Our Humble Origins

As you know, The Threepenny Opry was born when the late, great June Carter stopped into The Starlite while her tour manager was shopping for dulcimer strings at Pianos & Stuff. June ordered a fish sandwich, and it's no wonder she couldn't finish it because she talked through her entire meal. As she was getting ready to leave, some of the guys from the Tuesday night bluegrass jam were hanging posters, and she asked the obvious question, "Where do y'all play?" They showed her the backroom. Somehow, the subject of the Grand Ole Opry came up, and somebody said, "I wish we had something like that here in Pittsburgh." June said, "Don't just wish for it, do it. It's real easy. Just ask all your musician friends to come down on Saturday night, move some of these tables, and you can have your own opry right here."

Ever since, we've been having music in the backroom of The Starlite on Saturday nights.

This Saturday at 9:00, we have Tina and Doc performing beautiful duets (they've got great taste in material), and Bootleg Copy, the Greba brothers performing DMB influenced jams.

Never a cover. Bring your babies. Have a Yuengling.

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