what is the grand ole opry coming too??

Johnne Lee Ables · Post by **Johnne Lee Ables** » 18 Aug 2008 4:25 pm

Theresa Galbraith wrote:Doom & gloom!

When I hear some of the older artist still on the GOO, I cringe!

Boy Howdy, when I hear some of those old geezers...Man!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0wKnLPXQxE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDA875zx ... re=related

Johnne Lee

Gary Harris · Post by **Gary Harris** » 18 Aug 2008 8:08 pm

Would you go back in time and see on the Opry stage the Crook Brothers,Possum Hunters, Fruit Jar Drinkers, The Gulley Jumprs etc. of the twenties and thirties? All of these guys had day jobs as labors, plumbers, farmers, carpenters and so on. Music was not something you depended on to make a living. Jimmy Rogers the singing brakeman did very well and of course Gene Austin, but they were the rare exceptions. My dad was in the Crook Brothers group for a while and did not like coountry music of the later period.

Johnne Lee Ables · Post by **Johnne Lee Ables** » 19 Aug 2008 7:46 am

Gary Harris wrote:Would you go back in time and see on the Opry stage the Crook Brothers,Possum Hunters, Fruit Jar Drinkers, The Gulley Jumprs etc. of the twenties and thirties?

Hey Gary,

Yes, I would!!!!

I've heard The Crook Brothers live on WSM. I never did have the opportunity to see them live, let alone on the Opry Stage.

(Is your Dad in the famous Buddy Woodward drawing?)

I would love to go back in time and see these folks on the Opry Stage! That was great music! Uncle Dave Macon is one of my idols. He was the founder of the Fruit Jar Drinkers I believe! I have numerous recordings by Uncle Dave not to mention videos of Wade Mainer. (Can you tell I played banjo for years and I still love 'the knock'?)

I'm surprised you didn't mention Sam and Kirk! I saw them play live several times and I would have loved to see them at their peak in the '30s. In fact, I still do a decent job of Sam's fingerstyle guitar version of Buckdancer's Choice!

The name 'The Possum Hunters' is still in use by a BG group. I have often wondered if The BG is honoring the original 'Hunters'.

I go to at least one Old Time (I really don't care for this adjective.) Music festival each year. It is a disgrace that the greats of every generation of county music can't co-exist at the Opry!

Thanks for bringing up these guys, Gary!

Johnne Lee

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 19 Aug 2008 11:16 am

I don't cring,But GAG when I see or hear some of [whatever it is] on the opry today.DYKBC.

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 20 Aug 2008 6:11 am

admin · Post by **b0b** » 21 Aug 2008 4:09 pm

robert kramer wrote:You can hear Vince Gill's 8/16/08 Opry tribute to Don Helms at WSM online:

http://www.wsmonline.com/onair/archives.shtml

Under Grand Ole Opry Archives, to the right of 8/15- 8/19, click on Grand Ole Opry.

Windows Media or your default player should open. Here are the songs and the times. (To adjust times - click on slider at the bottom of the player and drag to the right)

1:30:56 "Cheatin' Heart"
2:02:34 "Walking After Midnight"
4:01:53 "Blue Moon of Kentucky"
4:28:00 "Walking After Midnight"

Tommy White is playing Vince's Gibson Console Grand - built the same year as Don's.
TW's solo on "Blue Moon of Kentucky" is at 4:04:30
Dawn Sears is sitting in on "Walking After Midnight."

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 21 Aug 2008 4:37 pm

My response to this thread early on was "Doom and Gloom"! Being sarcastic....

I complement the TV Opry, for the most part!

Pete Finney · Post by **Pete Finney** » 22 Aug 2008 6:01 am

Coming Saturday, Sept. 6th on the televised part of the Opry:

Loretta Lynn
Patty Loveless
Roy Clark
Jessica Simpson

Of course, I guess because Jessica Simpson is on it will be "nothing but" a bad rock and roll show, and further proof that the Opry doesn't have real country music anymore...

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 25 Aug 2008 4:52 am

Pete.
How did Jessica do on the GOO?
I missed it & did she have steel?

Pete Finney · Post by **Pete Finney** » 25 Aug 2008 6:04 am

Hi Theresa,

I don't know yet, and you haven't missed it!

But I'm pretty sure Loretta's band will wear t-shirts and torn jeans, and have loud distorted guitars!

LJ Eiffert · Post by **LJ Eiffert** » 25 Aug 2008 7:21 pm

It just goes to show that the old can hang with the young! Man,who is in charge of all this Country mess must be laughing all the way to the bank. Leo J.Eiffert,jr.

Alvin Blaine · Post by **Alvin Blaine** » 26 Aug 2008 4:49 am

Pete Finney wrote: But I'm pretty sure Loretta's band will wear t-shirts and torn jeans, and have loud distorted guitars!

Is she doing the Opry with Jack White as her backup band again?

Darryl Hattenhauer · Post by **Darryl Hattenhauer** » 26 Aug 2008 6:09 am

Is it possible that regional opry might bring back something of what the GOO was when it began? I just ran across something called the Ohio Valley Opry.

http://www.ohiovalleyopry.com/

The house band steeler is forumite Rick Troyer, who teaches and sells steels in Ohio at Hummingbird Music and is instrumental in producing the Ohio Steel Guitar Show.

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... ry&start=0

I get inspired by local and regional talent, including the kids who may not be great today but will be tomorrow. I like hearing that kind of a line-up, not Jessica Simpson. (If I went to her show, I'd take earplugs and binoculars.)

Pete Finney · Post by **Pete Finney** » 26 Aug 2008 8:17 am

But I'm pretty sure Loretta's band will wear t-shirts and torn jeans, and have loud distorted guitars!

Is she doing the Opry with Jack White as her backup band again?

No, not that I know of; it was just a joking reference to some of the complaints about "new country" acts...

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 26 Aug 2008 10:07 am

New artists bring a bigger, youthful audience to the GOO!

Jessica Simpon brings her fans and gains new fans, "Come On Over"! Sorry, I missed the show.

Pete Finney · Post by **Pete Finney** » 26 Aug 2008 10:09 am

You didn't miss it Theresa, it's not until Sept 6th.

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 26 Aug 2008 10:26 am

The new CMT (as in Country Music Television) video of Keith Urban looks and sounds like David Lee Roth from 15 years ago...

Reality gets distorted again, maybe I'm psychotic?

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 26 Aug 2008 12:16 pm

Pete,
I watched the show before the Opry and Jessica was suppose to make her debut Saturday Night. Hey, things change............

Thanks, T

Dan Hatfield · Post by **Dan Hatfield** » 26 Aug 2008 2:47 pm

Theresa, I saw Jessica on "The View" this morning and she performed "Come On Over" with her band. Now I'll admit I am not a huge Jessica fan, but her steel player got a lot of camera time and was way up in the mix, so I think we should be cheering her on. She may bring more publicity for the steel guitar than all the old "classic" performers put together. OK, I just slipped into my "flame retardant" suit so everybody can fire away.

Dan

admin · Post by **b0b** » 26 Aug 2008 3:58 pm

I'm confused. I thought that Jessica Simpson was a cartoon character with orange hair who plays the saxophone.

Country?

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 26 Aug 2008 4:44 pm

Thank's Dan!

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 26 Aug 2008 5:04 pm

I'm confused. I thought that Jessica Simpson was a cartoon character with orange hair who plays the saxophone. Confused Country?

Big difference.

Jessica Simpson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Simpson

Lisa Simpson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Simpson

I just listened to Jessica's latest tune. OK, it's pop-country, but I don't find it objectionable at all - in fact, it's better than a lot of what I'm hearing out of commercial music these days, to my tastes. Make up your own mind - it comes on when her homepage is loaded: http://www.jessicasimpson.com/

Nice, up in the mix steel playing either way. OK, fans in the Chicago, IL - Kenosha, WI area didn't think her voice had enough "twang" to be a country singer. Imagine that - she just sings the song without any exaggerated twang. You know how Chicago is the center of the country music world and they have every right to tell a girl from Texas that she's not southern enough.

More here: http://www.kenoshanews.com/article_comm ... um=3262605

Whatever.

Don Drummer · Post by **Don Drummer** » 31 Aug 2008 2:46 am

You know, its' funny here in Lewisburg,Wva, lots of young folks are very interested in the music of the pre-bluegrass period. Perhaps as a reaction to the over polished new music. At this point it is acoustic instruments and the vibe that goes with it. Maybe the old non acoustic; the tick tack bass, twin fiddles, steels of all sorts, good singing, not that that is not already in play now, but maybe it will become more popular due to the age demographic of those involved. Kinda like BR495 is a little bit ahead of curve.

Nick Reed · Post by **Nick Reed** » 31 Aug 2008 10:54 pm

Joseph,
I'll preach about this again. I agree with you on this one Pal. The Grand Ole Opry has been taken over by a bunch of New York Slickheaded "Suits". I grew up in the 60's just 50 miles north of Nashville. As a kid, we got to enjoy the real Grand Ole Opry. Great acts like Porter Wagoner, Ernie Ashworth, Del Reeves, Ernest & Justin Tubb, Roy Acuff, Johnny & Kitty, and the Chief "Ray Price". Unfortunately, people like myself with an opinion feel that the Opry has really gone down hill. We now have to filter through the crap in order to get to hear some of what we really like. No, I don't believe the Opry will ever be the same again. Remember, I'm just an amateur picker and the way I feel is really not that important. Thank God theres still a few good ones left like Connie Smith, Jack Greene, The Whites, Stu Phillips, Jim Ed Brown, & Jean Shepard. But I've heard they're not all the Opry management's favorites. Mainly because they don't draw the younger crowd. Seems like Pete Fisher would rather book acts like Sugarland, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Hal Ketchum & Julie Roberts (which to me ain't country). So what's next. . ."Jessica Simpson"?
They strive to overlook the good traditional country artists like Johnny Bush, Bobby Flores, Tony Booth, Darrell & Mona McCall, and Justin Trevino. I feel like folks can hear more country at one of my shows than the Opry nowadays. OK Boys, keep them flames a-coming.

Nick

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 1 Sep 2008 12:02 am

So what's next. . ."Jessica Simpson"?

Yup, Nick - Jessica Simpson. Here's the lineup for September 6:

9/6 Grand Ole Opry House
Loretta Lynn, Jessica Simpson, Patty Loveless, Roy Clark, Crystal Shawanda, Jean Shepard, Connie Smith, John Conlee

Y'know what? I'd like to see this show. Lots of good country music there - some of my favorites - and I'm willing to wait and see if Jessica Simpson has "it" or not. Every once in a while, someone really surprises me.

If I wasn't so buried at the beginning of a new semester, I'd fly down for the weekend for this and the Dennis Payne benefit.

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