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GALLERY: The Music City During COVID-19: The Ghost Town Of Nashville

During this COVID-19 pandemic, everything is closed in downtown Nashville making for the first time ever a real “ghost town” kind of scene in this normally bursting with country music…

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Photo Nancy Brooks

During this COVID-19 pandemic, everything is closed in downtown Nashville making for the first time ever a real "ghost town" kind of scene in this normally bursting with country music fans and tourists downtown.

We captured some images of a Nashville that it seems like time has forgotten, if just for a little while.

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The Nashville visitor's center downtown is closed during COVID-19


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Popular 2nd Ave downtown Nashville. No one in sight.


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Nashville's famous Broadway bars.


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Luke Bryan's Bridge Bar with chairs up and no one inside.


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Blake Shelton's Ole Red Nashville


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Blake Shelton's Ole Red Nashville - the dog looks sadder than normal.


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The COVID-19 sign on Blake Shelton's Old Red Nashville


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Inside Blake Shelton's Old Red Nashville


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Kitchen light out on FGL House's sign in Nashville.


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Nashville's 3rd ave.


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Nashville's Symphony Hall. Many a country music show and event has been held here.


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The street leading to Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and the Bridgestone Arena.


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Nashville's famous Hatch Show print. No signs for shows being printed here.


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The street leading to the Nashville Convention Center.


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The Nashville street outside of the Country Music Hall of Fame.


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The sign on the door of the Country Music Hall of Fame. This now has been extended to April 30.


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The lonely gift shop at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.


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Nashville's Bridgestone Arena where many CMA Awards, concerts, CMT Music Awards were once held.


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The sign at FGL House telling employees where to pick up their checks after being laid off.


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Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville.


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Jason Aldean's Rooftop Bar in Nashville.


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Another bare street outside of Country Music Hall of Fame.


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Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.


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Until further notice at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.


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3rd Ave in downtown Nashville.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.