from BGRASS-L >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/22 9:17 PM >>> Monday's Syracuse (NY) Herald-Journal reports that country music historian Charles K. Wolfe's history of the early Grand Ole Opry is due out in May from Nashville's Vanderbilt University/Country Music Foundation Press. "A Good Natured-Riot: The Birth Of the Grand Ole Opry" covers the show from its beginnings on WSM in 1925, to 1939 when the Opry first had a nationwide audience on the NBC Network. Charles told me that this is a massive expansion of his "Grand Ole Opry: the Early Years," which was published in England about 20 years ago. I can't wait!! BILL KNOWLTON: "BLUEGRASS RAMBLE," WCNY-FM: Syracuse, Utica, Watertown NY (since 1973) As you may know, Charles is slowly recuperating from massive heart failure in a Nashville hospital. Let's pray real hard that he will be ready and able to host a fine book debut party that he well-deserves!
