I would have to say I've been on the 'Opry' at least 30-35-40 times a year for... 51-52 years. Jim Ed Brown More Quotes by Jim Ed Brown More Quotes From Jim Ed Brown It comes with great sadness that I have been diagnosed with stage four adenocarcinoma right lung cancer, this news came as a shock to our family as we are still mourning the loss of my big brother. Jim Ed Brown entertainment I am surrounded by the love and support of my family and I am determined to live many more years. Jim Ed Brown entertainment If you listen to The Browns, it's a very pretty sound. It was sibling harmony, a sound that was very pleasing. I've never heard anybody that could come close to that particular sound. It couldn't be imitated. Jim Ed Brown never you harmony sound When I started, there weren't any arenas. There was football fields, but they would only hold three or four or five hundred people at the most... We played a lot of high school auditoriums and things like that - a lot of churches... but boy, it has changed. Jim Ed Brown boy football people school Eddy Arnold was a great friend of mine, and through the years, Eddy and I, we did a lot of shows together, and we even worked in some real estate transaction things together, and he helped me there. You know, he was a great real estate man. Jim Ed Brown me you man together When I started in '54, it was only one track on a quarter-inch machine. We didn't have recording studios much around the country; we went into the radio stations and recorded our records. Jim Ed Brown machine only radio country I remember the first time I walked on that stage. Maxine and I were just a duet at the time, and we walked on that stage and did 'Looking Back to See.' Ernest Tubb introduced us at the time. I remember my knees were shaking. Jim Ed Brown looking looking-back time remember There's so many great things that happened at the Grand Ole Opry in 50 years. You get the chance to go out and visit with your peers. You get a chance to sing your song and say hello to so many friends and neighbors and all that you have. It's just - well, it's a second home. Jim Ed Brown great you home song
