Country musics grand old opery. Today we are at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. The nickname of the Ryman Auditorium was the Mother Church of Country Music, which definitely tells the history of both things that it is famous for. It was built by a river boat captain who was famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865, and after his conversion, he believed that traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of the traveling ministers who came to town. Captain ryman built the Ryman Auditorium and it opened at first in 1892 as a tabernacle. That is the church part of the history. The music part of the history, the Country Music part deals with the grand ole opry, which came here in 1943 after being in many different homes in nashville and stayed here until 1974 when the new opry house was built. During the run of the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s, some of the most famous people in all
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Country music in 2020 is what . Stronger than a garlic milkshake. I mean, its true. That was good. Good evening, everyone, im Robin Roberts. Tonight, like so many americans, the Country Music Community Feels the weight and the promise of a year like no other, so, on the eve of the cma awards, nashville superstars in their own words tell the story of Country Music in 2020. A story of reckoning, reflection and resilience. Bringing you a live front row seat from nashvilles new years eve celebration. 3, 2, 1, happy new year covid19 can be characterized as a pandemic. New cases being reported as it turns deadly in the u. S. For the first time. The number of coronavirus cases at home and abroad continue to climb. Take a step for a minute i played the houston rodeo back in march and i was nine months pregnant. Our only fear was like, can i make it through this show without going into labor . I was the last show at the houston rodeo before they closed that down. For the first time in more than
Are World Series Champions, but not without a covid controversy. Well talk with pitcher Clayton Kershaw on how the team triumphed during a challenging season. Did we think clayton went to bed . Well find out. But first heres todays eye opener, its your world in 90 seconds. The dodgers are one out away. Called strike three the dodgers win, finally over the last 32 years, the dodgers have knocked at the door a few times. This year they kicked it in. President trump making the appeal once again to suburban women. Your husbands, they want to get back to work. Right . They want to get back to work. Were getting your husbands back to work. Wildfires continuing to burn across Southern California forcing thousands to flee their homes. Its chaos for about 20, 30 minutes because youre in a panic. Im physically and mentally tired. The gulf coast bracing for another storm as zeta heads towards louisiana. No matter how fatigued it does not tire us. The National Guard was deployed to philadelphia. V
The cigarette issue here is the dynamics of the polls. I will be honest, im confused. I have people saying it has gone better for Joh Joe Biden in the last 1218 hours. Others saying that. Trump has done better in the days. Hree or four jonathan one thing we have not mentioned in the last 60 minutes, and i will mention it right now, tom, nashville. One of us out of the theory has actually played and entertained an audience on guitar and the microphone down in nashville. Tom let me set that up for you. [laughter] belmontthis is university, which is a Christian School but has been dis affiliated a little bit from this history points. It is a spectacular Music Program that the two candidates defend on. What is important is not so much the distance to auditorium, the distance to the grand ole opry outside nashville, or even to the acclaimed bluenose cafe. It is two blocks from the pancake pantry. And that is all that matters. Jonathan that was the perfect what do you call it, sa gooey [laug