At the Ryman

At the Ryman is a 1992 live album by Emmylou Harris and her then-newly formed acoustic backing band, The Nash Ramblers, recorded at the one-time home of the Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

At the Ryman
Live album by Emmylou Harris and The Nash Ramblers
Released	January 10, 1992
Recorded	April 30–May 2, 1991
Venue	Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Length	60:46
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Allen Reynolds, Richard Bennett
Emmylou Harris and The Nash Ramblers chronology
Brand New Dance (1990) At the Ryman (1992) Cowgirl's Prayer (1993)
Emmylou Harris live chronology
Last Date (1982) At the Ryman (1992) Spyboy (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A[3]
Orlando Sentinel	[4]
Rolling Stone	(not rated)[5]

The Nash Ramblers:

• Sam Bush – Fiddle, mandolin and vocals
• Roy Huskey Jr. – Double bass and vocals
• Larry Atamanuik – Drums
• Al Perkins – Banjo, guitar, resonator guitar and vocals
• John Randall Stewart – Guitar, mandolin and vocals

A companion video recording of the concert was released on VHS.

The concerts' and album's high acclaim are given near-universal credit for the renewed interest in reviving the dilapidated Ryman Auditorium as an active venue after nearly 20 years of dormancy. Soon after, the building was completely renovated and has since become a concert hall.^[6]

The album won Harris and the Ramblers a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 34th ceremony. In 2017, At the Ryman was released on vinyl to celebrate 25 years since the original release, Harris reunited with the Nash Ramblers to perform the album in its entirety.^[7][8]

Track listing

Original album

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Guitar Town"	Steve Earle	2:56
2.	"Half as Much"	Curley Williams	3:00
3.	"Cattle Call"	Tex Owens	3:11
4.	"Guess Things Happen That Way"	Jack Clement	2:25
5.	"Hard Times"	Stephen Foster	3:25
6.	"Mansion on the Hill"	Bruce Springsteen	4:25
7.	"Scotland"	Bill Monroe	2:57
8.	"Montana Cowgirl"	Ray Park	3:08
9.	"Like Strangers"	Boudleaux Bryant	4:56
10.	"Lodi"	John Fogerty	3:06
11.	"Calling My Children Home"	Doyle Lawson, Charles Waller, Robert Yates	3:14
12.	"If I Could Be There"	Kieran Kane, Jamie O'Hara	3:30
13.	"Walls of Time"	Bill Monroe, Peter Rowan	4:45
14.	"Get Up John"	Bill Monroe, Marty Stuart, Jerry Sullivan	4:25
15.	"It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go" / "Abraham, Martin and John"	Nanci Griffith / Richard Holler	7:07
16.	"Smoke Along the Track"	Alan Rose	4:16
Total length:			60:46

2017 remaster bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
17.	"Rollin' and Ramblin' (The Death of Hank Williams)"	Robin Williams, Linda Williams / Jerome Clark	3:34
18.	"The Nash Ramble"	Emmylou Harris, Larry Atamanuik, Roy Huskey Jr., Sam Bush, Al Perkins & Jon Randall Stewart	3:34
Total length:			67:54

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	32
U.S. Billboard 200	184

Release history

Release history and formats for At the Ryman

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
North America	January 10, 1992	CD cassette	Warner Bros. Nashville	[9]