This book explores the formation and continuance of Nashville Tennessee as a music place the
importance of the fans (tourists) in creating Nashville¿s multifaceted musical identity and
the music and city¿s influence on the formation and performance of the individual and
collective identities of the country-music fan. More importantly the author discusses the
larger issue of country music as a signifier of tradition suggesting that for many visitors
the music serves as a soundtrack while Nashville serves as a performative space that permits
the creation performance and remembrance of not only the country-music tradition but also
various individual and collective traditions and an idealized American identity. Through the
theatrics of tourism Nashville and its connection to country music are performed daily
reinforced through the sound and landscape of country music. Performing Nashville will be of
interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including tourism studies
leisure studies ethnomusicology sociology folklore and anthropology.
