tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post2027706553221206656..comments2024-03-28T10:13:03.051-04:00Comments on Fayfare's Opry Blog: Grand Ole Opry 10/30 & 10/31fayfarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00173166778978335059noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-74491048464511227882015-11-02T21:45:28.388-05:002015-11-02T21:45:28.388-05:00I think with Kenny Rogers Milsap and The Oaks all ...I think with Kenny Rogers Milsap and The Oaks all now in either Ricky Skaggs or Randy Travis will be the favorite for the modern category next year<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-64725621013824852532015-11-01T10:01:55.642-05:002015-11-01T10:01:55.642-05:00After listening to all four Opry shows this week, ...After listening to all four Opry shows this week, I am rating the week with a solid A mainly for ALL of the Opry members and a few Hall of Famers who appeared, Mel Tillis, Connie Smith & Vince Gill, who could be on every weekend as far as I am concerned. Always dig when Chris Janson hits the stage; I enjoyed Brad Paisley for joining in on the fun on Friday night's show; and what more can be about Ricky Skaggs doing his country hits on three shows? While I totally enjoy his bluegrass music, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE his country music more; and in my opinion, he really needs to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Maybe next year. :-)<br /><br />Thank you Opry management ... job very well done. <br /><br />(Jeanene) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-80701540030522953682015-10-31T13:37:33.069-04:002015-10-31T13:37:33.069-04:00Jim, Wanda was at the Bluebird and it was an absol...Jim, Wanda was at the Bluebird and it was an absolutely amazing performance.<br />She held the almost entirely college aged crowd in her hand. Talked a little about Elvis, but did a really neat "walk-through" of her career, and several of the songs were stone country.<br />She offered up a great Christian testimony, and the kids were very respectful.<br />It was an amazing evening.<br /><br />Glad Merle and Willie put on a good show. Wanda was a lot more affordable!<br /><br />And, I have no doubt Ray Price could pull it off. I own the album, and it is an amazing performance, especially under the circumstances. Let a current "Nashville" star try that.<br /><br />NatNat Hill IVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-60167600280294552362015-10-31T11:41:55.453-04:002015-10-31T11:41:55.453-04:00Has anyone else noticed how off key Marty Roe/Diam...Has anyone else noticed how off key Marty Roe/Diamond Rio has sounded for quite a while when they're on the Opry? I mean when he goes to hit a high note and on One More Day and Dana & Gene try to harmonizAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-39066397273164243202015-10-31T10:42:24.795-04:002015-10-31T10:42:24.795-04:00Nat:
Wasn't Wanda at the Bluebird? Didn'...Nat:<br /><br />Wasn't Wanda at the Bluebird? Didn't Make it to that one. Did see Merle and Willie last week.<br /><br />That was one of the things they talked about when Eddie had Fred Foster and the engineer on talking about Ray Price last project. They didn't do anything to his voice. What you hear is what he put down. Here he was a very sick and 84 I think. These people today should be so ashamed. On the other hand, why should they, they get big applause and sell so are they the fools of much of the buying public? <br /><br />By the way, I thought Merle sounded better in concert even than he did on the Opry last week.<br /><br />Jim<br />Knightsville, IN Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-48665767540186456612015-10-31T08:42:41.088-04:002015-10-31T08:42:41.088-04:00My bad!
I totally misunderstood your post.
I could...My bad!<br />I totally misunderstood your post.<br />I could not agree more that today's artists (Nashville?) are in major need of any form of help they can get, on stage or on recordings.<br />Heard Wanda Jackson live a few weeks back, and she is still spot-in in her singing.<br />The sad part is that when you or I buy a CD today, you can pretty well bet it's so heavily computerized that it has very little relation to what actually was put into the digital box.<br /><br /><br />NatNat Hill IVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-7242971889903450182015-10-31T01:17:42.248-04:002015-10-31T01:17:42.248-04:00Nat: Hope you didn't misunderstand me. I thi...Nat: Hope you didn't misunderstand me. I think auto tune is sad and a joke. I just hear so many of these younger artist that are off and think about all these older artist that sound better at 80 than they do at 25. I think that is one of the reasons they scream and bend notes ,if you can call it that, to cover up their bad singing. Jones and Left did it with style!<br /><br />Jim<br />Knightsville, IN Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-46668806897728082902015-10-30T23:12:45.361-04:002015-10-30T23:12:45.361-04:00When the 'Opry starts to use "auto tune&q...When the 'Opry starts to use "auto tune" I will be gone to my local tavern to hear below average musicians perform.<br />I HATE IT. "Flat and sour" is the price you pay to hear real music. Auto tune is not real music, it is computer generated music. That is why I will never attend a Reba McIntyre concert.<br />Just one man's strong opinion, but I have good company in Eddie Stubbs.Nat Hill IVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-28124258584057913142015-10-30T22:50:10.640-04:002015-10-30T22:50:10.640-04:00Please feel free to tell me I'm wrong because ...Please feel free to tell me I'm wrong because it very well could be me. Would auto tune have come in handy tonight for some of the performances? I accept some of the older artist being off but those that I due accept were not that way just a few years ago and today they are 70-80 years old. Oh what will these 20-40 somethings sound like if they can even perform at 70 or 80. I just thought I heard some flat and sour notes tonight. There is almost always one performance where someone sounds like they are in pain but tonight seemed to have a few more. <br /><br />Comments please!<br /><br />It was good to hear Ricky back tonight.<br /><br />Jim<br />Knightsville, IN Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-2605395278521927502015-10-30T14:09:48.246-04:002015-10-30T14:09:48.246-04:00FINALLY, A WEEKEND WITHOUT ANY "NASHVILLE&quo...FINALLY, A WEEKEND WITHOUT ANY "NASHVILLE" ACTORS. JIM HERZOGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-21665928867706694592015-10-30T13:32:58.853-04:002015-10-30T13:32:58.853-04:00Agree Michael. I was looking forward to hearing h...Agree Michael. I was looking forward to hearing him this weekend. His birthday is Sunday!<br /><br />Jim<br />Knightsville, INAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-82551072141669228752015-10-30T11:12:58.026-04:002015-10-30T11:12:58.026-04:00Ol' Whisper had said he was having cataracts d...Ol' Whisper had said he was having cataracts done. I hope that's all it is.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-18413297106267370012015-10-29T22:45:06.341-04:002015-10-29T22:45:06.341-04:00Bill Anderson has cancelled for this weekend. Jean...Bill Anderson has cancelled for this weekend. Jeannie Seely will be hosting in his place.Byronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610237116677181633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-31357728534168086252015-10-29T16:12:17.998-04:002015-10-29T16:12:17.998-04:00I did want to mention that Sonny Osborne has a bir...I did want to mention that Sonny Osborne has a birthday today and is 78. Looks like he is enjoying retirement and doing well. I know when he retired, the Opry took him off the membership list, changing the Osborne Brothers to Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press. On the newest membership list, it is back to the Osborne Brothers, so I guess in the Opry's eyes, Sonny is back to being a member. Byronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610237116677181633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-21422828110889057102015-10-29T12:22:13.723-04:002015-10-29T12:22:13.723-04:00what years are in the "modern" periodwhat years are in the "modern" periodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-66188191671903937092015-10-28T23:29:25.237-04:002015-10-28T23:29:25.237-04:00speaking of the Hall of Fame who do you think will...speaking of the Hall of Fame who do you think will be the favorite in the modern category for next year? I know Dottie West will most certainly be the favorite for the veterans category but I want to know who do you think will be the favorite for the modern categoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-9423309731463998872015-10-28T22:50:26.767-04:002015-10-28T22:50:26.767-04:00Paul Howard employed a mandolin player named Rolli...Paul Howard employed a mandolin player named Rollin Sullivan who then went to work for Eddy Arnold and was known as Oscar.<br /><br />What a great lineup in 1943! And think of Ernest Tubb not being the main headliner. He would have been a new member then, right?<br /><br />And it is interesting to consider how the Opry then had a lot of members come and go, and a significant number disappeared without a trace, you might say. Without defending the abomination last week, how often did people say in the mid-1940s that the Opry was going to pot?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-5541331827836447992015-10-28T21:13:42.007-04:002015-10-28T21:13:42.007-04:00Quite a few of those acts...Clyde and Marie Dillah...Quite a few of those acts...Clyde and Marie Dillaha, Jack Shook, Paul Howard, Clyde Moody and Whitey Ford...appeared on some of those great "reunion" shows in the 70s and 80s. Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287831362702766918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-20023315514167035132015-10-28T19:54:41.418-04:002015-10-28T19:54:41.418-04:00Fred, Bismarck:
Great post, Byron. I really enjoy...Fred, Bismarck:<br /><br />Great post, Byron. I really enjoyed learning about some of the veteran acts on that 1943 show. Danny, I also am a big Carl Story fan, particularly of his Mercury work. (The Starday stuff would have been just as good, if better-recorded. Starday liked to fob off its "studio" work onto radio stations, with usually a cost in fidelity -- not just to Carl but acts like the Stanley Brothers.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-71722368599821513712015-10-28T19:38:01.266-04:002015-10-28T19:38:01.266-04:00Byron, thanks for the great history lesson. I'...Byron, thanks for the great history lesson. I've read a lot of the books on Opry history, but a couple of those names were unfamiliar. However, I am a longtime fan of Carl Story. He was on local television a lot when I was growing up in the Asheville, Greenville, Spartanburg tv market, and to this day when I want to hear a great version of "Rank Stranger" or "A Picture From LIfe's Other Side," I pull out one of his albums.<br />ReplyDeleteDannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13923631716045202449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-64127358417098593492015-10-28T19:34:46.492-04:002015-10-28T19:34:46.492-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13923631716045202449noreply@blogger.com