Tennessee is all about the music, baby. Not just the Nashville country scene, but the state as a whole has produced great music. Do I need to say anything more than Elvis Presley to get my point across? And we all know that there's only one thing that makes music better: alcohol. That's why coffee shop open mics are horrible, but bar bands are great. The quality of music is the same. It's only the experience that changed.
You can't blame Tennessee for having the adults excessive drinking at 11.2%. When chowing down on some Nashville hot chicken you want to chug down a beer, not a glass of cold milk. If you see someone at a bar drinking milk, you need to leave that bar. Statistics : Adults drinking excessively: 11.2% - Alcohol-related driving deaths: 28.0% (11th lowest) - Adults in fair or poor health: 19.9% (9th highest) - Drunkest metro area: Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin