For those of us who live in and around Nashville, TN, this is a no brainer - The Ryman Rocks! Well, we are not the only admirers of The Ryman Auditorium.
“For the second in a four-part series on great music venues, Rolling Stone polled 26 insiders and musicians – from top managers to Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump – and came up with a list of the nation’s coolest large clubs and theaters.” The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville was voted number 6 of 20 in the category of The Best Big Rooms in America.
Take a look at what Steve Knopper from Rolling Stone has to say:
At first, the Ryman was for fancy types – the Metropolitan Opera, John Philip Sousa, Charlie Chaplin, Harry Houdini and President Theodore Roosevelt appeared on stage in the decades after steamboat captain Thomas G. Ryman built it for $100,000 in 1892. But in 1943, the Grand Ole Opry radio show needed a new stage to accommodate roaring and occasionally misbehaving country-western crowds, so it moved to the Ryman. It’s gone on to welcome just about every country star you can think of over the years, from Hank Williams and Johnny Cash to Taylor Swift. Chicago promoter Andy Cirzan calls it “the legendary mother church.”
Capacity: 2,362
Website: http://www.ryman.com
Fun Fact: The Ryman’s first-ever sellout was a lecture by Hellen Keller in 1913
Want to read more and watch some cool videos? Click the following link… http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-best-big-rooms-in-america-20130425/ryman-auditorium-in-nashville-19691231
