tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post6889555554904014085..comments2024-03-29T09:38:59.536-04:00Comments on Fayfare's Opry Blog: Billy Walkerfayfarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00173166778978335059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-33088722808725001972011-05-22T10:59:52.942-04:002011-05-22T10:59:52.942-04:00I share your comments on how the Opry's segmen...I share your comments on how the Opry's segments used to be set up, with a host and 3 guests for each segment. If they did that today, that would give you 16 artists in a 2 hour show, which is better than the 12 or 13 that we get most weeks. <br /><br />And, I always like it when an artist pays tribute to someone who is deceased. It adds a nice touch to the show.Byronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610237116677181633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-53778559520543674182011-05-21T22:34:36.255-04:002011-05-21T22:34:36.255-04:00By the way, Jeannie Seely, pinch-hitting as host f...By the way, Jeannie Seely, pinch-hitting as host for The Potato, did a nice tribute to Billy, mentioning the other crash victims, and singing "Funny How Time Slips Away," and she said that he would want everybody smiling when they thought of him. Nice.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-78115363999746964442011-05-21T19:25:36.663-04:002011-05-21T19:25:36.663-04:00I note the presence of 17 members on that lineup a...I note the presence of 17 members on that lineup and the old approach of having on most segments a host, two doing one song each, and a main guest doing two. Gee, I wonder whatever happened to THAT Opry?<br /><br />Billy Walker was my mother's second favorite, after Jimmy C. Newman. One night the two of them were on with Ernest Tubb and she remembered him saying--and ET was never noted for being politically correct--"Tonight we have an Injun and a Cajun." I also could tell Billy had a good relationship with Hank Snow, who would introduce him and push the microphone up about eight feet.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.com