Old Dominion Performs Surprise Pop-Up Show At Odie’s Opening Night
Old Dominion performs at Odie’s. Photo: Mason Allen
Old Dominion surprised fans with a special pop-up show at the opening night of their new club Odie’s in Nashville over the weekend.
Filled with neon declaring “No Bad Vibes” and “Cold Beer Stiff Drinks,” as well as a 12-seat pontoon boat bar, there’s a carefree lightness to Odie’s. Old Dominion jumped onstage just after 8 p.m. Saturday (Apr. 26), and the mood was already festive. Along with playing the brand new “Me Most Nights” from their upcoming album, Old Dominion took requests from the 300-plus crowd. They played for 90 minutes for the fans, which included people from as far away as Scotland. Celebrating hits including “I Was On A Boat That Day,” “Hotel Key” and more, Odie’s is set for songwriters and people who like being around creatives, dreamers and friends they haven’t met yet.
“When we started hanging at places like the Blue Bar where we played for no one, and decided on our name, Losers and rebar, too, these weren’t hotspots,” lead singer/guitarist Matthew Ramsey says. “These were places for songwriters to knock off after a day of maybe not getting a song, to sit with your publisher celebrating a cut. These were working class bars, and the people who were working up and down Music Row were creating songs they hoped would say something or create a feeling that an artist was looking for.
“A lot of heavy conversations went down in these places, even if it’s just frustration over a song that’s not quite working,” continues Ramsey. “But a lot of us fell in love with writing, and the community of people chasing this dream in these rooms, too. So when someone approached us about doing a bar, before we said no, we asked if we could do something a little bit different.”
