We both really enjoyed our night at the Opry. I would have enjoyed it more if they were still like their much earlier shows, all acoustic without the high volume amplified electric instruments. A few acts performed with only their own guitars and without the backup band and they were much easier to listen to even tho their guitars were plugged in. There were several new acts that we had never heard of along with a few oldies but goodies. We were in the upper tiers of the balcony so center stage was quite far away. They did have big screens at the sides showing the performances up close. The good part about being in the balcony is that the risers between seat rows are high enough that a tall person in front of anyone doesn't bother the view of the stage.
The list of performers in order of appearance with my opinions
Jeannie Seely - good
Morgan Frazier - not so much
The Whites - great
Jim Ed Brown - good
Jean Shepard - great
American Young - okay
John Conlee - good
Jan Howard - good
Jonathan Jackson - not so much (cast member of TV show Nashville)
Opry Square Dancers - fun to watch, been there done that
Bill Anderson - good
Sons of Fathers - okay
Charles Esten - good (cast member of TV show Nashville)
With the 4,000+ seats, that looked to be mostly full, you can imagine the parking lot that is shared with the Opryland mall. We needed a GPS device to help find our truck after it was over. Many other folks were pushing the panic button on their key fobs to get an audible location on theirs. We wandered around for a little bit but the lock/unlock button on our key fob finally showed us some flashing lights to be a good beacon to our ride home.
We have nothing planned for today (yet) but still have Monday and Tuesday here in Nashville to check out anything else that we find interesting. I do want to visit the Gibson mandolin factory one of those days.
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