Upcoming Playhouse show to mark 100 years of the Grand Ole Opry

Upcoming Playhouse show to mark 100 years of the Grand Ole Opry

GRAND BEND – Country music fans will want to check out Grand Bend’s Huron Country Playhouse on Saturday, Oct. 4, for Opry Gold, featuring Leisa Way and the Wayward Wind Band.

Nashville treasure - celebrating 100 years of country music institution, the Grand Ole Opry

When James Brown came to Nashville in 1979 to record vocals for “It’s Too Funky In Here”, he received an unexpected invitation. Country star Porter Waggoner asked him to stop by the Grand Ole Opry – not as an audience member, but as a performer. Backed by the fiddlers and pickers in Waggoner’s band, The Godfather Of Soul tore through Hank Williams’ “Your Cheatin’ Heart” as well as his own “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag”. A few Opry members clutched…