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Craig Wiseman and special guest Taylor Swift perform onstage at Bluebird Cafe on March 31, 2018 in Nashville.John Shearer—13 Management/Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 2, 2018 6:02 PM UTC For [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/5222240/taylor-swift-delicate-alwyn/), Easter weekend was filled with music — and a throwback to her early days as an artist at Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe. The [_Reputation_](http://time.com/5044212/taylor-swift-reputation-streaming/) singer shared a photo of her nostalgic music set on Monday, mentioning that she has a long history with the venue. “I played there for the first time when I was 14,” she noted; Swift is now 28\. “There were bunny ears and \[drinks\] this time, thanks to Craig Wiseman.” (Wiseman, [a country songwriter](https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/04/01/taylor-swift-surprises-fans-shoots-whiskey-relives-love-story-bluebird-cafe/476362002/), was the evening’s headline performer who invited Swift to be his surprise guest on Saturday night.) According to [local reports](https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/04/01/taylor-swift-surprises-fans-shoots-whiskey-relives-love-story-bluebird-cafe/476362002/), about 40 guests got to see Swift play acoustic versions of hits like “Shake It Off” — and gamely knock back some whiskey while she was at it. Swift has been keeping a low profile of late, but is set to kick off her _Reputation_ [stadium tour](http://time.com/5182133/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-camila-cabello-charli-xcx/) in May, with openers Camila Cabello and Charli XCX. While Swift is best known as one of pop’s [reigning artists today,](http://time.com/money/5020865/taylor-swifts-new-album-reputation-is-already-on-track-to-break-sales-records/) she of course started her career as a country singer, moving to Nashville when [she was just 14 ](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-swift-gives-surprise-performance-at-nashvilles-bluebird-cafe/)and writing early songs like “Tim McGraw” there, which feature a country twang. (She was discovered by her label head [Scott Borchetta](http://time.com/3615960/scott-borchetta-american-idol/) after playing the Bluebird Cafe, in fact. He also made it to the Saturday night show.) 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