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Wheeling Jamboree

14,878 Live Views 74 In Crowd In production for 78 years. The Wheeling Jamboree is a Country Music Institution and broadcast stage show. Second only to Nashvill's Grand Ole Opry in longevity. Since its 1933 premiere, The Wheeling Jamboree has been a byword for country music, a… In production for 78 years. The Wheeling Jamboree is a Country Music Institution and broadcast stage show. Second only to Nashvill's Grand Ole Opry in longevity. Since its 1933 premiere, The Wheeling Jamboree has been a byword for country music, a genre which has been called “the only truly artistic musical contribution to the world that Americans can solely claim as their own.” Gone now are the days of bales of hay adorning the stage, the blue-overalled male performers and “gals” in cute gingham dresses. Gone, too, are some of the memorable entertainers who performed here: Webb Pierce, Ernest Tubb, Ira Louvin, Tex Ritter, Crazy Elmer, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Big Slim, Stoney Cooper and Doc & Chickie Williams. Hailed as “the oldest living member of The Wheeling Jamboree and “West Virginia’s Official Country Music Ambassador,”
It continues to lead the way in the industry. All of the biggest contemporary names in country music regularly appear on The Wheeling Jamboree. Modern though it may be these days, country music continues to express sentiments of love or ambition of broken dreams or wanderings that touch the heart of everyone – whether the subject be cotton fields or lonesome highways, mountain homes or river boats, empty pockets or empty hearts. The old-fashioned message is timeless; only the wrapping is new. In 1984 Wheeling area native Brad Paisley joined became a part of the staff band and he has become on the nations favorite entertainers. More