Many thanks for this fabulous post ... I could watch the great June Carter all day long. I was on the Opry once in the 80s as a member of Bobby Bare's band ... but this 50s stuff is priceless.
Wow... what a treasure!!! Such a different day!!! It somehow seems like a purer and safer time. I'm amazed at the guitar designs. I had seen Chet's Gretch, but the other lead player had some modern/unusual looking guitars for the day, including a double neck. Who would have ever guessed? Thanks for posting!!!
It has decades since I have heard some of these people sing. I was very young when I started listening to country music and I do remember most of these artiest. I will never regret hearing them as a kid. I makes the songs sound all the better when you get old.
Music will never have the emotion that this music had and still dose for those of us that can't get enough of it, I was raised listening to this because of my father that I miss so much and after all these years this makes some big old tears roll down.
Some more great music. Remember hearing them on my little nine volt transistor radio when I was a boy. Thanks for the memories. Sometimes I put my guitar on my bed and turned the amplifier on lad the radio over the pickup and that would make it larder so I did have to hold it up to my ear to hear it worked real good.
This is an Al Gannaway Productions, a movie producer from hollywood, that came to Nashville in the mid ':50's to make this production with 35mm cameras. Opry not connected with them in any way. Shot in various locations, one on the Opry stage but found not suitable, Quonset Hut , Vanderbilt University, ending up in Bradley' s Barn. Had no audience, people on stage were part of the show. Opry had a stage opening at each end, this stage is always center. Mics at Opry were stand up, center stage. These were overhead and on a boom. They were shown in movie houses, commercial and later boxed and sold in sets to the public. I have a set. June Webb, who was on the show, had a blog that told in detail how and where they were made, but she is no longer up. Was called Walk Down Memory lane. You can go to Google, ask for Gannaway Productions, many will come up. There is lots of misinformation given here,this information is correct, you can go to Google to verify.
Hi Bob Harris, I may have said this before to you when you answered my inquiry a few years ago how much I appreciated your information concerning these shows. I’m revisiting these videos here in the year 2022 and I see a more recent comment from 10 months ago. Nice to see you are still providing accurate info for other viewers. Hope they appreciate it as much as I did. I’m so glad RUclips makes it possible for us to see and appreciate what true Country Music sounds like. Ms. Lou
I love Faron, his interviews were always so funny and he helped so many people in their careers. He refused to buy Willie Nelson’s song Hello Walls by loaning Willie 500 dollars instead.
When I was growing up in Louisiana these guys traveled around on old greyhound buses from the Louisiana hayride in Shreveport and the Grand old opry in Nashville. I went and saw them when they came to my town and it was cheap to get in. Still enjoy their music and outfits better than today's music.
The Volume 1 video has almost 350,000 views and this one has 3,249? Well I loved the first one, haven't had a chance to watch this one yet but the first one was GREAT, thanks.
I'll bet they never used Moon Mulligan's other song, Pipeliner's Blues: I'm and old pipeliner, I lay my line all day I'm an old pipeliner, i lay my line all day I got four or five women waiting to draw my pay.
Most of the male artist wore Nudie outfits, Nudie was a clothes designer out of Hollywood. He made wardrobe for movie stars, entertainers and other people. Webb Pierce had the more expensive ones, but just about all the male entertainers wore them. The girls on stage wore run of the mill clothes, they would bring extrea outfits to work so as to change into different clothes for different shows. It was quite an operation.
Is this actually the Grand Ole Opry? Where is the red barn door background. And more important, where are Flatt and Scruggs and Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys?
@@gordjube9196 sorry, these shows were all made in Nashville from 1952 into the 60's. A movie producer from Hollywood, named Al Gannaway, made these shows for theatres,, T.V etc. Grand Ole Opry had nothing to do with them, there was no audience. You can to to U-Tube, ask for Al Gannaway Shows, dozens will come up. Don't know where you got your information, but expect more replys. Don't know if your device shows comments but I have one about 6 months ago with a longer explantion.
Terry Gordon is at 38:38. The fiddler is shown with the next artist (Webb Pierce) at 42:06. I don't recognize him but added the location markers so that someone else could find him a little easier and perhaps make the identification.
Not positive, but it looks like Dale Potter to me at 42'04 to 42'06. Smaller chance that it's Tommy Jackson. Not clear enough. Sonny Burnette is on the Bigsby steel.
The way I understand it, they are confused on the word "yet"The Dr. Said said she was shot and the bullet is in her "yet", mispronuncing it "git". Silly!
@@bobharris7046There was no mispronunciation of the word 'yet'. If you heard 'git', then you are either a Damn Yankee or your ears are full of wax. The word was 'yet' !
I like the music from the 50s in particular The grand old opry . These are the standards I would like to see today.
So good to see. Country music is almost gone now. I know the young people call themselves country but their music isn’t!
These are the songs and stars that I grew up listening to. It’s great to be able to hear them again.
These shows are on RFD TV every Saturday night. I love watching them.
Pure entertainment. Amazing skills and a desire to make people feel good. I was born in 1951, i grew up on this.
Many thanks for this fabulous post ... I could watch the great June Carter all day long. I was on the Opry once in the 80s as a member of Bobby Bare's band ... but this 50s stuff is priceless.
Today stars need to listen to this music and learn how to sing and play
Wow... what a treasure!!! Such a different day!!! It somehow seems like a purer and safer time. I'm amazed at the guitar designs. I had seen Chet's Gretch, but the other lead player had some modern/unusual looking guitars for the day, including a double neck. Who would have ever guessed? Thanks for posting!!!
It has decades since I have heard some of these people sing. I was very young when I started listening to country music and I do remember most of these artiest. I will never regret hearing them as a kid. I makes the songs sound all the better when you get old.
Music will never have the emotion that this music had and still dose for those of us that can't get enough of it, I was raised listening to this because of my father that I miss so much and after all these years this makes some big old tears roll down.
listen to lost dog street band
Some more great music. Remember hearing them on my little nine volt transistor radio when I was a boy. Thanks for the memories. Sometimes I put my guitar on my bed and turned the amplifier on lad the radio over the pickup and that would make it larder so I did have to hold it up to my ear to hear it worked real good.
Like Ernest Tubb,he has his own,way to sing the songs'
Great Music.....Thanks!
This is an Al Gannaway Productions, a movie producer from hollywood, that came to Nashville in the mid ':50's to make this production with 35mm cameras. Opry not connected with them in any way. Shot in various locations, one on the Opry stage but found not suitable, Quonset Hut , Vanderbilt University, ending up in Bradley' s Barn. Had no audience, people on stage were part of the show. Opry had a stage opening at each end, this stage is always center. Mics at Opry were stand up, center stage. These were overhead and on a boom. They were shown in movie houses, commercial and later boxed and sold in sets to the public. I have a set. June Webb, who was on the show, had a blog that told in detail how and where they were made, but she is no longer up. Was called Walk Down Memory lane. You can go to Google, ask for Gannaway Productions, many will come up. There is lots of misinformation given here,this information is correct, you can go to Google to verify.
Hi Bob Harris, I may have said this before to you when you answered my inquiry a few years ago how much I appreciated your information concerning these shows. I’m revisiting these videos here in the year 2022 and I see a more recent comment from 10 months ago. Nice to see you are still providing accurate info for other viewers. Hope they appreciate it as much as I did. I’m so glad RUclips makes it possible for us to see and appreciate what true Country Music sounds like. Ms. Lou
Amazing how they did this live so perfect wow
I had the good luck 1953-4-5 of being in the Ryman in Nashville many Saturday nights watching these people perform on stage.
Lucky dog...
@@Grimmmer me no moo moo moo moo moo moo
True showmanship. Love these old clips. Thanks for posting.
All those fine 50's Martin Guitars. Makes you wonder where they all are tonight.
My wife thinks I bought every last one---Yikes!!!
my Dad had one and sold it having never learned to play it to my knowledge. Hmmm, my Dad and his Martin guitar.
Musta worn them out... lol
Thanks you so much for sharing this!
Chet Atkins was one great Guitaur player,who played all kinds of Music'
Carl best 🎶 singer ever.
BOY THESE STARS SURE COULD PLAY & ENTERTAIN. GOD BLESS THEM ALL. LOVE EM ALL.
Great show
Good to see cousin Junior Huskey playing Blondie bass.😎
Love June Carter
Wow wonderful show, thanks for sharring
HAPPY TO SEE AND HEAR AGAIN 😊
I've never heard of Gordon Terry. He had matinee idol looks, Junie sure appreciated his performance!
I need that black and white fringed cowboy suit.
This is a real great show'
Faron Young, what a handsome man!!
Yes indeed he was. But ended so tragically. / CD
I love Faron, his interviews were always so funny and he helped so many people in their careers. He refused to buy Willie Nelson’s song Hello Walls by loaning Willie 500 dollars instead.
My goodness people sure did groom themselves better back then.
I belong back there. Whatever that country feeling is I like it. I don't like the culture of today.
When I was growing up in Louisiana these guys traveled around on old greyhound buses from the Louisiana hayride in Shreveport and the Grand old opry in Nashville. I went and saw them when they came to my town and it was cheap to get in. Still enjoy their music and outfits better than today's music.
Me too Brother.I grew up in those days.wasnt perfect but what is
I was raise on country music it great to hear
Bonnie nelson
Welp, I was BORN on it!
This what country should sound like. The showman ship and live performance sound just records made on live take
Miss Sheppard,got better as she got older'
The Volume 1 video has almost 350,000 views and this one has 3,249? Well I loved the first one, haven't had a chance to watch this one yet but the first one was GREAT, thanks.
this is music not the crap from Nashville now the music coming from Ireland is 110 % a head.
I LOVE JEAN.
Hello auntie Miss dell woods
That's Gordon Terry on fiddle.
I'll bet they never used Moon Mulligan's other song, Pipeliner's Blues:
I'm and old pipeliner, I lay my line all day
I'm an old pipeliner, i lay my line all day
I got four or five women waiting to draw my pay.
What is the title of the guitar solo Chet is playing. ? Thanks
....he may have borrowed a Martin from Johnny and Jack ! (Faron Young)
This was made early days of color television 📺 when tv was before a live audience
que du bonheur
Does anyone remember the Spade Cooley show... lol
Vaguely. I was preteen. Didn't he end up in prison?
Jean Shephard comes off as a classically trained singer trying to go country
Sad that Faron Young took his own life later in life.
What impress me the most how all the country singers dressed so sharp. Today they look so sad, no class at all.
Most of the male artist wore Nudie outfits, Nudie was a clothes designer out of Hollywood. He made wardrobe for movie stars, entertainers and other people. Webb Pierce had the more expensive ones, but just about all the male entertainers wore them. The girls on stage wore run of the mill clothes, they would bring extrea outfits to work so as to change into different clothes for different shows. It was quite an operation.
08:13 YES!
Could never figure out why most of them pretended like they could play a guitar.
June Carter's as cute as a bug's ear.
She was married to Carl at that time
Then She Divorced Carl and she married another guy and then divorced him, then she married Johnny Cash and been with him ever since
Is this actually the Grand Ole Opry? Where is the red barn door background. And more important, where are Flatt and Scruggs and Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys?
@@bobharris7046 Thank you Bob, fantastic information. I love these old programmes, when country music WAS country music.
Before their time and that came with a sponsor
This wasn't the Grande Ole Opry it was made in Cincinnati.Which was a recording centre back then for country blues and soul artists.
@@gordjube9196 sorry, these shows were all made in Nashville from 1952 into the 60's. A movie producer from Hollywood, named Al Gannaway, made these shows for theatres,, T.V etc. Grand Ole Opry had nothing to do with them, there was no audience. You can to to U-Tube, ask for Al Gannaway Shows, dozens will come up. Don't know where you got your information, but expect more replys. Don't know if your device shows comments but I have one about 6 months ago with a longer explantion.
This is Vol. 8 not Vol. 2
"She married MR Cash fifty years ago."
Anybody know who is playing the fiddle along with Gordon Terry?
Terry Gordon is at 38:38. The fiddler is shown with the next artist (Webb Pierce) at 42:06. I don't recognize him but added the location markers so that someone else could find him a little easier and perhaps make the identification.
@@Littlejohn3691 Thank You. Yep, I knew that one was Gordon. Maybe someone will identify the other one. Thanks again for the reply.
Not positive, but it looks like Dale Potter to me at 42'04 to 42'06. Smaller chance that it's Tommy Jackson. Not clear enough. Sonny Burnette is on the Bigsby steel.
I dont get why they intentionally play dumb. It is a fact city slickers have claimed that for many years to discourage the lifestyle I suppose
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Can someone explain the joke at 7:08?
The way I understand it, they are confused on the word "yet"The Dr. Said said she was shot and the bullet is in her "yet", mispronuncing it "git". Silly!
yet = still
@@bobharris7046There was no mispronunciation of the word 'yet'. If you heard 'git', then you are either a Damn Yankee or your ears are full of wax. The word was 'yet' !
50s stars were rubbish 60/70s were much better