashville #Nashville Tennessee #broadway #downtown #a time was had last night 😜 #celebrating me #34 #fun #party like a rockstar

[lesoreillesouvertes]

Bon… j’ai décidé de traîner dans le sud. J’ai cru comprendre que le printemps se faisait encore désirer en France alors je profite des derniers jours pour prendre le soleil, principalement dans le Kentucky après cette matinée à Nashville.

#nashville #tennessee #travel #holidays #couchsurfing #usa #loveamerica #downtown

[pwnicholson]

Lower Broad by Paul Nicholson

#bw #Black and white #white and black #monochrome #greyscale #Original Photographers #PhotographersOnTumblr #Nashville #downtown #urban #city #street #street photography #street photographer #Architecture #flickr

[psychoticwillgraham]

apparently Dollywood has a ‘calm room’ for ppl who get overstimulated with stim toys in it??? damn she rlly does think of everything

#and some of the shows have transcripts available if u ask #my family would think im stupid if i asked for a transcript tho :(( #my years of performing in gay clubs has rlly fucked my hearing #bc our sound ppl always sucked and there was always way too much bass #so yeah assholes of course i need transcripts so don’t be cunts to me #i barely survived downtown Nashville without a cane #so Dollywood is gonna be the Ultimate Challenge