- The Grand Ole Opry is, like,
the most classic country venue ever.
Every major country artist that's ever lived has played
the Grand Ole Opry.
(upbeat country music)
And it's going to be pretty cool to go see it.
How's it going?
- [Man] Hello!
- We're here 'til Monday.
We're not huge country music people
but I appreciate country music.
You guys ready for Nashville?
- Yes!
- [Dave] Want some help?
- Thanks.
- [Dave] It's a little tight.
- Reminds me of being pregnant and not being able to
fit through anything.
- Okay! Seriously, like this is not dad's suitcase.
- What is it?
- It's my suitcase!
- [Dave] You kidding me?
You have your own suitcase now?
- It's Carson's too! But he does not want to drag it.
- [Dave] Let's go, let's go, let's go!
(upbeat music)
- Everybody goes in the bus!
♪ I took a stroll in the park that's when I had it ♪
♪ It took a while before I figured it out what it was ♪
♪ Now I can't stop thinking about those eyes ♪
♪ And the feeling that they brought ♪
♪ The day after that I was rolling around in my bed ♪
♪ Seeking warmth and comfort between the sheets ♪
♪ And the pillow beneath my head ♪
- I got a feeling I'm going to like this city.
- You want one of those, dude?
Okay, ready!
(upbeat music)
- Everywhere you look in this city, there's just guitars.
- Look how big that green guitar is!
- This has to be the coolest city in the world, right?
Whoa check this hotel out.
- [Dave] Whoa!
- What, dad?
- [Dave] This is lit!
There's this huge pool in the middle.
- What's a resort?
- A pool!
- [Claire] Yes!
- Mom, you better come here!
- Okay, show me!
- You could swim in that!
- [Ashley] I don't know if I could swim in that.
- Whoa! - [Dave] Whoa!
- [Dave] Whoa, mom's going to be happy about this one.
- Whoa!
Um, this is gorgeous!
- [Dave] This is our hotel room.
- Let's stay here forever!
Look at this view!
- And all the beds as you'd normally find, but instead
there's a big room right here!
And this is where I'm going to sleep! The bed--
- [Dave] How's that view?
- It's good.
- Do you want to go jump on my bed?
(delighted squeals)
My legs are getting tired.
- See, it's not outside! This is inside! Isn't that cool?
It's a resort because you see that ceiling?
Outside doesn't have a ceiling, right?
I wonder how they built this.
- Were you on the Ellen Show?
- [Dave] We were, yes.
- They're right.
- You did awesome!
- You're famous!
- Who taught you how to sing, Daddy or Mommy?
- I just was born with that talent.
- Oh you were?
- Oh my goodness!
- My dad did, too.
- Nice to meet ya! - Bye!
- We picked a random restaurant in downtown Nashville with
live music to get the full Nashville experience.
♪ I went down to Nashville, a guitar in the back ♪
♪ I was going to make it big ♪
♪ Make money by the sack ♪
♪ Coming out of Tulsa, a waitress and a band ♪
♪ A record label man came knocking one day ♪
♪ With a paper in his hand ♪
- That brings back a lot of memories
playing shows like that, I used to play in restaurants
all the time.
And so I always feel for those people up there,
just trying to make it happen in a restaurant.
Let's go get some sleep, we've got a big day tomorrow.
We're doing lots of fun Nashville stuff tomorrow.
Hi Juney.
We're about to explore the city.
- [Bus Driver] Are the Crosbys here?
Have you seen any Crosbys?
- [Dave] We're the Crosbys.
- We're going to the Country Music Hall of Fame,
we're going to a bunch of historic sites.
We're going to hang out and explore Nashville.
And tonight, we're going to the Grand Ole Opry.
Are you excited to see performances at the Grand Ole Opry?
Do you like country music?
- I don't even know what that is!
(upbeat country music)
- Alright guys, we're at the Country Music Hall of Fame.
(upbeat country music)
- We just found Taylor Swift's very first guitar.
- Her first?
- This is her first guitar.
- Again, again! (laughs)
- Carson got sick so this night's going to go a little bit
differently than we were hoping.
Me and Claire are on our way over to...
- The Grand Ole Opry!
- The Grand Ole Opry, we're going.
- I can't stand even if,
even if I saw Carson throwing up.
And I said Mom, if Carson throws up, don't even tell me,
because I just can't handle it.
- What do you think country music is, Claire?
- I don't know what it is.
- Give me your best definition of country music.
- So it's a different type of music?
- That's all I can say.
- That's all you can say?
- This is our friend Kristin.
- Hello!
- She's helping us tonight.
She's organizing all this for us.
She's introducing Claire to country music.
(soulful country music)
- Blake!
- [Dave] There's Blake!
(gentle country music)
♪ Wide open skies ♪
♪ And rivers wind ♪
♪ And cowboys ride ♪
(audience applause)
♪ Into a hurricane ♪
♪ But stronger than you ever thought it'd be ♪
- How about a hand for Mr. Levi Hummon?
Come on out here, Levi!
("Songs We Sang" by Levi Hummon)
(muffled country music)
(audience cheering and applause)
- What're you going to sing?
- A Million Dreams! - Of course.
♪ 'Cause every night I lie in bed ♪
♪ The brightest colors fill my head ♪
(audience applause)
- [Dave] Ready to go on stage?
- Along with her dad performing
you've got a friend in me, from Toy Story.
Well she and her dad have also become frequent visitors
to the Ellen Show, to NBC's The Voice, and they're visiting
with us tonight at the Grand Ole Opry, would you please
give a warm welcome to now fully grown at five years old
YouTube sensation Claire Crosby and her dad, Dave, are here.
(audience cheering and applause)
- Hi everyone!
- Yes, you're comfortable?
Don't slip off the stool we got you on here. I'm going to
slide this up, would you be willing to sing something for
these people tonight, so they know it's really you that
they're seeing and taking pictures of?
- Yes. - Okay.
- I'm going to sing
"A Million Dreams" from The Greatest Showman.
(audience cheering)
♪ 'Cause every night I lie in bed ♪
♪ The brightest colors fill my head ♪
♪ A million dreams are keeping me awake ♪
♪ I think of what the world could be ♪
♪ A vision of the one I see ♪
♪ A million dreams is all it's gonna take ♪
♪ A million dreams for the world we're gonna make ♪
(audience applause)
- The only artist tonight brave enough to perform acapella
for her entire set, just saying.
Claire, you're a doll, thank you.
Daddy Dave, good to have you.
Wonderful.
You've brought so much joy to so many
people all over the world.
♪ Wind and through and rain ♪
♪ Through trouble and pain ♪
♪ If ever my heart strains ♪
♪ Will you pull me through ♪
♪ Like you always do ♪
- Yay, it's fluttery!
- [Maggie] Claire, how are you?
- Good.
- I'm Maggie, you did such a good job tonight.
Was it exciting? - Yeah.
♪ When the sharpest words want to cut me down ♪
(giggles)
- I looked down and there you were.
- [Maggie] That's a big deal.
- Then I looked up and there you were in a big, big picture!
- You know, we can whatever song you want.
I know Tomorrow by Annie, I know Tale as Old as Time, too.
- Yeah!
♪ I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars ♪
♪ Run away, they say ♪
♪ No one'll love you as you are ♪
- [Maggie] Thank you guys, you need to make some noise.
(audience applause)
♪ I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars ♪
♪ Run away, they say ♪
♪ No one'll love you as you are ♪
♪ But I won't let them break me down to dust ♪
♪ I know that there's a place for us ♪
♪ For we are glorious ♪
♪ When the sharpest words wanna cut me down ♪
♪ I am not a stranger to the dark ♪
♪ They say, hide away ♪
♪ We don't want your broken parts ♪
♪ When the sharpest words wanna cut me down ♪
♪ I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ This is me ♪
(cheering)
- That was so good.
(soulful country music)
- Yay!
- Thank you!
- You need to sing in Ireland, we would love you!
- Alright, that is it for our trip to Nashville.
Nashville's a blast. If you ever want to go on vacation
somewhere, put Nashville on the list.
Especially if you're a fan of music at all.
Everywhere you go, there's music so it's really cool for
us to go and see all that.
- [Dave] Country Princess?
- [Ashley] Country Princess
Grand Ole Opry, yhat's so cute, sis.
Look at June.
- [Dave] Are you trying to grab that camera, June?
(giggles)
- Aww, we're missing our sick boy.
- We're missing Cars.
- What do you think? - It's awesome.
- Was it a cool place to come visit?
What do you think about performing at the Grand Ole Opry?
- That was fun.
- That was so cool, you got to perform
at the Grand Ole Opry!
- Say goodbye.
- Bye!
- Bye from Carson, bye from June!
- We'll see you next time.
♪ When I am calling your name ♪
- Pink car!
- [Dave] Pink car!
- Bye-bye, pink car!
Yay!
- [Dave] They're everywhere, everywhere!
- Pink car!