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November 28, 1925, saw the birth of The WSM Barn Dance, first aired on WSM, 650 AM, in Nashville, Tennessee. A couple of years later, the program was renamed by its founder, George D. Hay, a radio editor for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, as The Grand Ole Opry. The show’s first performer was “Uncle” Jimmy Thompson, who claimed he could “fiddle the bugs off a tater vine.”

Still going strong after 81 years, still packin’ ‘em in on Friday and Saturday nights, The Opry is one of those uniquely American treasures that everyone should experience at least once before checking off the planet.

The Opry is THE reason Nashville earned and proudly still wears the title of Music City, USA. But Nashville is so much more than music. Y’all come on down, ya hear…