Equal performance offers for members of the Grand Old Opry
Recently three longtime members of the Grand Old Opry cast STONEWALL JACKSON,CHARLIE LOUVIN, and DEL REEVES made a public statement in the Nashville Tennesseean about their lack of scheduled appearanc... continue reading »
"I support this petition"
"Would like to see: Hank Williams III, Wayne Hancock, Joe Ely, LeAnn Rimes, Mandy Burnett, Gary Allan, Dale Watson"
"I support a fair policy in regards to offering program slots for Opry members.....I also support minimum performance quotas for members.....Let those who are with the program play and those who don't should be asked to leave the membership roster....I sup"
"I for one feel it is a real shame that management of The Grand Ole Opry would even suggest takjing away the classics and pioneers of The Opry. Give your head a shake and come down to earth . LET the gray haired asrtists dominate the Opry!!! Afterall they "
"I want to be able to watch the legends perform on the Opry too not just the young "artists" who haven't even begun to pay their dues and don't deserve to be running the REAL artists out of their performing spots."
"I support this petition"
"without the greats there would be no opry!!!"
"Let's give the legends a chance to perform on the Opry stage. They are the ones who originated country music & they should be recognized for their talent & for all they've given to the Opry over the years."
"It is a shame that the Grand Ole Opry, the pilar of traditional country music, is falling to commercialism just as the industry seems to be doing. Yes, you have to conform with the times but that does not mean that you have to abandon the sound that made "
"I support this petition"
"I'm only 27 and when I watch The Grand Old Opry it is to see the older artists! True country"
"I completely agree with the subject of this petition!"
"put the members on! dump the pop-country stuff and bring back the good stuff!"
"Hey We love the old country!!!"
"I support this petition"
"How stupid can one be to deny the "old" artists, the ones that built what we have today. Are we at the point where "shareholder value" is above everything? You loose a big part of your culture. In Asia "old" people are the most valuable "human resource" a"
"I truely believe the made and attested to by the Opry artists. I have followed the case via one particular member for some time and I find such absolute disrespect, ignorance, and lack of vision to be appalling. I attend the Opry both as a guest and as a"
"Why can we ever get the likes of George Jones or Reba, Vince Gill, Trivis Tritt Why I tell you why Mr. Fisher. We need the greats from the 60's 70's 80's and the 90's to play at the Opry"
"Hall Of Fame and Opry members should be guaranted spots on theGrand Ole Opry as a "reward for being a formable part of Country Music". Membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame and The Grand Ole Opry should be granted based on the inductee's progress a"
"if it werent for artists like stonewall, del,and the other great s like charlie louvin there would be no country music."
"keep it old and country the old timers paved the way let them play and sing. youll never replace them"
"Please leave the traditional way of doing business at the Opry alone! Isn't it funny that such non-member acts like Elizabeth Cook gets on there much more than the people who are members? While, at the same time, Dolly, Lorrie Morgan, Ronnie Milsap, Georg"
"I support this petition"
"Pete Fisher don't know what country music is"
"An argument made within the TENNESSEAN piece is the need to "re-vitalize" the Opry so there will be an audience when the current one is gone; Sounds good but hardly a Pete Fisher invention -- the people who nurtured MY love for the Opry have been gone for"
