Nashville’s ‘Ole Red’ week has Gulf Coast connection, WATCH songwriter perform country classic hit

Posted May 11, 2020 | by: Rose Ann Haven

PERDIDO KEY, Fla – (WKRG) A big honor for a local songwriter and performer, Mark Sherrill of Perdido Key who co-wrote the classic country song, ‘Ol’ Red’ in the late 1980’s.

Nashville’s WSM radio has declared this week “Ole Red’ week leading up to Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani’s performance on the Grand Ole Opry Saturday night, Stefani’s Grand Ole Opry Debut.

Shelton is the most recent singer to record the song in which the spelling of the title is changed from ‘Ol’ Red’ to ‘Ole Red’ to reflect the Grand Ole Opry.

Other singers to record ‘Ol’ Red’ are George Jones, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash, and Hoyt Axton.

For it to be declared ‘Ole Red Week’ in Music City means a lot to Sherrill, “It choked me up and kind of brought tears to my eyes. It’s not an honor everybody gets.”

‘Ol Red’ is about a Georgia prisoner who used a prison tracking dog’s attraction to a blue tick hound to escape. Sherrill co-wrote the song when he lived in Nashville and owned a bait shop.

“We were fortunate enough that the good Lord put one in our hands. It’s just something that..when I play it at the Flora-Bama, people come from all over the country to hear me sing the song. I had two couples say that song saved their lives, and I wondered what kind of life did they have because it’s about two dogs getting it on you know. All I can figure is, people love a good story.”

MARK SHERRILL

Sherrill continues to perform at the Flora-Bama on Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Link to article: https://www.wkrg.com/baldwin-county/nashvilles-ole-red-week-has-gulf-coast-connection-watch-songwriter-perform-country-classic-hit/ 

WSM Is Throwing an Ole Red Radio Block Party!

Posted May 7, 2020

We’re itchin’ to have a little fun, and what better way to wrap up Ole Red Week on WSM than with a party?! We’re throwing an Ole Red Week Radio Block Party this Saturday, May 9 at 6pm/c. You can expect to hear your favorites from Blake Shelton, Trace Adkins, and Dustin Lynch before they step inside that historic Opry circle at 7pm/c. Then stick around with us after the Opry to keep the party going until 9pm/c! Ole Red Week is brought to you by our friends at Belle Meade Bourbon.

Tune in to the Ole Red Week Radio Block Party on 650 AM, WSMonline.com, or the WSM app!

What’s your favorite song from Blake Shelton, Trace Adkins, or Dustin Lynch?

Request it below and you just might hear it during the Radio Block Party on Saturday, May 9!

It’s Ole Red Week On WSM Radio!

Posted May 5, 2020

It’s Ole Red Week on WSM, and we’re itchin’ to have a little fun! Tune in this week on WSM to hear special Ole Red programming and Opry Replays featuring Blake Shelton, Trace Adkins, and Dustin Lynch leading up to the Grand Ole Opry LIVE this Saturday! Ole Red Week is brought to you by our friends at Belle Meade Bourbon.

Ole Red Week Schedule

• Opry Replay featuring Blake Shelton – Tuesday, May 5 at 7pm/c
• The Swon Brothers on Coffee, Country & Cody – Wednesday, May 6 at 8:40am/c
• Instagram Takeover with The Swon Brothers – Wednesday, May 6 at 3pm/c
• Opry Country Classics featuring Trace Adkins – Thursday, May 7 at 7pm/c
• Opry Replay featuring Dustin Lynch – Friday, May 8 at 7pm/c
• Ole Red Radio Block Party – Saturday, May 9 at 6pm/c – 9pm/c
• Grand Ole Opry LIVE – Saturday, May 9 at 7pm/c

Tune in to Ole Red Week on 650 AM, WSMonline.com, or the WSM app!

WSM’s Garth and Trisha Radio Block Party

Posted April 29, 2020

What’s your favorite song from Garth Brooks or Trisha Yearwood?

Request it below and you just might hear it during the Radio Block Party on Saturday, May 2!

WSM Named as Top 10 Radio in the World – WSM News

Posted April 21, 2020

WSM was named in the Guardian as one of the 10 of the best music radio stations around the world.

From the Guardian “Nashville’s WSM AM radio station is a great place for a fix of Dolly, Kenny and Merle, as well as good gospel, classic bluegrass, Americana and soothing crossover country/MOR. Founded in 1925, the station is famous as the home of the Grand Ole Opry (a weekly concert thought to be the world’s longest running radio programme) and the website has links to an Opry stream foregrounding contemporary country music as well as podcasts. For a virtual immersion in Nashville’s music heritage, go to visitmusiccity.com.”

We’ve put together some of our favorite music in to Spotify playlist to help get you through!