Behind
the Grand Ole Opry Curtain: Tales of Romance and Tragedy
byRobert K. Oermann
The Grand Ole Opry has been home to the greatest legends of country
music for over eighty years, and in that time it has seen some of conutry
music's most dramatic stories unfold.
We'll hear of the great love stories ranging from Johnny Cash and June
Carter in the 1960s to Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, who married in
2005. We'll get the truth of the tragedies that led to the loss of three
stars all in the same month, starting the rumor of the "Opry Curse." We'll
learn how after being stabbed, shot, and maimed, Trace Adkins calls his
early honky-tonk years "combat country," and we'll find inspiration from
DeFord Bailey, an African American harmonica player in 1927 crippled by
childhood polio who rose to fame as one of the first Opry stars. Our hearts
will break for Willie Nelson, who lost his only son on Christmas Day, and
soar for Amy Grant and Vince Gill, who found true love.
Based on over 150 firsthand interviews with the stars of The Grand
Ole Opry, these are stories that tell the heart of country--the lives that
are lived and inspire the songs we love.
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