tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post7952375889644515609..comments2024-03-26T23:59:24.053-04:00Comments on Fayfare's Opry Blog: Bill Andersonfayfarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00173166778978335059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-30844676977576189302010-11-02T20:25:42.398-04:002010-11-02T20:25:42.398-04:00I may have misheard Ol' Whisper--he can be har...I may have misheard Ol' Whisper--he can be hard to hear! But I don't think so. Maybe he meant for his first guest appearance.<br /><br />I remember reading Grant Turner's line that the best time to see the Opry was in the winter when just about everybody was in off the road. Mid-July would have been a big touring time, so I suppose it's understandable. Still, looking at that lineup ... not too bad!Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-17465182965573081022010-11-02T14:16:20.333-04:002010-11-02T14:16:20.333-04:00I doubled checked and nowhere on that show do I se...I doubled checked and nowhere on that show do I see Billy Grammer listed. And what I posted was the actual show line up. <br /><br />You are right that there were some good performers on that show. I guess that I was just amazed that some of the Opry's heavy hitters were missing. And, there was some fluff in that line-up--people like Johnny Forbes and Dick Flood for example.<br /><br />This was in 1961, when the Opry was requiring its members to be there at the Opry at least 26 times during the year--and those were 26 Saturday nights. If you remember, it was just a couple of years later that the Opry fired numerous members for not meeting the attendance requirements.Byronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610237116677181633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-28637433528196772972010-11-01T20:15:17.938-04:002010-11-01T20:15:17.938-04:00Thanks for posting that lineup, and here's an ...Thanks for posting that lineup, and here's an interesting thought or two for you about it.<br /><br />First, I THINK Ol' Whisper once said that Billy Grammer inducted him. So his memory may have been shaky.<br /><br />Second, granting the big names missing, notice that a lot of those present were younger or newer members--Porter Wagoner, Bobby Lord, Archie Campbell, Margie Bowes, Roy Drusky, the Glaser Brothers, Skeeter Davis, and George Hamilton IV all had joined in the past five years. If this weekend's Opry had the equivalent number of recent inductees, we would probably be downright delirious!<br /><br />Third, noting that Monroe was on three segments, bear in mind that a lot of performers preferred not to do the 11:30 segment. Also, he was then in a fallow period, with Flatt & Scruggs getting most of the attention; the folk revival hadn't happened yet.<br /><br />Finally, I noticed that Ray Price and Cowboy Copas did only the first segment and then were out of there, and that future members Jan Howard, Loretta Lynn, and Bob Luman were all guests.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.com