Vince Gill, Brad Paisley and more using 85th anniversary Grand Ole Opry guitar jam to raise flood relief funds
Vince Gill
When Oklahoma native Vince Gill and fellow Opry superstars Brad Paisley, Ricky Skaggs and Steve Wariner pick up their guitars and take the Grand Ole Opry stage tonight, the world will be able to watch them live.
The show will be available via livestream.com, powered by iClips, at www.opry.com beginning at 8 tonight. The show will also be available on iClips.net as well as other various web destinations and broadcast live on 650 WSM-AM and www.wsmonline.com.
Tonight’s show is set to both raise funds for Middle Tennessee flood relief and kick off the Opry’s months-long 85th birthday celebration, according to a news release.
As a part of the night’s show, each Opry member will take the stage individually and then participate in a guitar jam finale featuring the group’s take on some of the most popular songs in the Opry’s 85-year history. The four artists – each known as a multimillion-selling recording artist as well as an impeccable musician – have together amassed more than 75 Country Music Association and Grammy awards.
Throughout the show, fans will be invited to contribute to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and its flood relief efforts. The show will be played at the historic Ryman Auditorium, as the Opry has been temporarily displaced from its permanent home – the Grand Ole Opry House – by the flooding that ravaged the Nashville area earlier this month.
The night will officially kick off the Opry’s 85th birthday celebration, set to continue throughout the year as the show that made country music famous celebrates with country music’s most popular artists and biggest fans. Artists coming this summer to the Opry stage include Owasso resident Trisha Yearwood, Luke Bryan, Emmylou Harris, Lady Antebellum, Oak Ridge Boys, Charley Pride, Josh Turner and Wynonna.
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