Avoid anything on the East side of Nashville. Loveless Cafe is an experience, but it is quite far out of town, I went there once and was not impressed.
if you do go to Memphis, and visit Beale Street, wallet in front pocket.
If you can drive 120 miles, Point Park, Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga is very pretty. You can’t drive through Chattanooga and miss driving over Missionary Ridge. Could combine with trip to Jack Daniels Museum.
The Hermitage in Nashville is always pretty if they haven’t made it politically correct. Storm damage to trees a few years ago.
Belle Meade, The various music museums, The Grand Olde Opry and then walk over to the giant Gaylord Hotel, Tour the Ryman Auditorium, sky bar at the Marriot, Wildhorse Saloon, French’s boots
Hattie B’s. I prefer the tenders over bone in.
The Hermitage (Jackson’s house) is interesting.
Go to this link to see what’s open now...still in Covid, just started modified Phase 3:
https://www.visitmusiccity.com/things-to-do-in-nashville/nashville-events
If open, you have to go to any show at the Ryman, Tootsie’s on Broadway as part of the downtown pub crawl, and the Bluebird Cafe (try to get a reservation now or you won’t get in).
Downtown is thinly populated now (normally slammed) and a lot of venues are still closed.
Plan and you’ll have a great time.
JT
Visit Andrew Jacksons home (the hermitage) before the Antifags burn it down.
Monell’s At The Manor restaurant in an antebellum house. Mountains of southern cooking, sitting with strangers at big tables, chatting them up, passing bowls of food around the table. Fun!
Make sure you go to Love circle, best view of the city night or day and free. one of the guys from Big and Rich lives up there and doesn’t like people on his property so watch where you park.
I hope you like country music.