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Barbara Hennerman
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Posted 5 Aug 2006 4:01 pm |
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Bobby Sparks
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Posted 5 Aug 2006 8:55 pm
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Straight from GAC:
"It's true that Grand Ole Opry is a LIVE stage show (and radio broadcast) every Saturday night in Nashville, TN but the Opry does not broadcast a LIVE television show every weekend on GAC at present. On Saturday nights when a LIVE broadcast is not planned, the Opry chooses a recently aired show for GAC viewers. Typically, a LIVE Opry show airs every other week at this time (schedule subject to change). Visit the Opry show page to see what's coming up!"
I agree with you, though...it would be nice to see a new show more than now & then.
Bobby |
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John Sluszny
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Brussels, Belgium
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Posted 6 Aug 2006 9:58 am
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| What is GAC?Thanks |
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John Sluszny
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Brussels, Belgium
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Posted 6 Aug 2006 10:00 am
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OK,got it,Great American Country!
Thanks anyway! |
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Barbara Hennerman
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Posted 6 Aug 2006 11:05 am
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John Bechtel
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Posted 6 Aug 2006 11:35 am
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Times change, but; not always for the best! I remember when the Opry Live was ‘Live’ every week for 30-min. at first and then for 1-hr. Live~Real-Time every Sat. night. Then the schedules changed and not for the better either. Now, my DirecTv programing doesn't include GAC, so; I never get to see it any more! But then, I hardly ever listen any more either! It's got too many uninteresting segments (for my interest) now, but; I must admit that it still has some great segments too, if you're willing to wait for them to come up! I wonder what the future life~expectancy of the Opry is nowadays! (At least as we knew it in earlier days!)
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a.k.a. {Keoni Nui}
Current Equipment
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Steve Alonzo Walker
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Spartanburg,S.C. USA (deceased)
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Posted 6 Aug 2006 5:38 pm
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| I was told by the Opry Crew that they were only contracted to do 12 live shows a year. After that would be reruns. |
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Charles Davidson
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Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2006 6:31 pm
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| Big John,I think your right,The glory days of the Opry are gone,gone,gone!!! Except for a FEW rare occasions there is nothing GRAND about it any more.It's getting to be more a rock and roll show than a country show little by little.Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference from GAC[GREAT AMERICAN CRAP]and MTV.It's all about the money,This young generation has had this so-called country music today that the MUSICK industry has saturated the airwaves with that they actually BELIEVE that Kenny Chesney,Big and Rich,Cowboy Troy,and their peers are country artists,and &%$# such as Bo-donk-a-donk is a country song.I'm sure very few care what an old fossil like me thinks,but I'll never quit b---hing about it. |
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
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Clinton, Missouri USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2006 6:41 pm
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Oh come on Charles... You mean to tell me you don't like the new country, Hit, batter,batter, Hit, batter, batter, Hit batter, batter has such meaningful lyrics...  I love it when a song is so intellectually stimulating... YEAH RIGHT !!! I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO FIND THIS ALBUMN. ( to tie onto my scarecrow to keep the birds away.....) |
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Charles Davidson
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Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2006 6:54 pm
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| Jim Bob,One of my most watched DVD's[I put it on dvd from the vidio]is a show you played bass on with the greatest steel player that ever lived,so you should know where I'm coming from.Music is music and crap is crap,that simple. |
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
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Clinton, Missouri USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2006 6:58 pm
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Smiley Roberts
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Posted 7 Aug 2006 11:28 pm
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Geez Charles,that's strange. I don't ever remember doing a TV show w/ Jim Bob!
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Paul King
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Gainesville, Texas, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2006 4:08 am
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| I hate to beat a dead horse but I have to agree with Charles. The "Grand Ole Opry" is not so "Grand" anymore. I never even try and watch anything about the Opry. Tommy White is a fabulous musician and he would be the only reason I would tune in on a regular basis. I just wonder what Roy Accuff would think about the way the Opry is run and the singers they have on there today. I am so disappointed in country music today. I feel for those session players who are having to play it to make a living. I guess that is why they are recording because they can adapt to all styles of music. |
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Ray Minich
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Posted 8 Aug 2006 5:01 am
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| I just never understood where a Moog synthesizer (or equivalent) fit into the performing of a "country" song... |
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Charles Davidson
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Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2006 6:46 am
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| Hi Smiley,You know who I'm talking about.No matter who's in nashville [or the whole world for that matter]Curly will always be the King.Anyone that's never seen that vidio of Curly and Jim at a club in Calif.don't know what they are missing.Bama Charlie. |
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Smiley Roberts
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Posted 8 Aug 2006 7:37 am
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Charles,
I knew who you were referring to all the time. I was just funnin' w/ ya.
BTW,your CD's are all done,labeled,boxed up,& ready to go. I just gotta get my car outta the "hospital" to get to the P.O.
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Charles Davidson
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Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2006 8:04 am
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| Paul,just keep beating that horse,I am.A few months ago someone made a post about the head honco of the opry saying he did'nt want to see any grey hair on the opry,WHAT AN IDIOT.The next night saw Gene Watson,with his silver hair and beard,wonder how he got on?I guess I'm just an old geezer,but I can remember every recording artist had a distinct STYLE.Country and pop.Artist such as Hank Snow,Hank Sr,Hank Thompson,Cash,Kitty Wells,Acuff,Earnest,Patsy,Webb,Buck,in the pop field,Tony B,Old blue eyes,Frankie Lane,Etta,in the rock and roll field,Buddy Holly,Elvis,Jerry Lee,Brenda Lee,these great artist didn't have to sing but ONE word and they were immediately recognizable.THAT IS CALLED STYLE,Also the majority of them had something else that's missing today [CLASS]I can't imagine Hank Snow,Mr.Acuff,Porter,Little Jimmy,desecrating the opry stage[or any stage]looking like they just crawled out of a dumpster with torn jeans,tanktop shirts,three day beards like the so-called super stars of today that [most]sound like clones,with NO STYLE AND NO CLASS.I have said it before if the best country singer we have today,Dale Watson would learn to trill a mike stand,wear a duster,sing flat[if he could]play a distored Les Paul,bury his great steel players so far back in the mix you could'nt hear them,he would no longer be ostracized by the musick industry,would be an instant hit on Gac[GREAT AMERICAN CRAP] |
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