Remember When Eric Church Made His Grand Ole Opry Debut?
Eric Church was a young newcomer whose debut album was still more than two months away from release when he made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry on April 1, 2006.
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Eric Church was a young newcomer whose debut album was still more than two months away from release when he made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry on April 1, 2006.
Sinners Like Me, was even released. Church, who was introduced that night by Porter Wagoner and Jim Ed Brown, performed "How 'Bout You," the debut single from his freshman project, then segued into the Leadbelly song "Black Betty." "It was funny -- we thought, 'Can we do Ram Jam at the Opry?' It was a last-minute decision before the late show, right before we walked out onstage," Church tells GAC of the unconventional song choice. "I told the guys, 'I'll give you a thumbs up or thumbs down.' So I gave them a thumbs up, and we went for it. And the crowd loved it."
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