Luke Combs, Craig Morgan to Perform on the Grand Ole Opry
The Saturday night Grand Ole Opry tradition continues even during the COVID-19 pandemic with two official Opry members—one older, and one new—taking the stage together Saturday, April 25th, keeping the circle unbroken once again.
As the Grand Ole Opry has done now every week during the Coronavirus quarantine and stay-at-home orders in place in Nashville, they’ll broadcast live to the world with no audience present, no backing band, and only a skeleton crew of support staff on site. It will be the 4,921st consecutive Saturday night broadcast in the Grand Ole Opry’s nearly 95-year-old history.
Luke Combs is the biggest artist in all of country music at the moment, and along with his accolades for albums sold and #1 songs, he added an Opry induction to his resume in the summer of 2019. His song “Six Feet Apart” co-written with Brent Cobb and Rob Snyder has been one of the most heralded contributions during the Coronavirus shutdown, and there’s a good chance fans will get to hear it live Saturday night after he revealed a studio version of the song is being rushed to market.
Craig Morgan has been an Opry member since 2008, and like we’ve seen with many of these stripped-down acoustic performances, the Opry likes to include a little bit of country music’s gospel influence in the presentation—something Morgan is perfect for. His Gospel country album God, Family, Country is scheduled to be released on May 22nd.
These acoustic performances have held a special weight since they started, with Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, Marty Stuart, Ricky Skaggs, Ashley McBryde, Terri Clark, Lauren Alaina, Trace Adkins, T. Graham Brown, Dailey & Vincent, and others taking the stage during performances that are sure to go down in the history books due to the unusual circumstances.
Fans can watch live via the embedded player below, on the new Circle Network via local affiliates of the expanding channel (check availability), or on the Circle Network’s Facebook Page, or on The Circle Network’s YouTube page, or listen via WSM. The presentation begins at 7 p.m. Central.
April 25, 2020 @ 3:37 pm
Harold Reid….Statler Brothers has died. RIP
April 25, 2020 @ 5:01 pm
Very sad–one of my favorite country groups.
April 25, 2020 @ 5:08 pm
Let’s see if they perform a Statler Bros. tune. My guess is Craig Morgan knows a few.
April 25, 2020 @ 4:03 pm
RIP Harold Reid.
April 25, 2020 @ 4:54 pm
What’s the point of posting the opry lineup when im sure it can be found on their site?
April 25, 2020 @ 5:10 pm
Is the accompanying perspective also from the website, or is it from Trigger?
April 25, 2020 @ 5:12 pm
So we can all sit here and watch together, like we’ve been doing for weeks now.
Believe it or not, these have been some of the most popular posts over the last few weeks. There is a ton of interest in these Opry performances, and there are a lot of older fans out there who don’t know how to find them, or where to watch. These post help steer them in the right direction.
April 27, 2020 @ 11:53 am
Trigger, I check in a couple times a week. Usually I use your site to judge whether I want to watch night of or later. Missed this one. Please keep posting.
April 26, 2020 @ 5:56 am
Because I visit SCM 3-5x a day and I have never visited The Opry’s site.
April 25, 2020 @ 5:15 pm
Love the Statler Brothers.
Harold’s voice, so distinctive and beautiful.
If not tonight, maybe next Saturday night on the Opry someone will pay tribute.
April 25, 2020 @ 5:25 pm
Luke Combs only playing the hits halfway through. My guess is the two songs people want to hear the most tonight are “Even Though I’m Leaving” and “Six Feet Away.”
April 25, 2020 @ 5:39 pm
Craig is killin’ it!
Luke is hilarious … “Drinking beer almost as cold as you.”
Even Bobby seems to be getting more comfortable in his skin, as Opry host.
Cool!
Backup guy is good too
April 25, 2020 @ 5:40 pm
Lukes tearing it up he’s not mailing it in like last week. He respects where he is and he’s thankful. Hopefully a more updated arrangement of Six Feet Away is coming. I love muting Bobby Bones…LOL
April 25, 2020 @ 5:43 pm
Bobby, how was YOUR first Opry performance? Please tell us more about it. That’s why I’m watching after all, and I haven’t heard you talk about it yet. I NEEEED TO KNOW. Thanks ???? You’re dope bro.
April 25, 2020 @ 5:51 pm
Bobby Bones as an Opry host and radio personality is mild at best. As “performer,” he’s positively terrible. His comedy albums are the worst. They’re not even worth ranting on. Funny he spent the first two breaks trying to convince us he’s a “performer.”
April 25, 2020 @ 5:56 pm
Are you sure Trigger? He seems pretty convinced he’s a badass.
This was not bad.
Mike and the Moonpies up next.
April 25, 2020 @ 8:11 pm
Oh man. Out of morbid curiosity I just watched some of it on YouTube. I don’t even have the heart to…to…..I don’t even ………………..I see what you’re saying.
April 25, 2020 @ 6:06 pm
I hate “Six Feet Away”. The best thing about Coronamania, is the fact that it’s a lot easier to be left the heck alone. Coronavirus has given me more time with people I love, and less time with everyone else; I couldn’t be happier.
Please world, please continue to stay as many feet away from me as physically possible, sick or not.
Also, it seems silly to write a grievous song about “Social Distancing”. It sounds like a parody.
April 25, 2020 @ 8:37 pm
I would say that this is one of the most clueless and offensive posts I’ve come across in a while, but I suppose the writer was being “sarcastic” (which seems to be in vogue).
April 25, 2020 @ 9:32 pm
Nope. Dead serious.
April 25, 2020 @ 9:46 pm
I’ll hold my tongue–or my pen, or my keyboard, as the case may be–since if I said to you what I’d like to say, Trigger would have to start removing posts, laying down rules, etc., and I don’t feel like creating extra work for him
April 25, 2020 @ 9:55 pm
Are YOU being sarcastic, or are you honestly that “offended?”
April 25, 2020 @ 10:41 pm
I think you should say whatever you want to say.
April 25, 2020 @ 10:56 pm
Can we have even one article where the comments don’t descend into garbage and back and forths?
This is your fault Honky, and you know it. Offer something of value, or move on.
I’m getting sick and tired of having to play mommy in the comments.
April 26, 2020 @ 7:44 am
Hey Trig,
Whatever “it” is, is nobody’s fault. All posts are of value, as long as they’re not straight up cussing people for no reason.
Nobody asked you, or needs you to play anything. Let people talk, and mind your business. Stop whining.
April 26, 2020 @ 5:54 pm
@Jake–Yeah, I was honestly offended (without the “quotation marks”) at someone expressing his glee over a disease pandemic that’s killed more than a quarter of a million people (50,000-plus, and counting in the U.S.) and wreaked untold social and economic devastation–because it makes it easier for him not to have to leave the house.
Given the racist-sounding moniker that he wrote it under, I probably should not take it as anything other than trolling.
April 25, 2020 @ 6:40 pm
Craig Morgan is one of the good guys. Glad he’s getting exposure. Another good show. Now, about that host, or maybe hostess.
April 25, 2020 @ 7:15 pm
The Rolling Stones have the #1 song in the country!
No matter who’s on I-Tunes, Mick is still the King.
April 25, 2020 @ 7:45 pm
Loved the Opry tonight. I’m a huge Luke Combs fan and I’m excited for the official release of Six Feet Apart, but I also came away from this super pumped for Craig Morgan’s new album.
April 25, 2020 @ 7:51 pm
I can’t believe Bobby’s main job was performing at the opry. I didn’t realize that was his main work as a performer. Its a good thing he has a full time job as a nationally syndicated shitty radio host. He should probably stick with that one.
April 25, 2020 @ 9:14 pm
In the same way that terrible pop music labeled “country” would never make in the pop world, and people like Sam Hunt would never make it in the hip hop or r&b world, I feel like Bobby Bones also came to Nashville because he couldn’t make it in the big leagues. Not to say that Nashville or the Opry is 2nd rate, but I’m wondering if he hasn’t found at least a small niche because he’s the only game in town forcing his cheesy hipster radio host / awkward guy “comedy” routine on an unsuspecting town that didn’t think they needed it.
April 25, 2020 @ 9:25 pm
I refuse to watch or listen as long as Bobby Bones is part of a lineup. What a bad dreadful decision.
April 25, 2020 @ 9:34 pm
If you listen on WSM, you don’t have to hear that moron.
April 26, 2020 @ 8:19 am
I watched on Circle TV, which luckily I get in east central Wisconsin. I thought the show was great. Not much bones since they go to commercial. Hit mute or go take a leak and get a beer during bones time. For a mainstream country guy I like Luke Combs a lot. He’s very personable, can belt it out and isn’t a douche…no red solo cup sighting unless I missed it. Craig is a great guy and singer also. Both write some great songs. Two guns up.
April 26, 2020 @ 1:09 pm
commenting on the lineup and posting who will be appearing is greatly appreciated. i don’t visit the opry site, and come here at least once a day to see reviews or things of interest to me. i appreciate trigger putting these up, and place value on the opinions expressed here. it sometimes enhances my appreciation. case in point i wrote maddie and tae off, but based on some love being thrown their way as opening before an online opry show i am rethinking that position and going to give their new album a try. i would have continued to write them off as pop sugar shakers otherwise.
April 26, 2020 @ 1:20 pm
The new album is pretty hit and miss, but there are still some good songs there. Their first album “Start Here” is aptly titled.