Judging from the reaction of a record-breaking live crowd lining the streets of downtown Nashville Wednesday night, the city’s sixth annual Jack Daniel’s Bash on Broadway was “freakin’ awesome,” as Lady Antebellum sang. The country trio was one 40 acts who appeared on ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve ’15 With Ryan Seacrest, the iconic TV special that has been helping the calendar turn for four decades. Nearly 130,000 people showed up in 29-degree temperatures to ring in 2015 Nashville-style, a dramatic increase from the 85,000 revelers last year. The first of the two live broadcasts from Nashville featured pop singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, who played his song “Finest Hour,” and urged fans to “dance like they were back in high school.”
