Luke Bryan’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum summer exhibit, Luke Bryan: Dirt Road Diary presented by Citi, opens to the public today, May 22.

Bryan took time to answer questions about a handful of the most meaningful artifacts during a press preview event in Nashville earlier this week. Those included his first guitar, the first song he wrote, a piano from his room and a backpack he almost lost at school.

“For years, some of my first instruments were at home,” said Bryan. “We loved having them there, but this forced us to bring them to Nashville. Once they leave here, I’ll be able to take them to some of my guitar guys to get them tuned up for wherever their resting place may be.”

• First Guitar –“I was traveling to visit family friends on a Greyhound from Tallahassee, Fl. to Jennings, Louisiana when I was 14-years-old. I had a Walkman with No Fences (Garth Brooks), Killin’ Time (Clint Black) and Too Cold At Home (Mark Chesnutt) and listened to those albums the whole way. During that trip, there was a kid who was probably 16-years-old playing guitar and I saw how the girls swooned. Then we went to Gatlinburg, Tenn. where there were people playing guitars on the street and over those few weeks I got really inspired. Back home, I knew there was a gentleman named Connel Anderson who had guitars. He brought an extra one over and I’m sure it took me three months to learn how to tune it. Now I think, how did this guitar that was once leaned up against my bed when I was around 14-years-old, make it to the Hall of Fame? Wow!”

• First song – “We found the very first song I wrote and performed for my church called “The Day He Turned Me Around.” It was a Christian song we found in my piano bench. I remember being on stage putting it on the pulpit and being really nervous to sing it in front of my family in the audience. You don’t realize at the time what you’re laying the groundwork for. Since then, something has spilled on the lyrics and you can’t see half of them as the ink has faded over time. That was probably when I was around 15-years old and it’s neat to see that piece of paper again.”

• Wurlitzer Spinet Piano – “It’s a family friend’s piano that I don’t know if we ever formally asked to bring up here, but it’s here! I took piano briefly in 3rd-4th grade and it didn’t really stick. But the piano lived in my room because there was limited space in our house. When I started playing guitar it made me get back into piano, but I’m still quite limited on it. I learned Ronnie Milsap chords but never learned how to make big runs or learn theory. I played it quite a bit though. My brother worked the night shift and I would pay piano while he was sleeping at night. He ran me off quite a bit! The piano wound up at my mothers house and I would play it from time to time when I’d go home.”

• Backpack – “It looks like an old army pack that probably my dad had. It started as my brother’s backpack and had his name written really big on it. I left it somewhere in school in second or third grade and one of the teachers came on the bus saying we have ‘Chris Bryan’s backpack.’ I wasn’t paying attention and she turned to walk off the bus and then realized it was mine. I wrote my name on it to make sure that didn’t happen again.”

“I was really pleased at the stuff my mother was able to find,” said Bryan. “I’m just so enamored by the city of Nashville and the music scene. Anytime I can be associated with the staples of Nashville: The Opry, The Hall of Fame, Music Row–I’m very honored.

“I remember taking my dad through [the Hall of Fame] one time watching a video of Garth when I first moved here. It’s pretty cool knowing that people will be moving to town, taking their families and showing them my exhibit.

“I’m a total geek. Today I was pulling off Wedgewood [Avenue] and saw the Hall of Fame’s billboard. I remember being here 10-years ago driving on the 440-loop seeing other artists up there. It’s surreal.”

Additional items in the summer exhibit include:

• Little League baseball uniform and glove
• Second grade denim jacket
• A script from his high school production of Annie Get Your Gun, in which he starred
• Handwritten lyrics to his 2014 chart-topping single, “I See You”
• Stage props from his Spring Break concerts
• Tour posters
• Stage clothes worn by Bryan at concerts and awards shows
• Music awards, including trophies for his ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year wins
• Bow and arrows used by Bryan on the Outdoor Channel reality series Buck Commander: Protected by Under Armour

Luke Bryan: Dirt Road Diary will run through November 8, 2015 at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame.

Governor Bill Haslam signed the “to-go cup” bill (House Bill No. 642) on April 28, which will soon make it legal to carry open containers of beer or liquor on one block in downtown Nashville. The law goes into effect on July 1.

The approved block is on Fifth Avenue between Demonbreun Street and Korean Veterans Boulevard and allows people to carry alcohol as they walk between Music City Center, Country Music Hall of Fame, and the Omni hotel. The goal was to make these three buildings a more cohesive unit rather than create a downtown environment where patrons walk around with a drink in their hand.

Last year, a bill attempting to allow open containers to be carried on Lower Broadway failed to gain enough support to be passed.

While the law only allows for open containers on the one block, it begs the question: Does this limited area set the stage for potentially expanding the area to include additional streets in the future?

Stay tuned.

Keith Urban has released a video for his song “Come Back To Me” at the request of fans, even though the track is not a single. The bonus video marks the success of his current album FUSE, which spawned four No. 1s, including his 18th charttopper, “Raise ‘Em Up.”

The video was shot last December in Nashville and was directed by Chris Hicky. “Come Back To Me” was written by Shane McAnally, Brandy Clark and Trevor Rosen and was co-produced by Butch Walker and Urban.

Tonight (May 21), Urban and John Mellencamp will perform “Pink Houses” on NBC’s star-studded charity event Red Nose Day, 8-11 p.m. ET, to raise money for children living in poverty in the U.S. and around the world. Also on the show, see Blake Shelton visiting a mobile health clinic in Los Angeles that is providing free, life-changing care to underprivileged children.

In more Urban news, he and Stevie Wonder are featured on a new Jason Derulo track, “Broke.”

A popular music industry lunch spot for sandwiches and salads will close its doors next week on Friday, May 29.

Located near Music Row, the iconic pink facade on Broadway houses the establishment which has served locals for over 40 years.

Touting high quality food, generous portions and friendly service, this local hang’s most popular dishes include homemade chicken salad sandwiches, Italian and reuben sandwiches and a wide assortment of cakes.

In August of last year, MusicRow reported Nashville would soon be home to a SkyHouse luxury high-rise apartment building at the current Sub Stop location. The 25-story, 352-unit building being built by Novare Group and Batson-Cook Development Company would include more than 10,600-square-feet of ground level retail.

Although no official update has been received on the new development, one thing is for sure: Sub Stop shutters its doors in eight days.