Arrived Tues evening at Nashville airport to find several live music venues on the concourse.

Never seen that before! Picked up at airport by Clay and knew within minutes that I had lucked into hiring the right person for booth helper. Great guy ... mellow, smart, and like interests. Love it when that happens!

Picked up a bicycle and commenced my 5 day city biking adventure. 3.8 mile dailey commute each way on 7 lane road to down town Nashivlle with crappy sidewalks, no regular bike lane, and several days of torrential rain. Still the best way to see and deal in a city in my opinion. Also kept me from atrophy.

Set up on Wednesday with Clay and everything went together just fine.

Ryman Theatre was right next door to the convention ctr. ... Bluegrass Lineup for July:

Wednesday evening was pretty nice so i took in some sights:

Thursday morning arrives and the show begins .... 3 days of almost constant talking with buyers, and gawkers over average 90 decibel noise level.

More cool stuff than you could covet in a lifetime and more ripping guitarists than I thought existed.

Went out Thursday Night to see Jason Isbell ... great show! This place oozes music and the roots of virtually all American music seem to be here. You can just feel it.

Friday it started to rain and the commute was a bit harrowing but good adventure!

I arrived Friday AM without my NAMM show pass and had to ride back ... 11.4 miles of curb hopping and traffick negotiating in puring rain and 88 degrees!

Saturday we had American Cadence recording artists Kiernan McMullen and Charlie Abbott showing some chops in the booth. We were told "no performances" so we just fiddled around with some borrowed affects set up in a boicebox T-21HT.   Check out the videos to get a taste of the NAMM show cacophony.