It's Labor Day weekend and the first weekend of September, which means fall is right around the corner. For the Grand Ole Opry, it is another weekend of shows with the Friday Night Opry and Saturday's Grand Ole Opry offering full line-ups both nights.
Grand Ole Opry members Connie Smith and Riders In The Sky are on the schedule for both nights. The only other Opry member listed for this weekend is Bobby Osborne, who is on the schedule for Saturday night.
Comedian Henry Cho is guesting both nights this weekend, joined on Friday night by Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider, gospel group Point of Grace, Morgan Evans, Louis York, and making her Opry debut, Becky Buller.
Saturday night, in addition to Henry Cho, the guest line-up includes Jackie Lee, Niko Moon, veteran country artist Darryl Worley and Anne Wilson, another artist making her Opry debut this weekend. Also on the schedule are the Grand Master Fiddle Champions, which is an annual feature at the Opry. In the past, when Opryland was open, the competition was held in the park, with Porter Wagoner often being the MC. This year's competition will take place at the Country Music Hall of Fame and will be held this weekend. There are several different categories of competition.
Friday September 3
7:00: Connie Smith; John Schneider; Point of Grace; Becky Buller
Intermission
8:15: Louis York; Henry Cho; Morgan Evans; Riders In The Sky
Saturday September 4
7:00: Opry Square Dancers; Connie Smith; Jackie Lee; Grand Master Fiddle Champions; Anne Wilson; Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press
Intermission
8:15: Niko Moon; Henry Cho; Darryl Worley; Riders In The Sky
As mentioned, Becky Buller and Anne Wilson will be making their Opry debuts this weekend.
Becky Buller is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and producer from St. James, MN, who has traversed the globe performing bluegrass music to underwrite her insatiable songwriting habit. Her compositions can be heard on records by Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, to name just a few.
Becky has written songs for Grammy award-winning albums: she co-wrote “Freedom,” the lead-off track of The Infamous Stringdusters 2018 Grammy-winning album Laws of Gravity as well as "The Shaker” on The Travelin’ McCoury’s self-titled release that brought home the 2019 Best Bluegrass Grammy.
Becky is the recipient of 10 IBMA awards, including the 2016 Fiddler and Female Vocalist Of The Year as well as the 2020 Collaborative Recording Of The Year for “The Barber’s Fiddle” and the 2020 Song Of The Year for co-writing and fiddling on Special Consensus’ “Chicago Barn Dance.” She was a 2020 nominee for SPBGMA’s Fiddle Player Of The Year as well as being involved as a musician and songwriter on three albums nominated for 2020 Grammys. She is currently a nominee for the 2021 IBMA Songwriter Of The Year award.
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Singer/songwriter Anne Wilson knows the healing power of music firsthand. The lyrics of Hillsong Worship’s “What A Beautiful Name” became a lifeline for the Lexington, Kentucky native after her brother was tragically killed in a car accident at the age of 23. Although she spent much of her childhood behind a piano, Wilson sang in front of an audience for the first time at her brother’s funeral. It was at that moment that she realized what she was born to do. A video of her moving performance organically circulated, eventually landing her a record deal. With a mesmerizing voice and a visible hunger for Jesus, the 19-year-old relies on personal journal entries and time spent in nature for songwriting inspiration. Her introductory track, “My Jesus”—which she co-wrote with Jeff Pardo and Matthew West—is a warm invitation to experience her Savior in the same intimate way she knows Him. Wilson’s My Jesus is Capitol CMG’s largest debut single launch from a new artist in nearly 10 years. Her debut song received 49 adds during its debut add week. My Jesus debuted at No.1 on iTunes in the US and Russia (Christian & Gospel), No. 17 on iTunes (all genre), and the Top 15 music video on all of iTunes. It also debuted on the Top Thumb Hundred on Pandora.
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Now from 50 years ago, Saturday September 4, 1971:
1st show
6:30: Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper
6:45: Ernie Ashworth
7:00: Jim Ed Brown (host); Connie Eaton; Stringbean; Jay Lee Webb
7:30: Roy Drusky (host); Willis Brothers; Jeanne Pruett; Crook Brothers; Dave Dudley
8:00: Bobby Lord (host); Margie Bowes; Hugh X. Lewis; Jerry Smith
8:30: Hank Locklin (host); Stan Hitchcock; Harold Weakley; Fruit Jar Drinkers; Connie Smith
2nd show
9:30: Willis Brothers (host); Dave Dudley; Jeanne Pruett; Hugh X. Lewis
10:00: Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper (host); Bobby Lewis; Jack Barlow
10:15: Ernie Ashworth (host); June Stearns; Tommy Jones
10:30: Jim Ed Brown (host); Stringbean; Jay Lee Webb; Nashville Sound
10:45: Roy Drusky (host); Connie Eaton; Crook Brothers
11:00: Bobby Lord (host); Connie Smith; Fruit Jar Drinkers; Jerry Smith; Sam McGee
11:30: Hank Locklin (host); Margie Bowes; Stan Hitchcock
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Looking back at past Grand Ole Opry line-ups, here is one from 73 years ago, Saturday September 4, 1948:
7:30: American Ace Coffee
Roy Acuff: It's So Hard to Smile
Tommy Magness: Paty on the Turnpike
Lonzo and Oscar: To Be Selected
Jimmy Riddle: Seeing Nellie Home
Roy Acuff: Little Pal
Jug Band: Uncle Noah's Ark
Roy and Gang: Gethesamene
Sonny Day: Golden Slippers
Lonzo and Oscar: To Be Selected
Oswald: Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
Roy Acuff: This World Can't Stand Long
8:00: Purina
Bill Monroe: Blue Yodel Number Four
Oklahoma Wranglers: Happy Cowboy
Bradley Kincaid: Red Light Ahead
Crook Brothers: Cotton Eyed Joe
Bill Monroe: To Be Selected
Skeeter Willis: Down Home Rag
Robert Lunn: Talking Blues
Blue Grass Quartet: To Be Selected
Oklahoma Wranglers: Cindy
Bill Monroe: To Be Selected
Benny Martin: To Be Selected
8:30: Warren Paint & Color Co.
Ernest Tubb: If You Call That Gone Goodbye
Lew Childre: You Call Everybody Little Darling
Jimmy Selph: The Trail is Too Long
String Beans: This Crazy War
Ernest Tubb: Our Baby's Book
Mel & Stan: I've Lost All
Milton Estes: When the Golden Train Has Gone
Velma: Some Day You Will Thank Me
Possum Hunters: Old Hoot Owl
Ernest Tubb: I'll Always Be Your Buddy
Hal Smith: Arkansas Traveler
9:00: Royal Crown
Roy Acuff: My Old Pal of Yesterday
Jimmy Riddle: Tiger Rag
Lonzo and Oscar: I'm My Own Grandpa
Pap and Jug Band: It's My Lazy Day
Fruit Jar Drinkers: Tennessee Waggoner
Bill Monroe: Mule Skinner Blues
Oswald: Southern Moon
Roy Acuff: Were You There
Lonzo and Oscar: Old Mother Nature
Tommy Magness: Billy In the Low Ground
9:30: Prince Albert
Red Foley: Aunt Jemimahs Plaster
Old Timers: In the Good Old Summer Time
Red Foley: Where Could I Go
Wally Fowler: Git on Board Little Children
Mack McGarr Twelfth Street Rag
Red Foley: Blues in My Heart
Square Dance: Turkey in the Straw
10:00: Wallrite
To Be Selected
10:15: Gaylock
Roy Acuff: Don't Make Me Go to Bed and I'll Be Good
Jimmy Riddle: Boogie Woogie
Roy Acuff: Poem
Oswald: Southern Moon
Tommy Magness: Turkey in the Straw
10:30: Luxury Peanut Butter
Oklahoma Wranglers: Shut That Gate
Mel & Stan: I'd Gladly Take You Back
Skeeter Willis: Listen to the Mocking Bird
Oklahoma Wranglers: Tramp on the Street
Mel & Stan: Love Me or Leave Me
10:45: Royal Flour
Milton Estes: Hear Dem Bells
Lew Childre: Precious Lord Lead Me On
Jimmy Selph: Tear Drops In My Heart
Milton Estes: One Way Ticket to the Sky
Milton Estes: Cacklin Hen
11:00:
Bradley Kincaid: Finger Prints on the Window Pane
Robert Lunn: Mama Don't Low No Music
Mack McGarr: Done Gone
Bradley Kincaid: Letter Edged in Black
11:15: Ernest Tubb Weather House
Ernest Tubb: Jealous Loving Heart
Dot & Smokey: You Call Everybody Darling
Butter Ball: Blues for Dixie
Ernest Tubb: This Troubled Mind of Mine
11:30:
Lonzo and Oscar: I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded
Crook Brothers: Unclouded Day
Gully Jumpers: Forked Deer
Lonzo and Oscar: Watching the Girls Go By
Crook Brothers: Sally Goodin
11:45:
Wally Fowler: Empty Arms and a Heart Full of Sorrow
Bradley Kincaid: Grannys Old Arm Chair
Fruit Jar Drinkers: Silver Bells
Wally Fowler: Rocking on the Waves
Bradley Kincaid: Old Smokey
Fruit Jar Drinkers: Free a Little Bird
Another one of those nights were the Wallrite segment had not been finalized before show time.
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Lastly for this week, here is the running order from 61 years ago, Saturday September 3, 1960 (notice the changes in the 12 years since the 1948 show, both in sponsors and artists):
7:30: Pet Milk
Theme: Fire on the Mountain
Porter Wagoner (host): Waking Up the Crowd
Carl Butler: I Know Why I Cry
Wilburn Brothers: The Big Heart Break
George Hamilton IV: Before This Day Ends
Porter Wagoner: Legend of the Big Steeple
Dick Flood: Little Maker
Wilburn Brothers: Somebody's Back in Town
Bob Luman: Let's Talk About Living
Porter Wagoner: Your Kind of People
Theme: Fire on the Mountain
8:00: Martha White
Flatt and Scruggs: Crying My Heart Out Over You
Jimmy Newman: Cry, Cry Darling
Marion Worth: That's My Kind of Love
Johnny Sea: Wreck of the John B
Flatt and Scruggs: I'm on My Way to Canaan's Land
Crook Brothers: Katy Hill
Carlisles: Liza Jane
Bob Perry: Juke Box
Jimmy Newman: What You Gonna Do
Flatt and Scruggs: Shucking the Corn
8:30: Prince Albert
Jim Reeves (host): I Know One
Archie Campbell: Comedy
Patsy Cline: There He Goes
Tommy Jackson: Old Joe Clark
Jim Reeves: I'll Fly Away
Chet Atkins: Peanut Vendor
June Carter: Comedy
Patsy Cline: Crazy Dreams
Floyd Cramer: Last Date
Jim Reeves: I'm Getting Better
Tommy Jackson: Sally Goodin
9:00: Jefferson Island Salt
Ray Price (host): Heartbreak Hotel
Justin Tubb: Believing It Yourself
Jan Howard: Keys in the Mailbox
Cousin Jody: No Help Wanted
Ray Price: I Can't Run Away from Myself
Glaser Brothers: 21 Miles
Fruit Jar Drinkers: Take Me Back to Tulsa
Hank Williams, Jr: Lovesick Blues
Ray Price: Who'll Be the First
9:30: W. E. Stephens
Faron Young (host): There's Not Any Like You Left
Bill Monroe: Molly and Tenbrooks
Roy Drusky: Anymore
Lonzo and Oscar: Old Ole Mountain Dew
Faron Young: Is She All You Thought She Would Be
Jordanaires: (?)
Billy Walker: I Wish You Love
Bill Monroe: Lonesome Wind Blues
Roy Drusky: I'm So Helpless
Faron Young: (?)
10:00: Wil-Bilt Homes
Porter Wagoner (host): Tell Her Lies and Feed Her Candy
Jimmy Newman: A Lovely Work of Art
Patsy Cline: How Can I Face Tomorrow
Porter Wagoner: Satisfied Mind
Fiddle Tune: Mississippi Sawyer
10:15: Hester
Carl Butler (host): Grief in My Heart
Bob Luman: I Love You Because
Crook Brothers: Bile Them Cabbage Down
Carl Butler: The Door
Fiddle Tune: Grey Eagle
10:30: Jamison
Jim Reeves (host): In A Mansion Stands My Love
George Hamilton IV; Lonesome Whistle
Cousin Jody: Lady Cop
Jim Reeves: Am I Losing You
Fiddle Tune: Soldier's Joy
10:45: De Con
Wilburn Brothers (host0: When Will You Know It
Marion Worth: No Teardrops Tonight
Justin Tubb: Big Fool of the Year
Wilburn Brothers: Which One is to Blame
Fiddle Tune: Paty on the Turnpike
11:00: Coca Cola
Ray Price (host): One More Time
Bill Monroe: Mule Skinner Blues
Jan Howard: If You Conscience Can't Stop You
Lonzo and Oscar: I Gotta Find Julie
Ray Price: I Wish I Could Really Fall in Love
Jordanaires: (?)
June Carter: Worried Man Blues
Sam and Kirk: I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
Fruit Jar Drinkers: Old Joe Clark
Ray Price: Crazy Arms
11:30: Phillips & Buttorff
Faron Young (host): Country Girl
Dick Flood: I Can't Help It
Carlisles: Baby You Flubbed Your Dub
Faron Young: Face to the Wall
Fiddle Tune: Leather Britches
11:45: General Shoe
Roy Drusky (host): Another
Billy Walker: Changed My Mind
Glaser Brothers: Careless Love
Roy Drusky: (?)
Fiddle Tune: (?)
As I mentioned, a lot of changes at the Opry in those 12 years.
There you have it for this week. As always, thanks for reading and commenting and I hope everyone enjoys the Grand Ole Opry this weekend.
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