[kj] Please help the Grand Ole Opry

[Karen Weil]

Oliver makes some great points about the South and its contributions. I'm no 
fan of country music, but whenever I hear people say it's worthless, I 
remind them that rock owes a huge debt to early country and western. That 
shuts them up.

KW
SoCal
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
<gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 10:52 PM
Subject: [kj] Please help the Grand Ole Opry



> Gatherers,

>

> I was born in Nashville (like Bettie Page - hah!) and even though "the 

> Grand Ole Opry" the media speaks of lately is actually the relocated Opry 

> that was transferred into Nashville's "Opryland" amusement park from its 

> original downtown Nashville digs -- still -- if you are a fan of rock and 

> roll, rockabilly, bluegrass, country, etc., you should care about this.

>

> (The original/"real" Grand Ole Opry is still downtown in a huge red brick 

> building, commemorated with a placque. But it moved to where it is now, at 

> Opryland.)

>

> The US South invented rock 'n roll. Never forget that.

>

> And a lot of that came from Tennessee. The "golden quartet" of Memphis was 

> Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins, from Jackson, TN. 

> Roy Orbison also went to TN to record his seminal stuff.

>

> You can go here to donate keeping the Grand Ole Opry afloat (no pun 

> intended) during the recent torrential floods:<http://www.opry.com/>

>

> Oh, yeah, and NOLA, another hub of great American culture/music, is also 

> under threat. Is it because it's "the SOUTH" that no one gives it 

> immediate attention now -- or what?

>

> What if the Grand Ole Opry was in Manhattan, or Los Angeles....?

>

> -0liver

>

>

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