tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post1386042885035227503..comments2024-03-28T13:34:02.271-04:00Comments on Fayfare's Opry Blog: Grand Ole Opry 5/20 & 5/21fayfarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00173166778978335059noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-79985776608946422982016-05-22T11:34:27.688-04:002016-05-22T11:34:27.688-04:00I am rarely inclined to give Pete Fisher credit, a...I am rarely inclined to give Pete Fisher credit, and he has missed on several, but at least he has tried. And here's to Carrie Underwood for being true to it.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-75411852663974795912016-05-22T10:55:08.008-04:002016-05-22T10:55:08.008-04:00Hi Joe, and thanks for the comment. And I am glad ...Hi Joe, and thanks for the comment. And I am glad you got down to the Opry and did the backstage tour. I am sure what the guide said, which I am sure was from their script, was the Opry's way of explaining why most of the members hardly ever appear on the Opry. I can tell you, from first hand sources, that any new member who has joined the Opry since Pete Fisher took over as the general manager in 1999, is asked to commit to 10 appearances each year. I can also tell you that there is no contract holding the artists accountable. Years back, prior to Pete Fisher taking over, both Hal Durham and Bob Whitaker both invited artists to become Opry members with no commitment at all, which is one reason why you see the likes of Alan Jackson, Clint Black, Reba and others, hardly ever on the Opry. I will say overall, those invited to join by Pete have done a much better job being at the Opry. He has missed on a few, but overall his record is actually better than Hal and Bob's. Byronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610237116677181633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-78268348013604089322016-05-21T23:12:04.608-04:002016-05-21T23:12:04.608-04:00When I was at the Opry in February, I did the back...When I was at the Opry in February, I did the backstage tour and the guide was explicit in stating that the 10 show per year commitment is not current. He said that the Opry management works with each artist's management to determine an appropriate commitment that is just between those parties. I know I see the 10 shows/year thrown around a lot, but doesn't seem it is correct, at least anymore. Of course, it could also be the Opry's story of "saving face" to the public about why certain members are no shows.Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-78942699767323506722016-05-21T21:29:40.025-04:002016-05-21T21:29:40.025-04:00On the Hall of Fame which artists do you guys see ...On the Hall of Fame which artists do you guys see going in from the Modern and Veterans Categories within the next 10 years?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-79731539950554958642016-05-21T19:56:02.381-04:002016-05-21T19:56:02.381-04:00Byron, your two cents are worth more than any doll...Byron, your two cents are worth more than any dollars I might have! Thanks.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-64340715322395414502016-05-21T17:09:09.147-04:002016-05-21T17:09:09.147-04:00Ops, I am sorry. I meant to say that the category ...Ops, I am sorry. I meant to say that the category is named, "Recording and/or Touring Musician." Sorry about that. Byronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610237116677181633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-11181152936145891852016-05-21T17:07:44.432-04:002016-05-21T17:07:44.432-04:00Mike, I know you asked David the question, but if ...Mike, I know you asked David the question, but if you don't mind, I will throw in my two cents. Since they started the musician category, they have so far inducted:<br /><br />2015-Grady Martin<br />2012-Harold "Pig" Robbins<br />2009-Charlie McCoy<br />2006-Harold Bradley<br />2003-Floyd Cramer<br /><br />Go back to the mass induction of 2001 and not one musician was inducted in that group. Before that, to have found a true musician inducted, you would have to go back to 1973 and Chet Atkins, although he was considered a musician/record producer<br /><br />I guess my point is that so far the musician category has favored 100% of the time, Nashville based, primarily studio musicians. There is nothing wrong with that as that was a talented bunch with more to go. But the category is called "Recording and/or Studio Musician." I think the voters have forgotten the touring part of that category, which is pretty much were Don Rich and Oswald would fall into. Hopefully in 2 years they will remember. Byronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610237116677181633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-16957841823939464652016-05-21T10:59:36.706-04:002016-05-21T10:59:36.706-04:00Barry, Bradley Kincaid also was the one who said t...Barry, Bradley Kincaid also was the one who said to a young performer, "You look like an old grandpa." It stuck with Louis Marshall Jones. I believe Bradley Kincaid also gave him his boots. Mentors often go in AFTER their students--consider Dolly and Porter, for example. But how Bradley Kincaid is not in there ....<br /><br />David B, now they have the instrumentalist category and, if you think about it, Don Rich and Bashful could go in there?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-15042864261869414272016-05-21T09:54:10.638-04:002016-05-21T09:54:10.638-04:00Totally agree. Seems like the songwriters and musi...Totally agree. Seems like the songwriters and musians are the execption, and they lack. Imagine Bob Wills records without Tommy Duncan, and the same with Buck Owens and Don Rich. Or a Saturday night Roy Acuff appereance without Bashful Brother Oswald. All three need enshrined. And then there is Jenny Lou Carson, the most successful country songwriter of the 1940s with the expection of Cindy Walker. David Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236512891823165117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-41115103871895377392016-05-21T00:00:17.180-04:002016-05-21T00:00:17.180-04:00Bradley Kincaid is one of those people who will ne...Bradley Kincaid is one of those people who will never get his just due unless the CMA brings back its posthumous induction category. The Wilburn Brothers, Dottie West, The Carter Sisters and Jerry Reed are in the same boat. I can name a dozen artists and business people who are not in the Hall of Fame simply because they had the bad taste to pass on. The CMA likes it's big annual party and I guess it spoils the fun if the guest of honor can't be there in person. Just my 2 cents.<br />Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287831362702766918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-79831075524377411332016-05-20T23:12:35.761-04:002016-05-20T23:12:35.761-04:00I love seeing Bradley Kincaid in that lineup. It&#...I love seeing Bradley Kincaid in that lineup. It's sad his influence has been lost to time. One of the few acts to have been part of the WLS National Barn Dance and the Opry. He helped spread country music throughout the New England states; published songbooks; and was proberly and one point a bigger star than Jimmie Rodgers. Personally, I believe he should have became a Hall Of Famer before Pop Stoneman and DeFord Bailey.David Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236512891823165117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-82956789279329888342016-05-19T16:07:05.183-04:002016-05-19T16:07:05.183-04:00Wow! That 1949 lineup ... that's just a few we...Wow! That 1949 lineup ... that's just a few weeks before Hank Williams's debut, and if I'm correct, the only person left who was on stage that night is Mac Wiseman.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.com