100 Years of Grand Ole Opry - A Celebration of the Artists, the Fans, and the Home of Country Music

The Grand Ole Opry, an American institution and world-renowned stage for country music, turns 100 in 2025, and The Grand Ole Opry 100th Anniversary will be the official book to mark the occasion, celebrating and collecting never-before-seen photographs, ephemera, and stories from throughout the music institution’s first century With a foreword by Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Since 1925, the Grand Ole Opry has left an indelible mark on American culture. What began as a one-hour radio “barn dance” has transformed into the longest running radio broadcast in US history, as well as a live performance for millions of country music fans each year. The Opry has launched and burnished the careers of almost every star in country music--including Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood, and countless others-- for nearly a century, popularizing and preserving some of the most fundamental forms of American music. In many ways, the Opry is the show that made country music famous. In 2025, the Opry will celebrate its 100th anniversary, and this book will be a must-have for country and music history fans. Replete with gorgeous photography, ephemera, and countless stories from some of country music’s biggest names, this book is a glorious, one-of-a-kind celebration of the Opry’s first 100 years.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Grand Ole Opry
• Collaboration: Brooks Garth (Préface), Yearwood Trisha (Préface)
• Edition: Abrams
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 22.05.2025
• EAN: 9781419773600
• ISBN: 978-1-4197-7360-0
• Pages: 352
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Musique; Music, History: specific events & topics, MUSIC / History & Criticism, Country and Western, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass, PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Celebrations & Events, History of Music, Folk & traditional music, Traditional and folk music