Grand Ole Opry

  

click photo to enlarge		 We flew in and out of Nashville going to take lapidary classes in Georgia so we wanted to take a tour of the Grand Ole Opry. I think they kind of over charge for it but they really do a nice job of the tour. One thing for sure if the rooms the stars get ready in are neat and tidy but they are for sure not over the top fancy. And OMG the number of stars that have gone through this place are amazing. The Grand Ole Opry was started as a one hour radio show by George Hay as a one hour radio barn dance in 1925. They also had a little display on the TV show Nashville which starred Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere among others.

click photo to enlarge		 From wikipedia

"Membership in the Opry remains one of country music's crowning achievements. Such country music legends as Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins, Roy Acuff, the Carter family, Bill Monroe, Ernest Tubb, Kitty Wells, and Minnie Pearl became regulars on the Opry's stage. In recent decades, the Opry has hosted such contemporary country stars as Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Josh Turner, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Dierks Bentley, Little Big Town, Blake Shelton, Chris Young, and Ricky Skaggs. Since 1974, the show has been broadcast from the Grand Ole Opry House east of downtown Nashville, with an annual three-month winter foray back to the Ryman since 1999. Performances have been sporadically televised in addition to the radio programs."

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