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Lee Mace ‎– Presents The Ozark Opry
Label: Stop Records Inc. ‎– LPS 10013
Format: Vinyl, LP 
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: HillBilly Americana

 
Tracklist
A1    Games People Play    
A2    Mule Skinner Blues    
A3    Johnny Be Good    
A4    Danny Boy    
A5    Love Bug    
B1    Boil 'Em Cabbage Down (Instrumental)    
B2    Ahab The Arab    
B3    Carmen    
B4    Football Game    
B5    Touch Of The Master's Hand

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FYI

Before every show, the audience would hear Lee Mace ask, "How many of you folks here came to have a good time?"

Lee Mace was born in a litle town of 74 people on a farm near Brumley, MO, just 10 miles away from the Lake of the Ozarks. As a youngster, it was said he remembered going with his family to friends' homes for musical get togethers (sound familiar?) where "everyone picked and sang and had a grand time."

It seems that back in 1953, they decided they didn't like living out of suitcases and wanted to settle down in the Lake of the Ozarks. And also knew that there was a lot of old-time country traditions and flavor that they wanted to preserve.

They started out renting a building almost next to the Bagnell Dam. (..."it would hold around 200 if some of'em brought their own chairs."), got some folks from nearby to perform and began putting on shows two nights a week. Soon, it was up to three shows a week. And later up to four.

In 1957, the Maces built a new Ozark Opry Auditorium that had an original seating capacity that grew to 1000 seats later. The Opry's season runs from Mid-April to Mid-October.

Back then, the Ozark Opry as also on TV each week in a half-hour show. It was on every Thursday evening at 6:30pm on KRCG-TV in Jefferson City, MO and also on KMOS-TV in Sedalia, MO. Back then, it ranked fourth in the Neilson ratings around the Columbia, MO, state capitol area. (This appears to have been around 1966 judging by the dates and times given in the brochure).

The Ozark Opry
“Lee Mace's Ozark Opry from Osage Beach, Missouri, opened its doors in 1953, making it the first nighttime entertainment at central Missouri's beautiful Lake of the Ozarks region.

And through the years [the] Ozark Opry has provided Lake area visitors with music, comedy and unequalled showmanship.

“How many came to have a good time?” This often-asked question by emcee Lee Mace [pictured at right] at the beginning of each Ozark Opry performance is continually met with an enthusiastic response. And the audience is just as enthusiastic when the show is over, knowing they got what they came for.

The original Ozark Opry began with a two-fold idea conceived by owners Lee and Joyce Mace. They wanted to preserve the real flavor of the Ozarks and also give young people in nearby towns a chance to be seen and heard.

Many of the Ozark Opry tunes had been played and sung by hill folks at their musicals, baptizings and small country churches ever since the first settlers came to the Ozark Mountains from Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia.

Lee Mace serves as emcee for the show and plays the bass fiddle, which has become his trademark. From the beginning theme to the closing, Lee aims at making his audiences feel at home and to entertain them with music and lots of Ozark Opry-style comedy. An equally outstanding trademark of the Ozark Opry is the genuine Ozark hospitality extended to each member of the audience.

Today’s edition of the Ozark Opry is alive with talent, versatility, music, comedy and top-notch showmanship. Stashed between the hysteria created by the show's comedians are a variety of vocals, instrumentals and even some dance routines.

The Ozark Opry performs in their own auditorium in Osage Beach, Missouri from mid-April to November, with shows nightly (except Sunday) from May 1 through October. Ozark Opry has the distinction of being the oldest show of its type in the United States.

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