we begin with a visit to nashville s ryman auditorium as author david ewing talks about how the venue became a place for political rallies, civil rights events and home to country music s grand ole opry. today we re at the historic ryman auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. it definitely tells the history of both things 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. 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. so captain ryman built the ryman auditorium and it opened at first in 1892 as a tabernacle. so that s 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
country music s 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 40 s, 50 s, 60 s and 70 s, some of the most
became a place for political rallies, civil rights events, and home to country music s grand ole opry. today we are at the historic ryman auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. the nickname of the auditorium is the mother church of country music, which tells the history of both things it is famous for. it was built by a riverboat captain famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865, and after his conversion, he believed traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of traveling ministers who came to town. captain ryman built the ryman auditorium, it opened first in 1892 as a tabernacle. that is the church part of the that is the church part of the history. the country music part deals with the grand ole opry, which can be renting 43 after being in many different homes in nashville and stayed here until 1974 when the new opry house was built, but during the run of the 1940 s, 19 50 s,
or impacts different points in our country s history. over the next 90 minutes, we take you across the united states and through time as we explore the music of a nation. we begin with a visit to nashville s ryman auditorium as itauthor talks about how andme a home to events grand ole opry. today we are at the historic ryman auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. the nickname of the auditorium is the mother church of country music, which tells the history of both things it is famous for. it was built by a riverboat captain famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865, and after his conversion, he believed traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of traveling ministers who came to town. rymann ryman built the auditorium, it opened 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
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