Grand Ole Opry 1956-??-??
Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN

Set 1
Episode #01 (prob. Apr/May 1956) (59 minutes)
featuring (in order of appearance):
CARL SMITH (also host), THE JORDANAIRES, JUNE CARTER (married to Carl Smith during that time), THE BRIARHOPPERS, THE COLLINS KIDS ("two of the cutest kids that are the sensation of country music right now"), JEAN SHEPARD, LESTER FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS, FERLIN HUSKY, MINNIE PEARL, ROD BRASFIELD, BUDDY EBSEN (of later Jed Clampett/"Beverly Hillbillies" fame), CHET ATKINS

Episode #02 (with time code) (prob. July 1956) (59 minutes)
featuring (in order of appearance):
THE CARTER SISTERS, MINNIE PEARL, CARL SMITH (also host), THE LOUVIN BROTHERS, MARTY ROBBINS, GRANDPA JONES, THE JORDANAIRES, BILL MONROE & HIS BLUEGRASS BOYS, MARGUERITE PIAZZA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Piazza), TOMMY JACKSON (fiddle) & THE JUNIOR BRIARHOPPERS, ROD BRASFIELD


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