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The Ryman Auditorium had been home to the Grand Ole Opry since 1943, ten years before Marty arrived. Built in 1892 by Nashville riverboat Captain Thomas Ryman and called the Union Gospel Tabernacle, it contained enough wooden pews to seat 3,755 people. From its beginning, the tabernacle hosted secul...

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Published inTwentieth Century Drifter p. 161
Main Author Diekman, Diane
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States University of Illinois Press 07.02.2012
Subjects
Alloys
American studies
Anthropology
Applied arts
Applied sciences
Architectural elements
Architecture
Arts
Auditoriums
Banjos
Behavioral sciences
Bluegrass music
Commercial transportation
Country music
Economic disciplines
Economics
Employment
Engineering
Ethnography
Ethnology
Freight
Freight transport
Guitars
Interior spaces
Iron alloys
Labor economics
Luggage
Lutes
Materials science
Medical personnel
Metallurgy
Music
Music genres
Musical instruments
Musical performance
North American folk music
Occupations
Performing arts
Physicians
Popular music
Rooms
Singing
Steels
String instruments
Surgeons
Transportation
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Summary:The Ryman Auditorium had been home to the Grand Ole Opry since 1943, ten years before Marty arrived. Built in 1892 by Nashville riverboat Captain Thomas Ryman and called the Union Gospel Tabernacle, it contained enough wooden pews to seat 3,755 people. From its beginning, the tabernacle hosted secular events, and it became known as the Ryman Auditorium after Captain Ryman died in 1904. The National Life and Accident Insurance Company, owner of WSM Radio and the Opry, purchased the Ryman for $207,500 in 1963 and changed its name to Grand Ole Opry House.¹ In 1974 the Opry moved from
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