I'm not much of a religious guy, but the "Mother Church of Country Music" is definitely hallowed ground and a treasure, not just for the US, but for the entire world. Thanks for the tour and history lesson of this spectacular place.
Thank you Mark for visiting the Ryman !!! The few times I have been in there, I feel like I’m on holy ground!!! I love country music and the rock music I grew up on !!
So cool seeing my pops playing his snare in the background on the Opry stage. Spent 30 years as a drummer/announcer there. Between him and my Granny Tootsie I got some great history in my family.
NEVER FORGET: Bill Monroe was taught by a Black fiddler named Arnold Shultz. Look it up! We like to refer to Bill as the father of bluegrass, but even his inspiration comes from Black American Music.
Drove past it back in '72 when my brother and I were touring Nashville studios to hear MCI and JBL studio equipment prior to building a recording studio in Tallahassee, FL.
I took the Ryman tour (whichever one takes you backstage in the dressing room area and all that stuff) when I was in Nashville a couple of years ago and loved it. Great video on one of the nation's most important landmarks!
This is right on Mark...Hell yeah! Been to the Station Inn right down the street? Check it out Mark..Everytime i go to visit my sister in Nashville its THE STATION INN!!
I got the chance to see the Opry a year before the new one opened. Saw Tamm Wynette, George Jones, Patsy Sledd, Penny DeHaven and others.Grandpa Jones wife Ramona took us on stage during a tour that afternoon.
Outstanding video. This is much of a public service as ‘entertainment’....esp these days. Learn actual history so to improve...not remain ingnorant...only to be doomed to repeat and destroy...
I totally agree. There have been so many significant venues that have been destroyed over the years. I really think that someone should form an organization that specifically works to save historic music/performance venues. There are local groups that will step up in their own community, but there needs to be something on the national level other than just the National Registry of Historic Places (which has very specific requirements that many music/performance venues don’t meet).
This and the episode at Carter Vintage Guitars are both excellent. I think it would be great if you went to Memphis and did an episode at Sun Studio (perhaps some of the other studios) and The Levitt Shell (perhaps some other live music venues).
Cool show Mark. I saw George Jones, James Brown (J. J. Walker warmed up), David Gray and Punch Brothers with Madison Cunningham there.... All great shows.
Mark, I always loved your videos, nevertheless if it's about the manufacturing of Gibson guitars or - especially - the history of them ... keep on like that 👍
Good to see Gibson touching base with it's acoustic roots. The Lloyd Loar legacy is one of the cornerstones, and it shouldn't be lost to the Les Paul/ES popularity.
hi gibson i would like to know if you could give me an electric guitar les paul is that as I saw in one of his videos that they gave one to a RU-vidr named martyn the point is if you can give it to me please
Agreed, but The Ryman Auditorium actually is ICONIC. Perhaps even more so than Gibson, but both are about the same age and experienced their “Golden Eras” around the same time.
Apparently you missed the episode a few weeks ago that Mark did at Carter Vintage Guitars. That one has a Fender Strat in it and some other non Gibson instruments. As far as your comment about the number of Fenders vs Gibsons to grace The Ryman stage I’m not so sure about that either. No doubt there have been a large number of Fender Telecasters and basses on that stage which I think would give Fender the edge in electric guitars. However, Gibson acoustics (including mandolins and banjos) still probably top Fender in numbers especially when you take into consideration the decades that Gibson instruments were being used on that stage before Fender guitars ever existed. I’m a Fender electric player with a strong country music background, but I own and love Gibson acoustic instruments (especially mandolins) just as much as my Fender electrics.
