{"id":2015,"date":"2025-03-22T16:05:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T16:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2025-03-22T16:05:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T16:05:31","slug":"alan-jackson-delivers-rare-television-performance-for-opry-100-celebration-one-of-the-biggest-celebrations-in-country-music-history-is-underway-in-nashville-as-the-grand-ole-opry-celebrates-its-100th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=2015","title":{"rendered":"Alan Jackson Delivers Rare Television Performance For Opry 100 Celebration. One of the biggest celebrations in country music history is underway in Nashville as the Grand Ole Opry celebrates its 100th birthday."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bs-blog-post single\">\n<article class=\"small single\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-53876 alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/oldiesgoldiesoasis.sateccons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-433.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldiesgoldiesoasis.sateccons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-433.png 1200w, https:\/\/oldiesgoldiesoasis.sateccons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-433-1024x529.png 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"620\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/countryrebel.com\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-opry-100-tv-special\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Opry 100<\/em><\/a>\u00a0celebration brought together nearly 40 of the genre\u2019s biggest stars, most of whom are members of the hallowed institution. Among those in attendance was Alan Jackson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opry.com\/artists\/alan-jackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alan Jackson<\/a>\u00a0was invited to join the Grand Old Opry in 1991, one year after he first performed in the iconic circle. He sang \u201cHere In The Real World,\u201d the title track of his debut album, for his first Opry performance in 1990.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-53877 alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/oldiesgoldiesoasis.sateccons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-434.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldiesgoldiesoasis.sateccons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-434.png 1200w, https:\/\/oldiesgoldiesoasis.sateccons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-434-1024x771.png 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"903\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Roy Acuff and Randy Travis welcomed Alan to the sacred family the following year.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after his official induction, Jackson visited talk show Nashville Now where he talked to guest host Charlie Chase about the memorable moment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cHard to believe 6 years ago I was carrying a bucket of mail over there every day for about $5 an hour,\u201d Alan said, adding his feelings about being a new member. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor. I\u2019m ready proud because it\u2019s a great institution. I don\u2019t know if country music would exist without it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p>He told Chase that he almost got choked up when joining the Opry because he was so excited and proud.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cYou think about the people who have stood on that piece of wood that came out of the Ryman Auditorium. From Roy Acuff \u2026 and Hank Williams. I could sit here and name names all night. It\u2019s just an incredible feeling of the history.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sUIL7dgRd60?si=dCzUpad4e_HxfBqw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-during-wednesday-s-opry-100-birthday-celebration-alan-jackson-sang-his-1992-hit-chattahoochee\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">During Wednesday\u2019s Opry 100 birthday celebration, Alan Jackson sang his 1992 hit, \u201cChattahoochee.\u201d<\/h2>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p>Alan Jackson returned to the Grand Ole Opry stage to help celebrate its milestone birthday. Jackson\u2019s appearance was especially poignant due to the fact that he is making few public appearances outside of his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/countryrebel.com\/alan-jackson-announces-his-return-to-touring-for-the-final-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">final concert tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><span class=\"ctaText\">See also<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"postTitle\">A Song of Unforgettable Love: The Seekers&#8217; &#8220;I&#8217;ll Never Find Another You&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChattahoochee\u201d was released as the third single from Jackson\u2019s third studio album,\u00a0<em>A Lot About Livin\u2019 (And A Little \u2018Bout Love)<\/em>. The song was included in Alan\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Greatest Hits Collection,<\/em>\u00a0where he shared the story behind the tune he wrote with Jim McBride.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cJim McBride and I were trying to write an up-tempo song and Jim came in with the line \u2018way down yonder on the Chattahoochee.\u2019 It kind of went from there,\u201d Jackson wrote. \u201cWe never thought it would be as big as it\u2019s become.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Watch Alan Jackson perform \u201cChattahoochee\u201d live at the\u00a0<em>Opry 100<\/em>\u00a0in the video below.<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AlanJackson\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9g-iyow1cnI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The\u00a0Opry 100\u00a0celebration brought together nearly 40 of the genre\u2019s biggest stars, most of whom are members of the hallowed institution. Among those in attendance was Alan&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2017,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015\/revisions\/2017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}