Our first stop today was the Texas State Museum in downtown Nashville. It is a very impressive and complete history of the state in a beautiful building. We got a little bit of a late start so we didn’t linger but had a good overview of a very interesting and eventful history from the earliest time to the present day.
Our next stop was the Ryman Auditorium in city center. It was an easy 10-minute ride on paper from
the museum to the Ryman. Not so
today. Center city was packed with lots
of traffic and people. By the time we
parked the truck and walked to the Ryman, we did not have time to fully tour
the Ryman before we had to leave for our scheduled 1:00 pm tour of the new
Grand Ole Opry House near our RV park.
We just made it back in time (a few minutes late) for our backstage tour.
The Grand Ole Opry goes back a long way. It started in 1925 and began broadcasting on WSM 650 . It moved to the Ryman as a permanent location in 1943. It truly was the place where Bluegrass and Country Music had its growth and expansion and became a signature American music genre. Here is more information regarding the history of the Grand Old Opry. Very interesting:
Performers arrive for concerts through a special entrance, everyone must show their ID, no exceptions, even if
visually recognized. Every member has a
mail box and a locker. We got to see
about 20 dressing room lounges where the performers change and get ready for
their performances. It was a great tour
and definitely worth our time.
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