Grand Ole Opry To Pay Tribute To John Anderson With Special August 6 Show
John Anderson. Photo: Alysse Gafkjen
The influence and music of country legend John Anderson will be celebrated at the Grand Ole Opry show on Saturday, Aug. 6.
The segment is in celebration of the new tribute album, Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute To John Anderson, slated for release Friday, Aug. 5 by Easy Eye Sound. Scheduled to perform are Anderson with special guests Dan Auerbach and Tyler Childers, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Sierra Hull, Elizabeth Cook, and more.
Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute To John Anderson includes a collection of Anderson songs by Childers, Eric Church, Brent Cobb, Luke Combs, Sierra Ferrell, Hull, Jamey Johnson, Ashley McBryde, Del McCoury, Brothers Osborne, John Prine, Nathaniel Rateliff, Sturgill Simpson, Welch and Rawlings. The album was produced by Auerbach and David Ferguson, the same duo who produced Anderson’s 2020 album, Years.
The celebration will also air live that night as Opry Live on Circle Television and will livestream via Circle’s socials. The Opry show will air in its entirety on WSM Radio, opry.com/wsmonline.com, and SiriusXM’s Willie’s Roadhouse channels.
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