14 Years Ago Taylor Swift Was Discovered at the Bluebird in Nashville

By Jessica Jurczak

November 5, 2018

Get ready to feel old!

14 years ago, on November 4th, a 14-year-old Taylor Swift performed at the Bluebird Cafe right here in Nashville. Who was in the audience? Scott Borchetta!

Of course, this meeting lead to the creation of Big Machine Records and 2 years later, Taylor's debut album was released.

There are no videos of her playing but Twitter users have compiled some pictures from the night along with the table card at the cafe and the press kit given to people to convince them to attend.

She even went back to play a surprise round this past March.

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SHE WENT BACK TO BLUEBIRD

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