“I Still Think Nashville Is Magical” – Jake Worthington Is One Of The Country Artists Who Still Enjoys Wandering Around Broadway

If you were to ask most country artists (established ones) about their relationship with Lower Broadway, most would tell you they want nothing to do with it, and rarely venture down there. Full of rowdy tourists, gimmicky, cookie cutter bars, and more hip hop and classic rock than any country bar should play, it’s no secret that Nashville has changed A LOT in the past decade or so.

But if you ask Jake Worthington, there’s still some magic in downtown Nashville.

Jake Worthington stopped by the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast to talk about his sophomore album When I Write The Song, how he loves sad country songs but has been scared to cut them in case they come true, why he still believes in making a full and complete album, his love for Zach Top and the traditional country revival, being from Texas and his influences there and so much more.

Worthington also talked to us about how, whenever he’s in town (he lives in Texas), he loves to walk up and down Broadway and listen to the music and the live bands. The country artist said it somewhat keeps him in the loop, and allows him to hear what modern country artists are listening to:

“I’ll tell you one thing I like to do, something that you could have caught me doing for the years that I’ve been coming here. I like to go walk. I even walk down there to Broadway. I know I don’t look like much of a walker, but I do.

I’ve found it interesting over the years hearing the different juke boxes and what was getting played in the bars – the live bands, what are they playing. What is Top 40 now and what are people playing? I’ve heard this town get inspired, and that inspires me.”

That being said, what he hears on Broadway – which if we’re being honest, can be music that’s a far stretch away from country – doesn’t change how he approaches his own musical process. He made that very clear. For fans of Worthington out there, don’t expect a pop country or EDM record anytime soon:

“I just like hearing what the world thinks. It ain’t gonna change what I do. I’ve never wanted to make music besides the kind of music that I make. Obviously that grows for anybody making records or writing songs. (It’s a) grass grows where you water it type of deal.”

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Worthington made sure to point out that the more he’s gone down to Broadway as of late, the more he’s heard people requesting or cueing up traditional country music. To him, that’s a promising sign, and a sign that the pendulum might be swinging back to the traditional sound of country that’s as timeless as anything else.

He says that when he’s walking up and down Broadway, or sitting at the end of the bar, and he hears a Merle Haggard song, it proves that there’s still magic in Music City. And Worthington will die on the hill of Nashville still being a special place for an artist:

“I still think Nashville is magical. All the buildings getting brought up and all that stuff, I don’t care for all that. But still, this town is magic. It’s the people in it.”

To hear more from Jake Worthington on his thoughts on Nashville, make sure to download the podcast on Apple Podcasts by searching “Whiskey Riff Raff” or click here.

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