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Longtime Grand Ole Opry member Billy Grammer dies
August 10, 2011 5:14 PM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Billy Grammer, whose 1958 hit "Gotta Travel On"' hit the top of the charts and led to a long career on the Grand Ole Opry, has died. He was 85. A statement from Grand Ole Opry spokeswoman Jessie Schmidt says Grammer died Wednesday morning in... more » -
Loretta Lynn recovering at home from dehydration
July 15, 2011 4:22 PM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country star Loretta Lynn says she is recovering from heat exhaustion that forced her to cancel two weekend shows - and that she'll need to stay out of her garden in the stifling heat. The 76-year-old said in a statement Friday that "there ain't a... more » -
Grand Ole Opry back open following Nashville flood
September 29, 2010 4:21 PM
Country music finally came home Tuesday night, almost five months after water filled the Grand Ole Opry. Opry stars took to the stage for the first time since it was covered by May's floods. The famous wood floor pulled from the original Opry at the Rhyman Theatre was... more » -
Stage restored at Grand Ole Opry House
August 25, 2010 1:48 PM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - As it turns out, the circle will be unbroken. Brad Paisley and Little Jimmy Dickens helped install the circle in the center of the Grand Ole Opry House stage Wednesday after flood waters nearly destroyed it. The circle, made from a part of the old... more » -
Grand Ole Opry employees lose jobs
June 2, 2010 7:35 PM
Gaylord Entertainment Co. is laying off more than 1,700 employees as a result of flooding that inundated the Opryland Resort, the Grand Ole Opry House and other properties in May. In a conference call with investors on Wednesday, CEO Colin Reed said the company informed 1,743 workers on Wednesday... more » -
Nashville's famed music quieted by flooding
May 5, 2010 11:40 AM
The blazing fiddles and screaming guitars at Nashville's famed downtown honky-tonks are a little quieter as the city recovers from flash flooding and storms blamed for at least 29 deaths in three states. Elsewhere in Nashville, the Country Music Hall of Fame has closed and the Grand Ole Opry... more »
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