The Grand Ol' Oprey is not a place but, rather, a happening. It is a radio show that started in the 30s and it followed the Metropolitan Opera from New York....over time it was called the Grand Ol' Oprey from the south and it had a tremendous following which cut across many American states. Initially it was held in the Ryman which was a tabernacle, hence the bench church-type pews. Eventually it was moved to a newly built location in order to seat more (4400) though the Ryman still is used for 4 months of the year. We went and saw a number of acts, which included. The Ryman accoustically, is one of the best halls in the world and is still sought after by performers, current, world known and other...such as Springsteen and the Merrimans (see photo of a performance).
The pictures of the acts we saw include Terri Clark (a Canadian who recently hosted the Canadian Country Music Awards), Connie Smith (a star from the 60s who is in the hall of fame), Diamond Rio and the currently popular Joe Nichols. There were others, but we don't follow country so we didn't know them well.
2 comments:
I love the picture of you and Dave playing the guitars!
yeah, but we didn't receive any applause. ha ha, can't wait to give you a big hug. love bev.
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