The Grand Ole Opry welcomed a familiar face from NBC on Tuesday night. Weekend "Nightly News" anchor and bass player Lester Holt played the Opry.
According to a story by Deanna Lambert at WSMV-TV, Holt's said this is only his second trip to Nashville. He traveled to Music City with the "Today Show" team to shoot a flood-recovery story and ended up being invited to play bass guitar with country singer Luke Bryan's band.
Holt played with the band on the song "Country Girl, Shake It For Me." He said he had never heard the song before two days prior to his Opry gig, but he practiced with the band and all went well.
Holt met with Little Jimmy Dickens and said it's cool to walk through the Opry and see all the history and tradition there.
Musician Larry Gatlin gave Holt a pair of black cowboy boots because Gatlin said the anchor "didn't look country enough."
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