ABC Picks Up Nashville TV Series (famous, Asian, pregnancy)

[BirdieBelle]

Nashville and country music certainly have been drawing foreign tourists for decades. I just thought the TV show as a catalyst was a funny new wrinkle in that trend.

I guess someone will start a "Nashville TV Tour" kinda like Kramer's J. Peterman tour on Seinfeld??

[CountryGirl2b=]

Deacon's kinda sexy speaking German . . . ya, ya!


Nashville - Staffel 1 - Trailer (Deutsch / German) - YouTube

[CountryGirl2b=]

On the news last night, it was reported that Nashville creator Callie Khori said that part of the first episode will actually be LIVE . . all the musical performances will be shown live from the set, to showcase that these actors really can SANG! (not a typo)

I give them credit for trying to bump things up a notch and focus on the music in Music City.

[Drake744]

This is just a question because I haven't ever really watched much of the show. I saw the first two episodes just out of curiosity of a show based on the city and I was impressed with what I saw, but as the series has evolved do they still show off the city and maintain the connection with it or is it just kind of a show called Nashville at this point?

[BirdieBelle]

Originally Posted by Drake744

This is just a question because I haven't ever really watched much of the show. I saw the first two episodes just out of curiosity of a show based on the city and I was impressed with what I saw, but as the series has evolved do they still show off the city and maintain the connection with it or is it just kind of a show called Nashville at this point?

I honestly felt that as the show progressed they relied on locations less, and it became much more like any soap opera. I figured it was their way of transitioning to filming in a studio and using stock shots of Nashville. Since then they've said they plan to continue filming here.

I liked it better in the beginning when they really incorporated venues, stores etc in a way that made the setting itself seem like a character.

[CountryGirl2b=]

Very interesting question . . and one that is probably impossible to answer because I live here.

I watch Mad Men, too, which takes place in NYC, but is filmed in California. You never SEE New York but it is a character, a very strong one.

Season Two continued to shoot on location, but maybe it seemed like they didn't because a lot of the locations, like the Bluebird, repeat. I thought the concert at the Parthenon was stunning! LP Field, live concert at the Ryman.

The question I think is, what makes Nashville (the city), Nashville? Is it the Bluebird and the Ryman? Without the PEOPLE those would just be buildings. In fact, what REALLY makes Nashville stand out is not so much the singing talent, but the SONGWRITERS. Lots of non country people come here to WRITE. All the characters write music and they all do it in different ways. Solitary. In a group. Usually from a heartache or big even like "Don't Put Dirt on My Grave Just Yet" and "This Town".

The music is almost a bigger character than the city. Each song is really chosen for what it brings to the storyline. You probably could film Nashville in CA at this point. . . BUT you'd lose the easy access to the songwriters. And the songwriters find inspiration here. In the pews of the Ryman, or the lure of the Bluebird, or the din of Lower Broad.

(interesting how Lower Broad is seldom featured . . some of the clubs are, but not often. When Avery and Scarlett were busking, that was down by the river, wasn't it?)

So I would say definitely YES. Nashville the show DOES maintain a very strong connection with Nashville the city, through the songwriting and the music, and the characters who are writing songs (all of them do, in the show, and several do in real life). If there was no 'soap' the songs would be about the restaurants and the traffic, right???

This song PERFECTLY fit Scarlett deciding to go back to Ole' Miss . . .


Nashville: "It Ain't Yours to Throw Away" duet by Sam Palladio & Clare Bowen - YouTube

[suecen]

I had the honor of meeting Deacon and Scarlette this past Saturday in Wisconsin - my daughter won tickets and meet and greet with the two at a fair in Janesville. Ladies - Deacon is even better looking in person - had a great time

[CountryGirl2b=]

You forgot to mention THE HUG!!!

Here is an article about the tour from "Rolling Stone Country" (huh?)

'Nashville' Star Charles Esten Plans Summer Tour | Music News | Rolling Stone


And another article from Rolling Stone COUNTRY . . . .

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/p...ville-20140514

Nice quote from Chris Carmack (Will)

"Being here in Nashville contributes greatly to there not being a Hollywood attitude, on set and off," insists Chris Carmack (Will Lexington). "When you're shooting in L.A., you shoot a 12 hour day and everyone has their own lives, their own families, their own friends they flee to after work. But here in Nashville, the crew has become a unit, because a lot of us are from L.A. We hang out a lot off-set, which hasn't been my experience in L.A. That does a lot for morale."


WOW! There's more! A little pre-season reading . . . 10 Things We Learned on the Set of "Nashville"

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/n...ville-20140514


22 "Nashville" songs that made the show


http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/p...-show-20131113



Clare Bowen on Solo Career, The Opry, and Elvis Costello


http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/n...tello-20130925

[DonCorleone]

Looks like they are filming today next to the Symphony and 3rd Ave. Filming a scene of a man getting out of a black Bentley. Maybe the Mayor guy? You can see I have watched the show all of zero times since the pilot.

[CountryGirl2b=]

For EXTRAS today they wanted tourists, tourists in cars, and "Executive Board Members" . . . only 'board members' I can think of would be from city government or maybe Edgehill Records???? On Friday they are doing a Bluebird scene but suspect it's at the soundstage. Wish I had time to come down and gawk . . . . .