Just like a trip to Vegas would be incomplete without a visit to the Strip, to many people the Nashville experience would not be complete without a trip to the Grand Ole Opry.
The Grand Ole Opry started out as a weekly radio show in 1925. As the Opry has grown over the years, it has moved from venue to venue. Performances are now broadcast on one of the two country music cable stations based in Nashville.
Some of the most famous people in the music business have performed at the Opry. After Elvis performed there, he was told to go back to Memphis to his truck-driving career - and never to come back. Garth Brooks once said one of the thrills of his entertainment career was playing the Opry on the same stage as Elvis.
The Grand Ole Opry has eveolved as a fraternity to country music's top performers.
Much of Nashville's reputation as the home to country music has come because of the weekly Grand Ole Opry broadcasts.
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