The Grand Ole Opry Show

After a full day in Nashville we returned to the Grand Ole Opry House for the 9:00 pm show. The first late show of the season. We waited outside until the early show crowds cleared the building while we listened to Tyler Farr preforming again out front. Once we entered the building we made our way to our seats. Up high, but centered with a very good view. The place was full. It all started with the announcer coming out and talking. He even read commercials for the sponsors, it is, after all, a live radio show. And first up was...

Kelli Pickler. You remember her from American Idol. She didn't win the competition but she did win Americas heart. She did three songs including "Red High Heels"

Follow that up with Diamond Rio. Think back to the nineties and early 2000's. Songs like "Beautiful Mess" and "Bubba Hyde"

Then it was living legend Whispering Bill Anderson. He's done it all he even did a song he recently wrote "Just Give It Away". That's right, the George Strait song, he wrote it with Buddy Cannon and Jamey Johnson.

Then it was the two sisters from the TV show "Nashville". They are Lennon and Maisy, 8 and 13, and they really are sisters. They did a slow version of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" and their radio hit "Hey Ho"

Another legend and Grand Ole Opry staple was bluegrass man Ricky Skaggs. He brought his wife out for a couple tune, too.

The hits keep coming... Rascal Flatts. We actually passed their tour truck somewhere in southern Virginia. Must have been headed for the Opry. They did several songs including "Banjo".

Next was new comer and her first Opry performance (first since her first at the 7:00 show) was Kree  Harrison, she was this years American Idol runner-up. She was introduced by Keith Urban, a judge on this year's American Idol. She sang her current single "All Cried Out" and the gospel song "In the Garden"

And finally it was Kieth Urban's turn to come out and tear up the Opry stage. He's an Australian singing American country music but in concert he just shreds the guitar. As a rock n roll guy it was awesome. Among the songs he did was the current radio hit "Little Bit of Everything".

The show wrapped up it was right at midnight on our first day in Nashville. I'm telling you it was a non-stop week. Not the kind of vacation to rest and relax. Day two would hold the biggest surprise of the week.