A clean-shaven Willie Nelson performs on the Opry early in his career. Country Music sheds a light on the Man in Black in revolutionary ways. Opry management told him, “We can’t use you on the show anymore, John.” But Cash would make a triumphant return to the Ryman to record his own television variety show, The Johnny Cash Show, beginning in 1969. Under the influence of amphetamines in 1965, he smashed the footlights of the Ryman stage with a microphone stand. The early days of their romance were a whirlwind, as was Cash’s relationship with the Opry. On the evening of his Opry debut in 1956, he met fellow performer and future wife June Carter. It’s hard not to talk about Johnny Cash’s Nashville without mentioning the Ryman. Johnny Cash’s career takes shape on the Ryman stage On Episode 5 of Ken Burns’ Country Music, former Opry manager Bud Wendell shared the fascinating tidbit that the average person drove 650 miles to visit Nashville, not just to hear the same music they heard on the radio - but to watch it play out before their very eyes. Hordes of Opry fans wrapped around the outside of the Ryman, eager to pack the auditorium’s pews. The Grand Ole Opry had four different homes before it moved to the Ryman in 1943, but the Ryman wasn’t like any of the venues that preceded it, earning the nickname “the Mother Church of Country Music.” During its formative years at the Ryman, the Opry established itself as the preeminent form of entertainment in a crowded field of barn dances.
The popularity of the Opry soars in its new home Even though the Ryman didn’t have air conditioning at the time, crowds couldn’t wait to get inside to watch the Opry, lining up around the block. Ryman Auditorium isn't just an actor in Country Music, a documentary by preeminent filmmaker Ken Burns.
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