The Read
Most people met Hubbard through “Redneck Mother,” a joke that outran him for decades. What he built afterward is the real catalog: greasy, talking-blues Texas grooves, open tunings, songs about mortality and gratitude delivered in a voice that sounds like it has been up all night on purpose. Sobriety sharpened the humor and deepened the later writing. 3rd & Lindsley suits him: people come there to listen, but it is still a bar, and the between-song stories count as much as the songs. Hubbard is one of the great tellers of those, and he takes his time. The grooves sit on one chord past the point of good sense. That is where the pleasure starts.
The Venue
3rd & Lindsley
818 3rd Ave S
One of Nashville's steadiest mid-sized stages, just outside the Broadway crush, built for roots and Americana bills and the session players who fill them.
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Shape The Night
Before
HuskSean Brock opened this one in 2013 in a 19th-century house on Rutledge Hill, a few blocks south of Broadway. Southern cooking built around ingredients sourced in the region. Allow time for a seated meal.
8:00 PM · Ray Wylie Hubbard
After
NashHouse Southern Spoon & SaloonGround floor of the Cambria hotel at 114 8th Avenue South, on the line between SoBro and the Gulch. Southern plates and a full bar, serving from 7 AM until midnight.