While not one of the "official" CMA Music Festival events, the Tuesday Night Opry of CMA week has always been noted as the "unofficial" start of CMA week. And as usual, there is a stellar lineup with two shows on the schedule.
It seems that almost every year Carrie Underwood is at the Opry for the Tuesday night show and this year is no exception. Besides Carrie, Opry members Bill Anderson, Josh Turner, Jeannie Seely and the Oak Ridge Boys are scheduled for the first show. The only change on the second show are Riders In The Sky scheduled in place of Jeannie Seely. The only two non-members listed are Lukas Nelson and, one of the hottest young acts in country music today, Lainey Wilson.
If there is anyone out there who would complain about this lineup for these two shows, I would take issue as it is a good mix of artists and not a bad one in the bunch.
The Opry will also be running a Thursday Night Opry, and no, it is not an Opry Country Classics show. Opry members Pam Tillis, Terri Clark, Don Schlitz, Gary Mule Deer and Rhonda Vincent are on the list for this show. The only non-members are Chapel Hart and Sam Hunt.
Two great Opry shows to start off CMA week in Nashville. Looking ahead to the weekend, those shows look good also.
Here is the running order for the Tuesday Night Opry and Thursday Night Opry:
ReplyDeleteTuesday Night Opry
1st show
7:00: Jeannie Seely, Lukas Nelson, Bill Anderson, Oak Ridge Boys
8:00: Lainey Wilson, Josh Turner, Carrie Underwood
2nd show
9:30: Bill Anderson, Carrie Underwood, Riders In The Sky, Lainey Wilson
10:30: Lukas Nelson, Josh Turner, Oak Ridge Boys
(The 2nd hour of the first show is being taped by Circle TV and will be shown on Opry Live on Saturday night)
Thursday Night Opry
7:00: Pam Tillis, Rhonda Vincent, Don Schlitz
Intermission
8:15: Chapel Hart, Gary Mule Deer, Terri Clark, Sam Hunt