"and the higher we get the more informal we are"

Ralph Emery is the Dick Clark of country music. His first television show was Opry Almanac, which aired at 6:00 in the morning on WSM-TV in [listen] Nashville. On this particular broadcast in 1966, Ralph's guests were Roger Miller, Thumbs Carlisle, Jerry Allison and [listen] Charlie Louvin. Legend has it that they had been up all night partying before the show...and it shows. TV was much better back then. Here's some more of the excerpt. ...