Better late than never, right.....
Today we went to Marathon Village and checked out Antique Archeology, Bang Candy Company, Garage Coffee Company and a tour of Corsair Distillery.
Marathon Village is a cool old building which was once an automobile production facility - you can read about the history and transformation here. It's a pretty cool building - with a pretty cool story. Here are some pictures of the outside. The original logo:
The oil can sits atop the building - it's become a landmark.
this is what the oil can looks like from the back of Corsair distillery.
Antique Archeology is the Nashville location of Mike Rowe - American Pickers.
Corsair Distillery is the polar opposite of Jack Daniels. Corsair is a small brew company who experiments with different grains and flavorings, both spirits and beer. They do a Quinoa Whiskey, a Triple Smoke - which is definitely a fan favorite! - and many other seasonal flavors. The tour takes you through the processing area, the bottling area and the barrel room, most of which are in the same large room.
Included in the tour is a stop in the tasting room so you can try out some of their unique flavors.
Then last night we went to City Winery (no photos or videos allowed, so these are not actually from last night) to see Holly Williams. She is the granddaughter of the great Hank Williams, daughter of Hank Jr., or Bocephus, as he is commonly referred to. The opening act was a 10 year old powerhouse of a little girl from East Tennessee name Emi Sunshine. Her website is here. Definitely check her out. And Holly Williams with her band.
She played a variety of music from her albums, and a couple of extra songs. She is a true storytelling songwriter. My favorite, favorite, favorite Holly Williams song is Waiting on June. It's a song about her mothers' parents, who she was close to while growing up. Every word is true, and it is full of emotion for her. She did play it last night - and it was wonderful. Here's the YouTube version.
Enjoy!!
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