Thread: Some CMA Fest Photos.

Here is another shot of Carrie at the Opry. This one is from the first show.



How bout Ricky Skaggs letting the hair grow, also at the Opry.



Reba on the big stage, Thursday night just before the storm.



I’m not sure what Keith Anderson is measuring here, but something sure is small. Keith has been Carries buddy ever since she hit Nashville.



This was the first appearance on the big stage for Jake Owen & he was real happy to be there.

Love your pictures.

Here are photos of Carrie, followed by all the folks that opened up for her on her Carnival Ride Tour.

At the Fan Club Party.



Josh Turner.






Jason Michael Carroll.






Little Big Town at the Opry.

Here are today’s set of photos.

It was so hard to get a really good photo of this autograph signing, there were always lot’s of folks willing to walk right in front of you. I did the best I could.



Montgomery Gentry. They will enter the Opry as the newest members tomorrow night.



New comer, the very pretty Ashton Shepard.




Even though this was taken off the big screen, I like the way it came out. Kid Rock



The ever popular Taylor Swift.

At the fan club party, Carrie said she would have to stand to sing the next song & she tore into How Great Thou Art. It caused a standing ovation & many tears to boot. Just an incredible vocal.



Up & coming singer, Katie Amiger. She cold almost pass for Danielle Pecks younger sister.



Tiny little Julianne Hough.



Jason Aldean cutting loose.



Kenny Chesney sends everyone home happy on the final night.

I’m running out of shareable photos, I promise. I’ll leave you alone soon.

At the Opry, they encourage folks to get down front & take photos. Notice all the ones that decided to do just that.



Trent Tomlinson. He grew up in the same small town as Cheryl Crow.



Joe Nichols. I really like his new single Believers.



Lee Anne Womack. Believe me when I tell you that the close ups on the big screen did her no favors, not to mention, she was really tough to get into. Love to hear her on the radio, not so good live.



The reunion of The Judds. Loved it when they were on stage together, not so much when it was just Wynonna.

Signing at the Opry booth with performance videos playing behind her.




This is Jeffrey Steele. He had a performance slot in the courtyard prior to the Grand Ole Opry. Unless you watch Nashville Star (he is a judge) you may not know anything about him. But, I guarantee you that if you follow Country Music at all, you will be familiar with the hits he has written for others including:

My Town, Speed, Something To Be Proud Of, Hell Yeah, Gone, Chrome, I’m Trying, Brand New Girlfriend, What Hurts The Most, My Wish, Me And My Gang, These Days, Everyday, The Cowboy In Me, When The Lights Go Down, Unbelieveable, Big Deal, She’d Give Anything, A Cowboys Born With A Broken Heart, They Don’t Make Em Like That Anymore, Everytime I Hear Your Name, Couldn’t Last A Moment, Help Somebody, Love Is A Beautiful Thing, And International Harvester.

And here are some of his more recent accolades:

One Of Billboard Magazines Top 5 Writers 6 Years In A Row
Over 35,000,000 Airplays On Radio And Television
Over 450 Songs Cut In An 8-Year Period
By Over A 100 Artists
With 85 Singles Released
Off More Than 75 Gold And Platinum Records
With Over 50 Million Records Sold
More Than 50 Writers Awards
2007 Cma Triple Play Award (3 No 1 Songs In A Year) “Brand New Girlfriend”,
“My Wish”, And “What Hurts The Most”
3 Grammy Nominations As A Writer And As A Musician

And he is now in the studio producing the first album for The LoCash Cowboys.



Jessica Harp, the lesser known of the two women that made up The Wreckers. She is now on her own & her first single Boy Like Me is climbing the charts.



Obviously, he is who it says he is. Luke has had quite a bit of success the past two years & seems to be getting better all the time. He also wrote Good Directions for Billy Currington.



Martina McBride letting the vocals roll. No one ever gets the response that Martina gets every time she sings Broken Wing. The stadium walls practically come tumbling down.

Very nice pictures, Ron --thank you.

Nice Pics...thanks Ron!

Awesome Photos thanks for posting!

Chris

This is from the second Opry show. I had 7th row seats, but I’m always astounded to watch the crowd surge to the stage just before Carrie comes so they can get better photos.




Charley Daniels playing fiddle on The Devil Went Down to Georgia. The sparks were flying off those strings. He flat tore into it that night.

By the way, Martina McBride has a celebrity auction every year & the artists donate stuff with the proceeds going to charity. This year it went to the YWCA. Charlie, donated the Golden Fiddle from the Devil Went Down to Georgia, autographed, with a bow, in a case & the sales price went for less than 2 grand. Someone, got an incredible piece of Rock/Country historical memorabilia.



Lady Antebellum prior to signing at the Convention center.



For you Blue Grass fans. Mama is the red headed lady on Mandolin, Daddy is the guy playing bass & the rest are the kids. The family is named Cherryholmes & they are all incredible musicians. The guy playing guitar on the far right broke a string mid song, changed it, retuned it, & never missed a lick. The baby of the family is the girl playing fiddle at the far left, I believe she is 15, but she has to be seen to be believed.



The very pretty LeeAnn Rimes. Still smiling even through all her personal issues.

Thanks so much for posting. I've never been to the CMA Fest so it's really great to see these.

Originally Posted by thaifood

This is from the second Opry show. I had 7th row seats, but I’m always astounded to watch the crowd surge to the stage just before Carrie comes so they can get better photos.

From some other pics I saw I thought that people were already around the stage when LBT and TA were performing

Originally Posted by opry051008

Thanks so much for posting. I've never been to the CMA Fest so it's really great to see these.



From some other pics I saw I thought that people were already around the stage when LBT and TA were performing

People are always around the stage, the Opry wants it, but when Carrie gets ready to come on it increases a whole bunch.

Ha ha Bucky and Ricky Skaggs and Bo have longer hair than Carrie ! I like Carrie with longer longer hair - thanks for those great pics! As for bluegrass it's very common to have a whole family playing at festivals There's a video of Nickel Creek on youtube under a Veeery Young Nickel Creek when they were young - except Chris is playing the guitar and Sean is playing the mandolin and Sara bless her heart is absolutely adorable, of course Chris is not their sibling but it shows how young they start -

great pictures. Thanks for posting.

AMAZING photos.
Thank you SO much for sharing with us!

All great pics Ron. Thanks a bunch for posting them. Maybe I'll get there myself again next year.