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Old Dominion played a surprise pop-up show on Wednesday evening (August 27) at the band’s bar in Nashville, Tennessee.
The reigning Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music Vocal Group of the Year took the stage at Odie’s, located in Nashville’s Midtown neighborhood. The group — made up of Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Whit Sellers, Geoff Sprung, and Brad Tursi — performed career-spanning favorites and songs from their latest studio record, Barbara, which arrived on August 22. Barbara follows Meat and Candy (2015), Happy Endings (2017), Old Dominion (2019), Time, Tequila & Therapy (2021) and Memory Lane (2023).
“These are our songs, so they should be pulled from our lives. You don’t realize as you’re writing necessarily, but when we listened to these 13 songs, we all realized: it’s our most personal record ever,” Old Dominion previously said of Barbara. The 13-track album includes “Making Good Time,” “Water My Flowers,” “Me Most Nights,” “Talk Country,” “Late Great Heartbreak” and more. The band added when the album debuted: “This is the most united we’ve been as a band, from the writing and recording to how we feel about the final product. We are so excited to finally share it with you!”
Odie’s opened earlier this year at 1919 Division St. It’s one of many bars opened by an artist in Music City, though many of them are located downtown. Old Dominion said the Midtown neighborhood has “played such a role in the history of our band. …It’s an important neighborhood for not only upcoming artists and writers but also for locals and visitors who want a good place they know they can go and have a good time. Odie’s will be that neighborhood bar for us all.”