Talk:Grand Ole Opry
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Put your text for the new page here. I would liket to see George Strait inducted into the Grand Ole Opry -- In this case, WSM does not stand for World Socialist Movement.
Not sure when the above was posted, but I agree that the two WSM meanings are, to say the least, unconnected! :-) So I put a disambiguation page there and created WSM Radio for the station. The World Socialist Movement remains where it was, but with the radio paragraph removed. RivGuySC 04:30, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] History
After Uncle Jimmy, two bands, The Possum Hunters and the Fruit Jar Drinkers, along with the Crook brothers and the Gulley Jumpers got the Barn Dance of to its start in 1925. Uncle Dave did not come on the scene until early 1928. Judge Hay was on tour with the Fruit Jar Drinker in Pennsylvania, late 1926 when they saw Uncle Dave during one of his vaudeville tours and the Judge asked him to join the BarnDance when he finished his tour. My father was one of the Fruit Jar Drinkers. The four bands always maintained their own time slot until their demise. All of this is in Judge Hay's book. - 65.7.67.178 20:28, 10 July 2005
[edit] Opry members
I'm planning on creating a category for Grand Ole Opry members. Thoughts? -- Dave C.talk | Esperanza 07:03, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Elvis paragraph
Nice compromise guys. I like it. Kaldari 15:58, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
--70'S-80's CONDITION OF THE GRAND OLE OPRY--
Your summation of Grand Ole Opry history is grossly in error: it was not in decline during the 1970's - 1980's.
During a 5 year period in the 1970's I performed regularly on the Opry in the bands of Tom T Hall, Tex Ritter and Marty Robbins.
The Opry's 3 weekly (except Dec/Jan) performances at the Rhyman Auditorium were constantly sold out, and it's summer schedule sold out months in advance. It is impossible to label a constantly sold out weekly event as 'in decline.'
The same held true--even with inflated ticket prices that continued to rise--after the Opry moved to the Briley Parkway theme park location, and it's popularity remained constant throughout the 80's and 90's.
However, many of my fellow music industry pro's and I believe the Opry is currently in decline (check out the weekly attendance) due to greed of the parent company plus a degradation of the show's artist roster--far too many questionable 'flavor-of-the-week' artists who have little or no connection to Country Music.
By the way, use of the letters 'W-S-M' came about because WSM Radio's owner in 1925 was a large insurance company with the slogan 'We Shield Millions.'
Tom Wilkerson, Pres., InMusiCo/AcoustiWorks, Nashville TN ... 7/7/06
[edit] MOTAB
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir's "Music and the Spoken Word" is often cited as the oldest continuously broadcast network program on the air. How is that different from the Grand Ole Opry? Does anyone know? Wuapinmon 19:13, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Opry TV?
How about a discussion of the television series that originated from the Grand Ole Opry, including the one broadcast on TNN and CMT? B.Wind 06:14, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
