Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and the Grand Ole Opry Release Four
CDs with Recordings by More Than 50 Legendary and Contemporary Superstar
Artists
LEBANON, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
It was more than 50 years in the making and worth the wait for music
fans who will be able to hear all kinds of country on the three-CD
series Grand Ole Opry Classic Collection plus a contemporary Our
Kind of Country CD released today by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®
and the Grand Ole Opry®. The Classic Collection includes live
performances recorded on the celebrated stage of the Grand Ole Opry
spanning six decades from the mid 1950s to the 2000s.
A long list of country stars' memorable performances at the Opry is
captured on the Grand Ole Opry Classic Collection CDs: Duets,
Outlaws, and Classics. Our Kind of Country, meanwhile,
features studio recordings of some of today's superstar Opry members'
biggest hits of the past ten years. The CDs are sold separately for
$11.99 and are available at all Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and
Grand Ole Opry retail locations as well as online at crackerbarrel.com
and opry.com.
"The classic collection is truly ‘classic' in every sense of the word,"
said Julie Craig, marketing manager for Cracker Barrel. "It's as close
to an Opry experience as you can get without actually being in the Opry
House. Listeners will enjoy high quality sound on every track, songs by
historically renowned artists and enduring examples of some truly great
performances. And Our Kind Of Country is an incredible showcase
of the Opry's current superstars and more recent additions—a dozen of
the Opry's best available on one CD for the first time."
Artists on the Our Kind of Country CD are Trace Adkins, Alan
Jackson, Carrie Underwood, Josh Turner, Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton,
Martina McBride, Brad Paisley, Diamond Rio, Terri Clark, Montgomery
Gentry, and Dierks Bentley. The 12 tracks are studio recordings. Every
artist is a Grand Ole Opry member, from McEntire (member since 1985) to
Shelton (member since 2010). The artists included have collectively won
every major award presented by the Country Music Association, including
Entertainer of the Year (Jackson, McEntire and Paisley).
Grand Ole Opry Classic Collection - Duets spotlights live
versions of some of country music's iconic duos (Conway Twitty and
Loretta Lynn, Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton) as well as artists for
whom live versions of collaborative efforts are quite rare (Glen
Campbell and Steve Wariner, Ricky Skaggs and Emmylou Harris). The Louvin
Brothers' "When I Stop Dreaming" is the only live Opry recording
of the brothers known to exist. Other artists on the Duets CD are Johnny
Cash and June Carter; George Jones and Tammy Wynette; Jack Greene and
Jeannie Seely; Bobby Lord and Patsy Cline; Emmylou Harris and Ricky
Skaggs; Loretta Lynn and Ernest Tubb; Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius;
and Ronnie Dunn and Rebecca Lynn Howard.
Artists on the Grand Ole Opry Classic Collection - Outlaws CD are
Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash, Waylon
Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kris Kristofferson, Bobby
Bare, and George Jones. Together, those featured have collected hundreds
of Top 40 country hits and innumerable industry awards.
Artists on the Grand Ole Opry Classic Collection — Classics CD
include Tammy Wynette, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, George Jones, Loretta
Lynn, The Oak Ridge Boys, Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner, Ray Price, Marty
Robbins, Jack Greene, and Garth Brooks.
Grand Ole Opry Classic Collection is the latest in Cracker
Barrel's exclusive music program. On May 16, 2011, Cracker Barrel
released Teddy Gentry's Best New Nashville with original music
from 12 talented new artists. On May 2, Cracker Barrel released Randy
Travis' self-titled album Randy Travis. In March of this year,
Cracker Barrel released Kenny Rogers' The Love of God, which
debuted at #8 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and #2 on the
Top Christian Albums chart. In January 2011, Cracker Barrel released The
Grascals & Friends - Country Classics With A Bluegrass Spin,
which debuted at #1 on Billboard magazine's Bluegrass Albums chart and
at #26 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. In November of 2010,
Cracker Barrel released Smokey Robinson's Now & Then, which
debuted at #19 on Billboard magazine's R&B chart and was nominated for
an NAACP IMAGE AWARD. September saw the release of the self-titled Rodney
Atkins, which includes four #1 hits, and also the release of Mandy
Barnett's Winter Wonderland, which offers up all the authentic
sounds of holiday traditions. In July, the company released Craig
Morgan's That's Why-Collector's Edition, and in May the release
of Wynonna's Love Heals debuted at #7 on the Billboard Magazine
Top Country Albums chart. February's release of Dailey & Vincent
Sing the Statler Brothers debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top Bluegrass
Albums chart, where it spent nine weeks in the top position and 18 weeks
overall in one of the three top positions. One of its songs was
nominated for a Grammy® award. Over the last few years,
Cracker Barrel has released exclusive CDs with Alan Jackson, the Zac
Brown Band, George Jones, Montgomery Gentry, Dolly Parton, Bill Gaither,
Ricky Skaggs, Aaron Tippin, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Josh Turner,
Amy Grant, Kenny Rogers, Sara Evans, and Charlie Daniels.
About Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store provides a friendly home-away-from-home
in its old country stores and restaurants. Guests are cared for like
family while relaxing and enjoying real home-style food and shopping
that's surprisingly unique, genuinely fun and reminiscent of America's
country heritage…all at a fair price. The restaurant serves up
delicious, home-style country food such as meatloaf and homemade chicken
n' dumplins as well as its made from scratch biscuits using an old
family recipe. The authentic old country retail store is fun to shop and
offers unique gifts and self-indulgences.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL) was established in
1969 in Lebanon, Tenn. and operates 601 company-owned locations in 42
states. Every Cracker Barrel unit is open seven days a week with hours
Sunday through Thursday, 6 a.m. — 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 6
a.m. - 11 p.m. For more information, visit crackerbarrel.com.
About the Grand Ole Opry
The Grand Ole Opry presents the best in country music live every week
from Nashville, Tenn. Celebrating 85 years of entertainment, the Opry
can be heard on 650 WSM-AM, SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio, and opry.com.
The syndicated weekly program, America's Opry Weekend, airs on
country radio stations across America and on the Armed Forces Radio
Network. The Grand Ole Opry is owned by Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE:
GET), a Nashville-based hospitality and entertainment company that also
owns and operates Gaylord Hotels. For more information, visit opry.com
or www.gaylordentertainment.com.
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For Cracker Barrel:
Julie Davis, 615-443-9266
jdavis@crackerbarrel.com
or
For
Grand Ole Opry:
Darlene Bieber / Jessie Schmidt, 615-851-4917
darlene@schmidtpr.com
Source: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
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