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Playing to America's Heart: The Grand Ole Opry at 75 |
| Section: THE ARTS / MUSIC |
| Author: Stephen Henkin |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2001 |
| Size: 2,889 Words, 17,349 Characters |
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The sturdy pioneers who crossed the Appalachians and settled in what is now Tennessee brought with them fiddles, stories, music, and something more--a love of freedom and a deep respect for the meaning of family. The eastern seaboard was becoming too crowded for their tastes, and there was still a need for adventure among these free spirits. When evening fell at the campsites and homesteads, the fiddles came out, a jig was danced--re-creating a scene that harkened back to the British Isles.
Today, this lively, "down-home" musical tradition lives on in the form of American country music, which still centers its themes on family, patriotism, and a firm belief that the common man will do good, no matter how trying the circumstances. The shrine embodying these values is none other than N...
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...House, Nashville, 1999.
William Eiland, Nashville's Mother Church: The History of the Ryman Auditorium, Opryland USA, Nashville, 1992.
Barry McCloud, ed., Definitive Country: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Country Music and Its Performers, Berkley Publishing Group, New York, 1995. Bob Milland, Country Music: Seventy Years of America's Favorite Music, HarperCollins, New York, 1993.
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