On our last day in Glasgow we were hoping to hit a local museum, but it was closed due to the weather. The schools were also closed, so I guess it doesn’t take much snow to shut things down? It was only a couple of inches! We ended up walking around the main part of Glasgow, even though it was maybe 20 degrees out. First we walked past the theater where we are attending our concert tonight. Sold out!
In the center of Glasgow is the Public Square with the Barren County Courthouse.
There are several plaques around the square regarding the local history, this one regarding a Civil War skirmish on Christmas Eve.
This plaque commemorates local Willa Brown Chappell, the first African American woman to earn a pilot’s license in the United States.
Here is the back side of the plaque. Willa was quite impressive, particularly for a Black woman coming out of the south!
In a corner of the square they had a Veterans Wall of Honor for all of the service members from Barren County.
Adjacent to the courthouse was this memorial to the Barren Country Confederates who died during the Civil War.
The only thing left for us to do was attend the concert!
We had purchased VIP tickets that gave early access to the concert for a somewhat private acoustic set. There were 80 fans for this early set, so it was quite intimate. While he only played two songs during this set, he spent about 45 minutes answering questions and signing autographs.
This is the interior of the theater from the balcony. A fairly small venue with seating for about 1000.
We were fortunate enough to have purchased tickets months ago, so we were up close in the second row. Check out Stephen’s guitar, which he affectionately refers to as “#1”. The white patches on either side of the strings are masking tape. Definitely old school!
He performed a new song towards the end of the concert that I ended up recording in full. This is “Gary”, referring to a guy who can fix pretty much anything. According to Stephen, “Ain’t a lot of boys named Gary these days!”
All in all, it was an excellent concert, and well worth the trip to Nashville and Glasgow! We love Nashville and will be coming back. The next day we had some time to kill so we actually visited a Tennessee winery called Arrington Vineyards. It wasn’t even worthy of a photo. We did have lunch at this excellent little restaurant called Grindstone Cowboy. As soon as I saw the sign on the door I knew we were in the right place. The food was great as well!
One last shot of the sunset over Nashville as we were waiting to board our flight.
Up next, we are on our next big adventure, Australia!