#grand ole opry

November 28 1925,  The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting

The Grand Ole Opry, one of the longest-lived and most popular showcases for western music, begins broadcasting live from Nashville, Tennessee. The showcase was originally named the Barn Dance, after a Chicago radio program called the National Barn Dance that had begun broadcasting the previous year.

The four-and-a-half-hour Grand Ole Opry program became one of the most popular broadcasts in the South, and like its Chicago cousin, helped make country-western an enduring part of the popular American musical landscape. Playing a show at the grand ole opry is one of the highest honors in country music.

Minnie Pearl

(Yale Joel. 1956)

Lonzo & Oscar Show on tour

(Yale Joel. 1956)

Grand Ole Opry performers in Salt Lake City

(Yale Joel. 1956)

Miranda Lambert: There’s one week left of Grand Ole Opry’s Paws for Applause month benefitting MuttNation Foundation! Go to opry.com/causeforapplause to buy tickets or donate today!
Commenthere if you spot the MuttNation logo in the Opry barn #CauseForApplause

Joni Mitchell “California” The Johnny Cash Show—Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, July 10, 1970.