Here is the line-up for the Tuesday Night Opry, June 18:
7:00: John Conlee; Travis Denning
7:30: Mandy Barnett; Morgan Evans
Intermission
8:15: Craig Morgan; Michael Ray; ACM Lifting Lives Music Campers; Charlie Daniels Band
Pretty nice line-up for the Tuesday show. Always a special treat for the ACM Lifting Lives Music Campers to perform on the Opry.
As far as the Wednesday Night Opry for June 19, no official line-up has been issued as of yet, but one of the Opry's newest members, Dustin Lynch is scheduled to appear. Along with Dustin, there will be a guest appearance by Rhonda Vincent. Others on the schedule include Riders In The Sky, Sawyer Brown, Clare Dunn, Dan Tyminski and Levi Hummon.
On Wednesday June 19th Rhonda Vincent will be debuting a brand new single on the Opry written by Jeannie Seely, Bobby Tomberlin and Erin Enderlin. The Opry starts at 7:00 PM (CT) I'm not sure what time Rhonda will be on. I hope everybody will check it out at www.wsmonline.com or WSM 650 Bob
ReplyDeleteHere is the Wednesday night line-up:
ReplyDelete7:00: Jeannie Seely; Rhonda Vincent
7:30: Levi Hummon; Sawyer Brown
Intermission
8:15: Riders In The Sky; Clare Dunn
8:45: Dan Tyminski; Dustin Lynch
Also, it was announced today that Terri Clark will be the star of the annual Grand Ole Opry birthday concert.
If I may use a Broadway musical line, wouldn't it be loverley if Wednesday is when they finally offer Rhonda Vincent her years-overdue invitation to join the Opry.
ReplyDeleteThat would have to be a Miracle. Bob
DeleteBy the way, I don't know why I was unknown! I mean, I knew who I was ....
DeleteGood to see Mandy Barnett on the Opry. Where is her invitation to be a member?
ReplyDeleteOpry membership today vs 1960s... today membership is much more contingent on record success than quality, grassroots fan support or support of the Opry. Think about it: Margie Bowes, Stu Phillips, Ray Pillow, Marion Worth and the Four Guys all became Opry regulars without significant chart success (we could even say Jeannie Seely, Ernie Ashworth and Jeanne Pruett were one hit wonders) - yet they were faithful supporters of the show and good singers who performed week after week. I'm thinking about Mandy Barnett in particular - one of the best vocalists out there, someone who has played regularly on the Opry for the last TWENTY years and she's not an Opry member - same for Rhonda Vincent, the Grascals, T. Graham Brown. Don't get me wrong, I think Sally Williams is doing a MUCH better job than Fisher in terms of adding members, but I just can't understand why Opry membership is so elusive to some people. (oldtimeopry)
ReplyDeleteI agree wholeheartedly. At the conception of the Opry, WSM took singers and musicians and made them stars (even though Eddy Arnold might have argued). Today, they pick already established stars and make them Opry members. I think this is why the artists look more at Opry membership today as an award, rather than a job and commitment, like past generations did. I’m all for Mandy Barnett, Teea Goens, Leroy Troy & The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, The Grascals, Amber Digby, Joshua Hedley, The Quebe Sisters, Rhonda Vincent, Chonda Pierce, The Isaacs, Justin Trevino and others. Radio will not give them a chance, per say, so let the Opry. I couldn’t see anything but dedication from those I’ve listed.
DeleteOldtime Opry and David,
ReplyDeleteI agree with your comments. The Opry and artist positions have completely flipped from 50+ years ago or so. The artist used to benefit from being able to use the Opry name even if they were not yet very well known. If you were associated with the Opry that gave you credibility. Today, the Opry uses the names of the stars they have signed to say to the public, look who we have on our roster, look who you can see if you visit us. Really, the Opry's position is less credible today than what the artist were when they could use the Opry name. Today, the artist are part of the Opry in name only in many cases as we see with the no shows. Back when the Opry could lift a career, it was more of a two way street with more mutual benefit between the two.
On a different note, I am still listening to Opry shows from around 2005. I listened to the second Christmas Eve 2005 show today. Charlie Walker hosted a show and was still sounding strong and had not began to get winded. Jack Greene was still sharp as a tack. Stu Phillips was still in strong voice. Jeannie Seely was still single and dressed as Ms. Clause!
I listened to Bill Anderson do Him And Me, the song about a young boy going on the road with his father truck driver. That made me think about Charles Esten who over the past year or so promoted that he wrote and released a song a week which to me was a gimmick. And here is Bill Anderson who has written hundreds, probably thousands of songs in his career, and the majority were very substantive and some will be remembered for years to come. Anyone name one of those songs Esten wrote or released? As they say to day.....just sayin'.
Jim
Knightsville, IN
Jim, I'll second all of that. But I'll add something, since I'm just that way!
DeleteFirst, I think even if the Opry had not changed, the world did. There are other ways for someone to become a star without the Opry that didn't exist at one time (and I caught the Eddy Arnold reference, and I think, possibly under the influence of The Manager Who Shall Not Be Named Out of Respect for Hank Snow, that he forgot that if he hadn't gotten on the Opry in the first place, he wouldn't have been a star).
Second, Sally Williams seems to have the right ideas, and I'm wondering if the Opry CAN make itself more relevant. I thought The Former Manager I Do Not Care to Name made a mistake clearing out the old-time sponsors, and now we're back to those--would more presenting sponsors, perhaps at a lower charge from the Opry, do more promotion that would be beneficial? What if the Opry live-streamed a segment as opposed to simply being available for listening? What if they added a segment on Friday nights like they did when Reba made her appearance for the decade and say, how about a sponsored mini-concert? There are things the Opry can do and I'll be curious to see if Ms. Williams, who as I say has made a good impression so far, does them.