Saturday night, the Grand Ole Opry helped us celebrate my five year Opry Anniversary in style with a massive cake, lots of photos on the big screen and they even showed a video of my surprise invitation from the great Vince Gill from February 7th, 2020. Trust me, I was totally surprised at that invitation. That night in 2020, Vince asked me to perform “Farewell Party” in exchange for becoming a member and I barely made it through the song. We performed it this past Saturday night and hope everyone felt it was a little better!
After we finished our set, Sr. VP/Executive Producer of the Opry, Dan Rogers, presented me with a very special framed poster for my Anniversary and then I was asked to cut the German Chocolate cake to start the backstage party. Later, Vince Gill, one of Country Music’s Greatest of All Time singers/songwriters/musician honored us with a visit, guitar in hand, and we all enjoyed talking to him about songs, golf and we even sang a bit of his huge hit, “When I Call Your Name.” The entire night at the Opry was one for the memory books. Be sure you have a visit to the Opry on your bucket list and do take the backstage tour. You’ll thank me later.
Thank you Grand Ole Opry for this German Chocolate cake. It was delicious!
Opry Sr.VP/Executive Producer, Dan Rogers presents commemorative framed poster.
Vince Gill strums a bit of a song while we talk about his early days when he sang demos for iconic songwriter, Harlan Howard.