{"id":60398,"date":"2023-10-15T01:43:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T05:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=60398"},"modified":"2023-10-04T07:18:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T11:18:14","slug":"the-ryman-part-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2023\/10\/15\/the-ryman-part-six\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ryman&#8211; Part Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>We would be remiss, not to return to the fact that the Ryman, was and continues to be the real heart and cathedral of country music, so naturally country artists, including crossover artists leave their stuff, their guitars, and clothes and bling to the Ryman as a museum.\u00a0 \u00a0And the Ryman erects statues to some of their heroes, like Charley Pride, a black man who helped break the color barrier in country music.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/thumbnail_20230927_130717.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60401\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/thumbnail_20230927_130717.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Ricky Scaggs and Travis Tritt trying mightily to explain the spectrum of country music.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/thumbnail_20230927_132214.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60434\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/thumbnail_20230927_132214.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/thumbnail_20230927_132125.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60437\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/thumbnail_20230927_132125.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/thumbnail_20230927_132119.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60440\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/thumbnail_20230927_132119.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/thumbnail_20230927_163014.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60443\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/thumbnail_20230927_163014.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even folk and protest singers like Joan Baez showed up to sing with country stars like Emmy Lou Harris at the Ryman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/thumbnail_20230927_132750.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><br>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60404\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/thumbnail_20230927_132750.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can you name those two country stars in traditional garb (and hairdos)?\u00a0 Below is a copy of the license of the Pelvis\u2026. which you can purchase at the merch shop. <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/thumbnail_20230927_141829.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60407\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/thumbnail_20230927_141829.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or how about a pink cowboy hat?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/thumbnail_20230927_141712.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60410\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/10\/thumbnail_20230927_141712.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is some of the clothes left to the Ryman museum, including Elvis\u2019 big fuzzy gray winter coat.<\/p>\n<p><a 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