CRAIG MORGAN CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY AS A GRAND OLE OPRY MEMBER

Craig Morgan celebrated his 10th Anniversary as a Grand Ole Opry member with an appearance on the Opry last night at the Grand Ole Opry House performing some of his biggest hits including “Redneck Yacht Club,” “That’s What I Love About Sunday,” and a new song “Whiskey,” among others.
 
Morgan was inducted into the Opry family on October 25, 2008 by Opry member John Conlee who had also introduced and brought Morgan to the stage when he made his Opry debut on April 21, 2000. On his induction night 10 years ago, Conlee said “…it was plain to me that no one loves the Grand Ole Opry more than this young man right here. He loves it as much as he loves his country, and he’s proven that with his service to his country before.”
 
Morgan was invited by Conlee to become an Opry member during a special concert for U.S. troops at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina on September 18, 2008. That evening was a homecoming of sorts for the singer, who was stationed at Ft. Bragg from 1990 to 1992 during his ten-year active duty tenure in the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division.
 
Last night, as Morgan stood on stage celebrating his 10th anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry his love of country and ties to the military community were still evident as he asked all military veterans and members in the audience to stand, bringing one person from each branch of the United States Armed Services  (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corp., Coast Guard) to the stage in the circle to the audience’s standing ovation.
 
Morgan closed his set with “International Harvester” and continued his celebration backstage with his family, friends and Opry family.

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