Grand Ole Opry in Nashville

Grand Ole Opry is an American country-music stage show and radio broadcast founded in Nashville in 1925. It began as the WSM Barn Dance under announcer George D. Hay and became known for presenting successive generations of country performers, including Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks. In 1943, the show moved to the Ryman Auditorium, where it remained until the opening of the Grand Ole Opry House in 1974. After flooding forced that venue to close temporarily in 2010, the production used several local stages before returning later that year. Each performance features a rotating cast of members and guest artists playing short sets within a live radio program. Membership is by invitation, and public inductions have welcomed performers including Reba McEntire and Alan Jackson.

Steve Earle is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer, born in 1955 in Virginia and raised in Texas. His music draws on country, folk and rock, and he is known for songs including “Guitar Town,” “Copperhead Road” and “Galway Girl,” as well as albums such as I Feel Alright and El Corazón. The 1990 tour behind The Hard Way was documented on the live album Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator. In 2005, he performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and that concert was later released as Live at Montreux 2005. He toured with the Dukes behind So You Wannabe an Outlaw in 2017, followed in 2019 by shows built around Guy, his album of Guy Clark songs.