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The Grand Ole Opry Found Us at Merle Fest
"We busked in front of the Grand Ole Opry and then our shift would end about nine o'clock," says Marty Stewart. "After we licked our wounds, let's just open up a case right here by this fountain ... We'll call this a stage of our own", he adds. In 2000 they all came down to Nashville on the weekends and stayed in a $26 crack motel. 'I want you to come to Nashville and do the same thing,' Sally Williams told them after seeing their set at Merle Fest.