For those of you who are going to the Tuesday Night Opry, or will be listening on WSM, you are in for a real treat as Grand Ole Opry members Carrie Underwood and the Oak Ridge Boys highlight the night, which has two shows scheduled. Also appearing will be Opry members Bill Anderson and Larry, Steve & Rudy, the Gatlin Brothers.
Tuesday August 13
1st show
7:00: Bill Anderson; Randy Houser
7:30: The Gatlin Brothers; Levi Hummon with Marcus Hummon
8:00: Henry Cho; Eric Paslay
8:30: Oak Ridge Boys; Carrie Underwood
2nd show
9:30: Bill Anderson; Levi Hummon with Marcus Hummon
10:00: The Gatlin Brothers; Carrie Underwood
10:30: Henry Cho; Eric Paslay
11:00: Oak Ridge Boys
Not only is Carrie scheduled for both shows on Tuesday night but she is also scheduled for the Friday Night Opry, with two shows on the docket.
Compared to the two Tuesday night shows, the Wednesday Night Opry is a little less solid. Currently only six acts scheduled, three of whom are Grand Ole Opry members.
Wednesday August 14
7:00: Dailey & Vincent; Russell Dickerson
7:30: Connie Smith; Mitchell Tenpenny
Intermission
8:15: Aaron Weber
8:45: Josh Turner
This will be the Opry debut for comedian Aaron Weber.
Aaron is a standup comic born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. After barely graduating from Notre Dame in 2014, Aaron moved to Nashville and started doing standup. Since then, he's become a regular at Zanies Comedy Club and has performed in venues/clubs all over the Southeast. In 2018, Aaron competed in the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival in Atlanta and helped break the Guinness World Record for Longest stand-up comedy show.
He has performed comedy alongside a number of comedians, including regular Opry guest Henry Cho.
Comedian Aaron Weber is the manager of Good Friends Comedy Hour, a monthly standup comedy showcase in East Nashville featuring the best up-and-coming comics from Music City and beyond.
There you have it for the mid-week Opry shows.
Smithfield added for Wednesday at 9:15PM on Wednesday the 14th.
ReplyDeleteWow, three 'Opry members and four acts I have never heard of.
Glad this old guy didn't buy tickets for Wednesday night! :)
Crazy part is I'll bet if I went to the show, I would be pleasantly surprised. At least that would be my hope!
The sports experiment on WSM has ended as George Plaster has left the station and his show has been cancelled.
ReplyDeleteMr. Plaster stuck it to WSM. Bob
DeleteBob,
DeleteHow did George Plaster "stick it to WSM?"
Not challenging your assertion, just don't understand how a fired employee is in a position to stick it to anybody.
He didn't get fired he quit when WSM changed there whole lineup so he could be on the air from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. "We made the decision to part ways," Plaster said. "My intention is to put together some sort of a podcast with the hope of launching around Labor Day." Bob
DeleteWell, that didn't last long.
ReplyDeleteI could never understand the logic of a sports show, very regional in nature, being broadcast on WSM and WSM online.
WSM has listeners all over the world, who love traditional country music and have little use for local sports.
I put myself in that group.
Nat, the sad reality is likely, that wsm does not have listeners all over the world or even locally. Most of my friends in Nashville don't even know it exists. Now, if the powers that be try to change formats again, I would think that with social media, country music folks, even or especially those we complain about never seeing at the opry will lose it and post about it and save it, but, perhaps not? Also let's remember that for most of its history, wsm's focus WAS NOT country music at all! The Internet Archive, which is a huge online library of millions of books, movies, radio shows etc, has large collections of old opry shows, as well as the stations pop and general interest shows. If you listen to non opry content from the 40s and 50s even, it's a completely different station and feel than what we have now. Let me be clear, I don't want anything to change because there's nothing else in radio like the current wsm, but, i don't know that most people even take notice anymore, and if it changes, it would not be the first time at all.
DeleteInsightful comments. I'm probably just HOPING their listener-ship is world wide.
DeleteI can only guess that Gaylord has got to think the folks who listen to WSM are also quite likely to attend the 'Opry, and feel the need to 'keep it country.'
Maybe that's just my hope also!
No question WSM programming is centered around the 'Opry, which is why I listen so religiously.
I remember George Jones throwing a fit when WSM talked about becoming a sports station years ago.
I hate to admit it, but I guess I'm kind of happy George Plaster got fired so quickly.
I can't wait to hear what Byron and Jim and Nat among other folks say here! This is the first page (yes there are more) of opry shows on Internet Archive. It's one of the greatest sites on the web preserving old time radio, thousands of movies, books, tv shows etc. The sound quality on these is so much better than even what the hall of fame has online! Though i love it coming straight from the record. Y'all take a look.
ReplyDeletehttps://archive.org/details/GrandOleOpryOtr/011-GrandOleOpry03-09-40.mp3 JIM AND THINK OF THIS!!!! Here is the first page, yes
I am AMAZED at the quality of these recordings, some 80 years old.
DeleteThere have been times lately where the sound from the 'Opry doesn't match these antiques!
Prince Albert burns 86 degrees cooler than other tobacco?
Who knew?
Thanks so very much. Absolutely amazing.
Hopefully Byron can make a big deal out of these in his next posting.
Sure gives a quick lesson into where the 'Opry came from.
Old Crow Medicine Show anybody?
Hall of Fame member DeFord Bailey - Alright!
DeleteThe archive is an AMAZING SITE! Those pages and pages of opry shows, are not even half. If you for example, want to see old websites from the 90s, or a certain radio show from the golden days, every episode and most web pages are archived there. The library contains over a million digital books. It's funded by the Library of Congress among others.
DeleteNow Nat, here is your look at wsm in the 40s and 50s when the opry was not on air during the week. This includes Sunday Down South, and the Junior Grand Ole Opry. There is at least one more page of opry broadcasts on the site as well, and if history continues with the archive, there are or will be thousands of shows up in the future. Let us know what you think of wsm during other hours than Saturday night.
https://archive.org/details/Wsm-Various
E.Z., another great web find!
DeleteYou asked, so here goes.
Bill and Charlie in the early AM are fantastic personalities, and while I'm not totally sold on everybody they bring in to perform, I love hearing new talent and especially enjoy the banter between these two.
The ladies, Lexi and Devon, are all over the place, sometimes selling doctors or mortgages, other times bringing in great guests.
Route650 with Eric Marcum is the future of WSM. Americana is the only chance traditional country music has in today's market to survive.
Opry is what it is, and Eddie Stubbs is as always, tremendous. A recent GREAT addition is Jeff Hoag, who I absolutely enjoy. How a young man can so clearly understand what traditional country music is all about is absolutely amazing to me. When Eddie isn't there, Jeff does a fantastic job. Does a great job on Sunday as well.
Well, you asked! :)