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Next Saturday is the 5000th show of the Grand Ole Opry.
They are planning some sort of special program but don't say what.
If anyone is interested you can stream it live beginning at 7pm CDT Saturday next at:

https://wsmradio.com/listen-live/

Of course if you wish you can also use the link to stream WSM radio (The Mother Church of Country Music) 24/7 for free.

@mickey my dad was a old school country western musician primarily a mandolin player but was one of those guys that could pretty much play anything well. From my earliest memories there was always country music in the air and the Grand Ole Opry was the Mecca I couldn't even go to my grandfather's house to get away from it as he was a bluegrass banjo picker. I don't know how I ended up a rock musician much to my dad's disdain he thought rock was a "garbled up pile of $hi+ with some dumba$$ yelling to it". Rock never did get my dad's respect but at least my guitar playing did because I had heard so much old school country I could jump in and jam with him and his pals and was a lot better than their regular guitar player.
Okay enough of my rant I will check it out thanks so much for posting don't know why but it triggered a ton of great memories of my dad and put a big ole smile on my face.

@redman I certainly understand your rant. I was born & raised in the area where GA/TN/NC meet. My dad never played anything other than the radio but his brothers fronted a Bluegrass band in the years following WW2, until they got married & started families thus had to get real jobs. But my parents were huge country (read bluegrass) fans. Back when I was a kid was the era when groups like Flatt & Scruggs/Monroe/Reno & Smiley were playing everything from barn raisings to store openings all over the southeast. I still remember mama setting me on the edge of a flatbed truck being used as a stage a few feet from Mother Maybelle when I was just a little shaver. My folks felt the same about rock as yours did.
After all us kids were grown mama bought herself a piano and started learning what I call the "country church method" of playing. Every piano player I ever knew for a country church used the "Shape Note Method" of piano playing (which all the songbooks they used such as "Broadman Hymnals" were printed in shape note notation.) Seemed silly to me but it worked for them so who am I to complain?
As you said all sorts of memories come flooding in.

Ya'll just keep talkin, it's a nice conversation to follow. I'm 3d generation "out off the hills" so NOBODY in my nuclear family listened to Country. John Denver was the exception and that was probably because of The Muppets.
Imagine the disappointment when I started listening to Country as an adult. I just added it to the mix, didn't replace anything.

If you haven't seen "The Mountain Minor" on Prime (1h27m), I thought it was a good story.
The acting was excruciating, but the story was good.

In case anyone is interested:
The Show!