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!!!!!!! someone needs to read bobbe's e-mail today !!!!!...allen...concerning the Opry....

My best friend is an independent audio engineer in Nashville. He worked at TNN since before it went on the air. Of course he lost that job, and went out on his own. He tells me that the majority of his work orders now come from New York City.

Iseen It comeing For a While. When The Opry Left The Rymon It Was Never The Same. I Went In The Back Door And Across The Stage For The Frist Time In Jan. Or Feb. 1969 These Was Great Times for country music. But When The Opry Moved To Opry Land It Was Not The same. I Still get That Feeling When I Walk Into The Ryman. No Place Like It. SONNY.

It made quite depressing reading. I will be going to the Opry in a few weeks - primarily to watch and hear the wonderful Tommy White. The politics around the Opry is just another kick in the teeth to those who love real country music.

Ken

I've just been watching Tommy playing beautifully on the 'Crook & Chase' show. The show itself is a wee bit lame, but Tommy shines like a jewel!

One of the few advantages of satellite TV, with its plethora of unwatchable TV channels, is to hear a brief taste of what, unfortunately, is becoming a niche market.

Thanks Roger - you lucky devil!!.

The ramifications of the Opry possibly being moved to another town or city elsewhere doesn't bear thinking about. The money moguls do not have a clue about the historical, or or even the present value of culture. Mention Nashville across the world and most people will tell you that it is synonimous with the Opry.

I should say that, although we've had this satellite TV option here at the Glades Country Club for a year now, I've only just got around to finding the RFD channel; that was the first time I'd seen the show. I hardly watch TV at all, anyway (unless it's a Major golf tournament!)

Before you consider emigrating, Ken, I should qualify my post by adding that Tommy's best stuff came when the band have to play a brief link into the commercial breaks. The show itself (last night, anyway) had Garth Brooks and George Jones each gushing about how wonderful the other was, with inane prompts from the two hosts to keep the trivial banter struggling along. Tommy, however - bless him - seems to have more ideas bubbling way in his fertile brain at any one time than I've had in my life!

More music and less drivel would be much better!