Scotty McCreery Officially Welcomed Into Opry Family

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Scotty McCreery being officially welcomed into the Grand Ole Opry family by Opry member Josh Turner who was joined by a surprise guest, Country Music Hall of Fame Member Randy Travis with wife Mary. Photo: Chris Hollo

Scotty McCreery was officially inducted into the Grand Ole Opry family on Saturday night (April 20) by Opry member Josh Turner and a special surprise guest, Country Music Hall of Famer and Opry member Randy Travis.

Pictured (L-R): Opry host Bill Cody; George Couri (Founder, Triple 8 Management and Founding Partner, Triple Tigers Records); Josh Turner; Randy Travis; Bill Anderson; Scotty McCreery; Scott Stem (McCreery’s manager, Triple 8 Management); Gina Keltner, Associate Producer, Talent, Grand Ole Opry and Dan Rogers, Sr Vice President/Executive Producer, Grand Ole Opry. Photo: Chris Hollo

McCreery performed his new single “Cab in a Solo,” “Fall of Summer” (from his upcoming album Rise and Fall) and Travis’ iconic “Three Wooden Crosses” before being joined onstage by Turner and Travis for the bucket list moment.

“I stand here tonight proud of the fact that I bridged the gap between the generation of Randy Travis and Scotty McCreery,” shared Turner. “Only time will tell who will be inspired by Scotty. Scotty is not only a fine singer and a songwriter, but he’s a great man, husband, and now father. I’m proud of him and I’m proud that he is filling the shoes of the artists before him. With artists like him, country music is in great shape.”

“If you’ve listened to any of my interviews over the last 15 years of doing this, they’d say, ‘what is your biggest goal?’ and I’d always say, ‘One day I wanna be a member of the Grand Ole Opry,’” shared McCreery. “I gotta go home and start writing a new bucket list.”

Scotty McCreery officially adds his plaque to the Opry member wall. Photo: Chris Hollo

Pointing to his 18-month-old son Avery in the audience and holding back tears, McCreery added, “He might not understand tonight but one day I’ll be able to tell him, ‘Hey buddy, this was your daddy’s dream and it came true.’”

McCreery capped the special night with a tender performance of his first No. 1, “Five More Minutes,” which he debuted on the Opry stage in 2016.

McCreery’s Opry induction and performance will air as a Saturday night Opry Live later this spring on the Opry Facebook and YouTube channels, streaming free on the Circle Now app and via Circle Country digital streaming partners.

On May 11, McCreery will return to perform at the Opry just one day after he releases his new album Rise and Fall. The first 400 ticket-holders who purchase the album in the Opry Shop that evening will gain access to an exclusive album release celebration and acoustic performance with McCreery directly following the show in the Opry House’s Studio A.

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