tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post1916215987731901049..comments2024-03-28T21:22:49.157-04:00Comments on Fayfare's Opry Blog: Grand Ole Opry 8/15 & 8/16fayfarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00173166778978335059noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-77627385903456926662014-08-19T18:10:06.160-04:002014-08-19T18:10:06.160-04:00Fred, Bismarck:
I checked Wikipedia, and Jim is r...Fred, Bismarck:<br /><br />I checked Wikipedia, and Jim is right; Charles was the son of Everett. I guess this didn't register at the time of the accident because I had not yet been introduced to the Lilly Brothers. I have learned since, from a CD booklet, that the reason the brothers went into semi-retirement in 1970 was the death of a second Everett son, Jiles, in another highway accident.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-26208925757362280982014-08-19T14:25:16.946-04:002014-08-19T14:25:16.946-04:00If I'm thinking correct one of those guy's...If I'm thinking correct one of those guy's was the father of Charles Lilly who worked with Johnny Russell and later with Billy Walker and he was killed in the accident with Billy. If not the father they are related some way.<br /><br />Jim<br />Knightsville, INAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-72124335233885181092014-08-18T23:23:54.444-04:002014-08-18T23:23:54.444-04:00Fred, Bismarck:
As evidence of their virtue, Ever...Fred, Bismarck:<br /><br />As evidence of their virtue, Everett Lilly is the only singer who has ever been able to make me listen to "Barbara Allen" all the way through -- 7 minutes' worth!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-49252665310979306172014-08-18T23:08:38.102-04:002014-08-18T23:08:38.102-04:00Fred, Bismarck:
I'll mellow out with the rest...Fred, Bismarck:<br /><br />I'll mellow out with the rest of you guys. Mac's LP on Lightfoot is in my collection, so what can I say? (I will say Lightfoot's music is more country than most of what's called country today; always liked the man and his music, myself.) Earl, no doubt influenced by his sons, really did go off on a tangent, and it's little wonder he and Lester split.<br /><br />Speaking of bluegrass: Has anybody else caught up with the Lilly Brothers? After years of blandishments by David Freeman, proprietor of County Sales (www.countysales.com), I recently succumbed, and have been whooping and hollering nearly every night since. (They were a 1950s-60s-early 70s act, and simply have an intensity -- along with 'A' material -- that will cause you to act up.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-37079069726366838492014-08-18T20:51:08.424-04:002014-08-18T20:51:08.424-04:00I can find ways to get mad at Charlie! But, that ...I can find ways to get mad at Charlie! But, that said, remember that Jim & Jesse did an album called "Berry Picking in the Country" on Chuck Berry's music, and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead used to say that if his life had been perfect, instead, he would have been one of Bill Monroe's band members because he adored bluegrass. Closer to what we like, Mac Wiseman did a terrific album of Gordon Lightfoot songs. So, if you have bona fides, as Charlie does, you can do some different things.<br /><br />Also, remember that Charlie isn't the first to do a Bob Dylan album. http://www.bobdylanroots.com/scruggs.html. One of the things that tore it between Lester and Earl was the latter's desire to do more "modern" music. For what it's worth, Marty Stuart told the story that he saw Dylan in 1979 and Dylan asked him how Lester was doing and Marty replied, "He's dying." Dylan said, "You know, Abbott and Costello were going to reunite, but Costello died before they could do it." Marty immediately called Earl, went to see him, and Earl went to see Lester in the hospital. So, we'll cut Dylan a little slack, too.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-49786395093862215862014-08-18T17:56:15.063-04:002014-08-18T17:56:15.063-04:00Fred, Bismarck:
Didn't realize the two went b...Fred, Bismarck:<br /><br />Didn't realize the two went back. I'll go along with, "Hard to get real mad at Charlie."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-37863938594891002202014-08-18T14:23:18.356-04:002014-08-18T14:23:18.356-04:00Yeah, I'll cut Charlie some slack. He appeare...Yeah, I'll cut Charlie some slack. He appeared on a bunch of Dylan's stuff in both of their early days.<br />Hard to get real mad at Charlie.<br />Motley-Cure country tribute albums seem to be a different breed of cat to me.Nat Hill IVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-6250740002224758892014-08-18T13:40:13.854-04:002014-08-18T13:40:13.854-04:00Perhaps Charlie Daniels is simply a fan of Bob Dyl...Perhaps Charlie Daniels is simply a fan of Bob Dylan's music, and wanted to record a tribute to him. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-9524840052390101942014-08-18T13:04:46.159-04:002014-08-18T13:04:46.159-04:00I think it's because all of today's artist...I think it's because all of today's artists want to part of the celebrity culture of today.<br />They want to appeal to a larger, more "cosmopolitan," (dumber) audience.<br />Webb Pierce didn't give a hoot about what anybody thought of his hillbilly music.<br />He knew his audience, and they all loved him.<br />I wonder how many of the the hot-shot Motley-Crue wannabes of today will be around in even ten years.<br />Nat Hill IVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-47293805660794256742014-08-18T08:14:27.362-04:002014-08-18T08:14:27.362-04:00Fred, Bismarck:
In the same ballpark as the Motle...Fred, Bismarck:<br /><br />In the same ballpark as the Motley tribute is Charlie Daniels' new CD on Bob Dylan. Yikes, if Charlie has run out of better things to say with his music, maybe he has recorded enough and should retire from the studio.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-14144826799777463512014-08-17T23:51:33.763-04:002014-08-17T23:51:33.763-04:00Nat, remember what I was saying a few weeks back:
...Nat, remember what I was saying a few weeks back:<br /><br />I have always felt that those citing those rock influences were not good enough at their first love to run with the big dogs so they decided to sing songs about beer, being drunk, cheating, tailgating, driving a tractor, all the stereotypical topics but add their rock influenced noise and melodies, if they can be called that, and call it country. By the time this started happening in the 70's the good rock that at least had some talented performers, Elvis, Ricky Nelson, Bobby Darin, The Everly Brother's was also being run down by the hard rock and southern rock and those fans turned to country and pretty soon we ended up with this homogenized mess we call country today.<br /><br />You just found more proof. This shows us the true colors of most of today's so called country acts. It is going to be hard for us to hear real country in ten years. Once the last generation that made a living with it has passed I'm afraid it will be dead commercially. We'll all be in our basements like Fred with our memories. Is this what Chet and Owen had in mind when they were trying to enlarge the country audience with the Nashville Sound?<br /><br />As I write this at 11:50 eastern my brother is playing Charlie Walker and Pick Me Up on Your Way Down on the Terre Haute airwaves. Still out there but it's fading fast.<br /><br />Jim <br />Knightsville, INAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-3604558470346808232014-08-17T21:55:12.416-04:002014-08-17T21:55:12.416-04:00The apocalypse is official here:
"Big Machin...The apocalypse is official here:<br /><br />"Big Machine Records, Mötley Records and Eleven Seven Music announced today that the highly-anticipated Country tribute album NASHVILLE OUTLAWS: A TRIBUTE TO MÖTLEY CRÜE will be released on July 8. The project will feature fresh takes on 15 of the band’s biggest hits covered by some of Country music’s biggest names, including Florida Georgia Line, Justin Moore, Big & Rich, LeAnn Rimes, Gretchen Wilson, Darius Rucker, Rascal Flatts and more."<br /><br />Help me here folks, but aren't two of those mentioned above current members of the 'Opry, and haven't all of them pretty much been on the 'Opry stage at one time or another? This ought to tell us all something about the current state of country music and the current state of the Grand Old 'Opry.<br />Nat Hill IVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-66459830290015666592014-08-17T21:20:17.740-04:002014-08-17T21:20:17.740-04:00Jim, that August 12, Oswald had surgery for cancer...Jim, that August 12, Oswald had surgery for cancer of the jaw. The jawbone was removed and he had 33 radiation treatments. He said he'd never eat steak again, but he was glad to survive it!<br /><br />Oswald cooperated on a book with Peggy and Michael McCloud about his life. It's not great, but it's fun. At the end of the book, they updated it with the news of his surgery and of Mr. Acuff's death.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-25932014950161244512014-08-17T21:12:22.556-04:002014-08-17T21:12:22.556-04:00Fred, Bismarck:
Jim, "There are still a few ...Fred, Bismarck:<br /><br />Jim, "There are still a few of us left," as Simon Crum said so memorably. Just yesterday, I was killing time at the (waste-of-time) CD display at Walmart, C&W section, when a fellow browser introduced himself by mourning: "It's sure hard to find good old country music these days."<br /><br />He was Tennessee talent, up here (in North Dakota) to work the oil fields. Needless to say, we had a lot of talk about. He confessed that the music shortage extends to Tennessee, but said country can still be found at the occasional joint. "But not at the Grand Ol' Opry!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-41346888332910285442014-08-17T13:16:27.975-04:002014-08-17T13:16:27.975-04:00Back to the 1992 show with June Webb. I had noted...Back to the 1992 show with June Webb. I had noted that Oswald was not there that night. He had recently had jaw surgery. I'm thinking that was the first of many that he had.<br /><br />I hate to live in the past but it is nice to be able to look back at things like this revisit notes and listen to old tapes and video. We have been watching some of the Opry live recordings off TNN from the late 80's. Some have said it had become stale but for someone 20ish at that time it was really a great time.<br /><br />What I am leading to is that I am grateful to Byron and those who post here and it is nice to know that there are other folks out there show love and appreciated the Opry in the same way my brother and I do.<br /><br />Jim<br />Knightsville, IN <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-3962277451240363422014-08-17T13:08:05.951-04:002014-08-17T13:08:05.951-04:00Pains me to say this but the true self proclaimed ...Pains me to say this but the true self proclaimed non country performers on Vince Gill's show was easier to listen to than most of the other new acts that claim to be country and appear each week. Not saying I like it but it didn't make me want to scream and turn the sound down. <br /><br />What was that supposed to be that Aubrey Peoples did? I've never really heard a dying calf in a hail storm but apparently she has and has spent considerable time figuring out how to imitate it. Saddest part of all is the crowd approved. And why not. We are at the world famous Grand Ole Opry. You've really proved yourself and have great talent if you finally made this stage. What today's crowd is ignorant of is that any such requirement went out the window at least ten years ago. And so it goes.<br /><br />Little bitty positive note. Tater may not sound like he did ten years ago but he did a real good job last night considering his recent health issues. Too bad that multi-talented staff band doesn't know his material or was it the sound folks. Either way they missed the guitar lead and left Tommy White to figure it out. <br /><br />Nice of Vince to mention Earl both nights.<br /><br />Jim<br />Knightsville, INAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-71362201552463404162014-08-16T21:42:37.180-04:002014-08-16T21:42:37.180-04:00Fred, Bismarck:
THREE songs by those ridiculous p...Fred, Bismarck:<br /><br />THREE songs by those ridiculous people from the TV show! That tears it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-14846501602981394702014-08-16T02:13:44.036-04:002014-08-16T02:13:44.036-04:00AUGUST 16 IN SPAIN .... REMEMBERING THE LIFE AND L...AUGUST 16 IN SPAIN .... REMEMBERING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE KING OF ROCK N ROLL....... ELVIS PRESLEY. <br /><br />AND TO THINK AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY, HIS PERFORMANCE WAS NOT WELL RECEIVED, AND THE MANAGER TOLD HIM TO KEEP DRIVING HIS TRUCK ............. IN THE END I GUESS IT WORKED OUT AFTER ALLNittannee73https://www.blogger.com/profile/08977684960717941053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-85309786695979963842014-08-15T20:17:11.164-04:002014-08-15T20:17:11.164-04:00Chris janson sounds like a walrus or seal in heat!...Chris janson sounds like a walrus or seal in heat!!!!!! disturbing...... very disturbingNittannee73https://www.blogger.com/profile/08977684960717941053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-85634281662138870392014-08-15T20:13:10.426-04:002014-08-15T20:13:10.426-04:00Chris Janson whining on the stage................ ...Chris Janson whining on the stage................ going to seriously throw up.<br /><br />@A.B. .......... I will join that crusade!!!!!!!!Nittannee73https://www.blogger.com/profile/08977684960717941053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-9871727187122211222014-08-15T10:02:02.262-04:002014-08-15T10:02:02.262-04:00The only good news for me is that I am retired and...The only good news for me is that I am retired and live about five hours from Nashville. I can check the upcoming lineups a few days before the scheduled show and THEN decide if I'm going to run down to Nashville.<br />I have no way to check out my theory, but I would say the type of show most of us are interested in is the type of show with the best seats available.<br />Rolling the dice weeks out and getting junk like several shows of late is no longer an option for me.<br />But I'll bet I'll be going down before the end of the year. Once in a while they still have all country shows at the 'Opry.Nat Hill IVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-75029408564152254342014-08-15T09:14:26.990-04:002014-08-15T09:14:26.990-04:00How much do you think it would cost? Not just to b...How much do you think it would cost? Not just to buy the Opry and WSM, but to run them each year including payroll and such. Serious question. My estimates would be at least a couple million each year. Why wait for someone like Garth or Dolly though? What if we all pooled together our resources? Would we collectively have enough to buy it from them? <br /><br />A.B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-57880140282698182462014-08-14T22:03:29.777-04:002014-08-14T22:03:29.777-04:00Fred, Bismarck:
Jim, Michael, Byron & all:
M...Fred, Bismarck:<br /><br />Jim, Michael, Byron & all:<br /><br />My fondest hope is that Gaylord -- or Ryman Hospitalities, as they now call themselves -- won't have final say on the future of the Opry. They must have had some sincere interest in country music when they produced Hee Haw and then bought the Opry, the radio station and all. Evidently that interest has taken a back seat to business concerns -- understandable.<br /><br />But, if God still likes country music, Ryman will decide show biz is less dependable than hotels and spin off the Opry and radio station to somebody else. Betcha there are some country-music true hearts with enough bucks to make the purchase. (Garth, Dolly?) Byron thinks the Opry still makes money, and radio stations -- altho not the cash registers they used to be -- can still make a living.<br /><br />I think a sale is our best, if faint, hope -- rather than looking for reformation of Ryman at this late date. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-39659099274222589502014-08-14T15:21:31.905-04:002014-08-14T15:21:31.905-04:00From Anonymous in PA: absolutely agree with you f...From Anonymous in PA: absolutely agree with you fayfare at 3:02pmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-47253205169147843452014-08-14T15:02:00.593-04:002014-08-14T15:02:00.593-04:00The Opry always has had a history of booking non-c...The Opry always has had a history of booking non-country artists. I think we all remember James Brown, The Pointer Sisters and even Perry Como back in the day. And there have been many others. I guess the difference is that back in those days there were 25 or 30 other acts on the Opry playing country music. Now, there are just 10 or 12. <br /><br />I don't have anything against these other acts and many I have seen in person. I just wish that a country music show would stick to country music, or something close to it. Byronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610237116677181633noreply@blogger.com