The trip back to Nashville for the Colwell Brothers and Herb Allen wasn't all about preparing for their Saturday night concert. They took time to re-visit the Ryman Auditorium downtown. That's where The Brothers and Herb joined with Sing-Out '66 (later Up With People) to perform on the Grand Ole Opry back in January, 1966. Actually, that was the last time they were in Music City.
The Brothers and Herbie also had the rare opportunity to sit back stage at the New Opry House on Friday evening during the Opry show. While there, they got the chance to renew their friendship with Little Jimmy Dickens, now the senior performer on the Opry every week.
The Colwells performed with Dickens back in the 1950s when they were both under contract with Columbia Records as well as other country performers such as Tex Ritter, Cousin Joe Maphis and Speedy West. Little Jimmy was so happy to see the Colwells again, he asked them for their autographs during the visit! I have seen photos of that happening and hope to post them soon.
The Colwells and Herb Allen's visit backstage to the Opry was facilitated by Opry General Manager Pete Fisher, who is an Up With People alumnus. Thanks, Pete! You can see from the photo above, a very good time was had by all!
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