Oppie and the Opry (The recent Ken Burns PBS-TV series on "Country Music" reminded me of a 1990 visit to Nashville and the following thoughts.) "If Grandma Oppie (AH-PY)could see me now!" That was my first thought as I stood on the stage in Nashville in front of the microphone with the red-on-white inscription, "WSM-Grand Ole Opry." One of my earliest memories of my Grandmother Birk was her sitting in her rocker in the ranch house, crocheting while listening to the music of Roy Acuff ...
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