The Tuesday Night Opry and The Wednesday Night Opry return this week as Opry 100 rolls on. With all the Opry shows taking place, I think it is safe to say that the Opry will reach the advertised number of 230 shows this year.
Looking at Tuesday night, Opry members Rhonda Vincent and Henry Cho are scheduled. Country Music Hall of Fame member Jimmy Fortune heads up the list of non-members. I have said it before, and I will repeat it, I think Jimmy would make a very good Opry member.
Opry Next Stage artist Tigirlily Gold, Niko Moon, Matthew West, and making his Opry debut, Hudson Westbrook, close out the schedule.
Tuesday July 22
7:00: Rhonda Vincent, Jimmy Fortune, Hudson Westbrook, Matthew West
Intermission
8:20: Niko Moon, Henry Cho, Tigirlily Gold
Hudson Westbrook is from Texas. After a 2024 debut with viral first release “Take It Slow,” he quickly strung together a series of grassroots hits while enrolled at Texas Tech University, including debut Texas radio single and chart-topper, “Two Way Drive,” and debut single to country radio, “House Again." Amassing nearly 350 million global streams in his first year as an artist and averaging over 20 million streams a week, he was named Billboard’s December 2024 Country Rookie of the Month and a 2025 Artist to Watch by Country Now, Holler, The Country Wire, and more. Westbrook started 2025 off strong as Sirius XM’s The Highways’s newest Highway Find, one of SXM’s all-genre Five for 2025, and one of Spotify’s all-genre 2025 Artists to Watch.
The Wednesday Night Opry lineup is led by Opry members Mandy Barnett, Del McCoury and Charlie McCoy. Rhett Akins is back for his second appearance of the week, along with Christian artist Jason Crabb, Ashland Craft and Frankie Ballard.
Wednesday July 23
7:00: Mandy Barnett, Frankie Ballard, Del McCoury Band, Jason Crabb
Intermission
8:20: Ashland Craft, Rhett Akins, Mike "The Drifter" Flanigin, Charlie McCoy
ONE musical 'Opry member on Tuesday night. New low for the 'Opry. Although, if you're only going to have one, Rhonda Vincent is a darn good one to have!
ReplyDeleteAgree on Jimmy Fortune also Byran. He "gets it."
Agree Jimmy Fortune would be a wonderful member and The Malpass Brothers. Wednesday show, 3 of 8, all great but members should outnumber guests which is just not happening lately. All the hype for Opry 100 isn't bringing them to the stage.
ReplyDeleteJust my opinion: members do not need to outnumber guests, especially when there are shows 5-6 nights per week. Plus, they’ve been having a lot of great guests lately!
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