PANHANDLE OPRY

Soon, we began to broadcast on WGTX radio in Defuniak Springs and Ed Earles was the MC. It was decided that we needed a name and Ed came up with the name "Panhandle Opry"... When we opened the new building in 1982, Gary Simerly joined as our steel guitar player, and Olean Casey played lead guitar with GW. Tommy McCurly began to play bass and sing. Donna Casey, Michelle and Cindy Locke (known as Silver Wings), Bonnie Barnhill, Jay Broom, Ken Sadler, Brenda McCurley, and Karen Reeves were regular singers at that time.

Primary location: Crestview United States