(via Mental Floss)
by Stacy Conradt
December 10 is an important day in country music history: It’s the day the Grand Ole Opry received its endearingly bumpkin-esque nickname.
In 1925, radio personality George Hay took a new job at WSM in Nashville. Hay was to head up a Saturday night program called the “WSM Barn Dance,” a show filled with fiddlers and banjo players and acts with names like the Fruit Jar Drinkers, the Binkley Brothers’ Dixie Clodhoppers, and the Gully Jumpers…
Read more: http://mentalfloss.com/article/72246/how-grand-ole-opry-got-its-name
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