Old Crow Medicine Show was formally inducted into the Grand Ole Opry last night by Opry members Dierks Bentley and Marty Stuart.
Just before the show, the band reprised its Opry Plaza performance from more than a dozen years ago, walking outside the Opry House and playing for Opry-goers just as they did when they first came to Nashville in the summer of 2000, playing songs such as "Brave Boys" and "Hesitation Blues" for the surprised fans.
Later that night, Opry Vice President and General Manager Pete Fisher along with Bentley and Stuart took to the stage to present Old Crow Medicine Show with their Opry member award.
“Congratulations, Old Crow, on being a part of the coolest club there is,” Bentley said.
Addressing the band, Stuart added, “You offer a whole new energy and love for Country Music in the 21st century.”
Band member Ketch Secor related that years ago members of the band asked themselves if they’d ever make it big in TV, and recalled having said, “I don’t know about TV, but we might make something of ourselves on radio." Secor then concluded, “We’re standing out here on the most beloved broadcast anywhere on earth. I think we made it big on radio! … We the Old Crows are just so proud to be entrusted to carry on the traditions of the Grand Ole Opry’s good-natured riot.”
Old Crow Medicine Show then performed their signature "Wagon Wheel," after which they invited fellow Opry members Bentley, Stuart, Connie Smith and the Del McCoury band to join them in performing the standards "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" and "I Saw The Light."
“Old Crow has over the years become a favorite of Opry audiences and everyone backstage, as well,” said Fisher. “It’s fun for so many of us that in many ways Old Crow looks and sounds a lot like some of the great early Opry bands like Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys—bands which helped propel the Opry to national prominence. Tonight represents a great full circle, and as the great Jimmy Dickens says, ‘The circle can’t be broken.’”
After their official induction, Old Crow Medicine show received their plaque in the Opry Member Gallery backstage at the Opry House.
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