[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: A Night at the Opera

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
A Night at the Opera
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1233882726.shtml


   We're back from our winter escape to Tennessee. I see that while we
   were gone, 7 days were below zero, and overall, temperatures here were
   5 degrees below normal, 10 degrees if you leave out that brief thaw
   around Feb 1. We brought back the 30's with us, you're welcome.
   What I'll likely remember most was finally seeing the Grand Olde Opry,
   in the old downtown Ryman Auditorium, just like it was before they
   moved to the larger Opry House in the suburbs in the 1970's. Vince
   Gill was the headliner, did a great job as both host and singer, but
   there were many other acts old and new. Among them was Jim Ed Brown of
   The Browns that recorded those smooth ballads "The Three Bells" and
   "The Old Lamplighter."
   I enjoyed the beautiful precision of this live broadcast, flawlessly
   executed. The house band was great, too. On one of Vince Gill's
   numbers, a slow ballad, the steel guitar player teased me, oh so
   beautifully sliding up a couple of times. He's going to be late or
   flat, I thought, only he wasn't. He has the patience I would never
   have, the result, well, as somebody quipped, it would bring a tear to
   your glass eye.
   It's another American treasure, one I will definitely relive by
   watching or listening to the broadcast from time to time.