- Hidden deep beneath the Cumberland Mountains in Grundy County, Tennessee, lies one of the world's most magical, musical adventures.

The Caverns Sessions, 3 million years in the making, pure acoustics, offer music from the heart of the American experience.

Center stage and deep inside the mountain.

This week welcoming, As leep at the Wheel.

♪ ...hobble, hobble, hobble... ♪ - It's deep down musical diversity, at The Caverns Sessions, coming up next.

(crowd cheering) - All right, are you ready to boogie-woogie?

(crowd cheering) Get your kicks on, Route 66.

(upbeat music) (upbeat music) - Let it roll.

(upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ Well if you ever plan to motor west ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Travel my way, that's the highway, that is the best ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Get your kicks out on Route 66 ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ And it winds from Chicago to LA ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ More than 2000 miles along the way ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Get your kicks out on Route 66 ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Well, it rolls through St. Louis ♪ ♪ Joplin, Missouri ♪ ♪ Oklahoma City sure looks pretty ♪ ♪ You should see Amarillo ♪ ♪ Gallup, New Mexico ♪ ♪ Flagstaff, Arizona ♪ ♪ Don't forget Winona ♪ ♪ Kingman, Barstow, San Bernandino ♪ ♪ Won't you get hip to this timely tip ♪ ♪ Well, when you take, when you take ♪ ♪ That California trip ♪ ♪ Get your kicks on Route 66 ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ Well we rolled through St. Louis ♪ ♪ Joplin, Missouri ♪ ♪ Oklahoma City sure is pretty ♪ ♪ And you should see Amarillo ♪ ♪ Yeah, I love New Mexico ♪ ♪ Flagstaff, Arizona ♪ ♪ Don't forget Winona ♪ ♪ Kingman, Barstow, San Bernandino ♪ ♪ Won't you get hip to this timely tip.

♪ (trills tongue) ♪ When you take that California trip ♪ ♪ Get your kicks out on Route 66 ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Get your licks up and down Route 66 ♪ - That's right now ♪ And you can leave a few hits ♪ ♪ Traveling down Route 66 ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ You can be the real fun on Route 66 ♪ (upbeat music) - All right.

(crowd cheering) - Hello, everybody.

(crowd cheering) So good to be here in this beautiful cave, my golly and you all are looking pretty good out there too.

(crowd whoops and cheers) Like I said, I just feel like a caveman tonight.

(crowd laughing) How about some Bob Wills music for y'all?

(crowd cheering) "The San Antonio Rose."

(upbeat music) (upbeat music) Why those fiddles, Katie and Dennis, all together now.

(lively country music) (lively country music) And now Flavio on his steel guitar.

(steel guitar solo) (steel guitar solo) All right.

(lively country music) (lively country music) Let's nail this thing.

♪ Deep within my heart lies a melody ♪ ♪ A song of old San Antone ♪ ♪ San Antone ♪ ♪ Where in dreams I live with the memory ♪ ♪ Beneath the stars all alone ♪ ♪ All alone ♪ ♪ It was there I found beside the Alamo ♪ ♪ Enchantment strange as the blue up above ♪ ♪ Up above ♪ ♪ A moonlit path that only she would know ♪ ♪ Still hear my broken song of love ♪ ♪ Moon in all your splendor know only my heart ♪ ♪ Call back my Rose, Rose of San Antone ♪ ♪ Lips so sweet and tender like petals fallen apart ♪ ♪ Speak once again of my love, my own ♪ ♪ Oh broken song, and empty words I know ♪ ♪ Still live in my heart all alone ♪ ♪ For that moonlit path by the Alamo ♪ ♪ And Rose, my Rose of San Antone ♪ - Oh lay it on them.

(lively country music) (lively country music) I'm in the mood.

(lively country music) (lively country music) ♪ Moon in all your splendor know only my heart ♪ ♪ Call back my Rose, Rose of San Antone ♪ ♪ Lips so sweet and tender like petals fallen apart ♪ ♪ Speak once again of my love, my own ♪ ♪ Broken song, and empty words I know ♪ ♪ Still live in my heart all alone ♪ ♪ For that moonlit path by the Alamo ♪ ♪ And Rose, my Rose of San Antone ♪ - All right (lively country music) All down that old home stretch, yeah.

Right.

(lively country music) (crowd cheering and applause) - Yeah.

(crowd cheering and applause) - Thank you so much.

Well, yeah, we celebrated our 50th anniversary of Asleep at the Wheel.

(crowd cheering and applause) Isn't it amazing how well some of the fellas have held up.

(crowd laughing) (laughs) - Thank you (crowd laughing) Thanks mom.

Anyway- (crowd laughing) I wrote this song.

Little thing, I was with my friend Jamey Johnson.

I said, Jamey it's Asleep at the Wheel's 50th anniversary this coming year.

And he looked at me, went, "half a hundred years."

(crowd laughing) (lively country music) (lively country music) ♪ I've missed a lot of things, I know ♪ ♪ I've missed you once again ♪ ♪ You ask me where I've been, my friend ♪ ♪ Well, I've been around the bend ♪ ♪ And back again and here again ♪ ♪ I missed you, friend, I fear ♪ ♪ It's just that I've been on the road ♪ ♪ For half a hundred years ♪ (lively country music) ♪ The hills and dales tell many tales ♪ ♪ I've seen them all, my friend ♪ ♪ With Willie, we've been back and forth ♪ ♪ You know the road, it never ends ♪ ♪ In Bakersfield like Buck and Merle ♪ ♪ We've lived the hungry years ♪ ♪ I'll tell you, friends, I've seen a lot ♪ ♪ In half a hundred years ♪ Now listen to me.

♪ Five times 10, or 10 times five ♪ ♪ Times two makes quite a sum ♪ ♪ Half of that makes 50 years, boys, it's been quite a run ♪ ♪ So start the jam, roll one up, and ice another beer ♪ ♪ I tip my hat and raise a toast to half a hundred years ♪ (lively country music) (guitar playing) (guitar playing) (saxophone playing) (saxophone playing) ♪ It might seem long, don't get me wrong ♪ ♪ Most y'all would agree ♪ ♪ The fashion's changed, and they changed the game ♪ ♪ And the locks don't fit the key ♪ ♪ It's nothin' to be feared, my friend ♪ ♪ No need to shed a tear ♪ ♪ It's just I never thought ♪ ♪ I'd last a half a hundred years ♪ (lively country music) ♪ I watched the same sun burn the sand ♪ ♪ Then melt the mountain snow ♪ ♪ I've sailed the seas and felt the breeze ♪ ♪ That only sailors know ♪ ♪ I've played for kings, I've seen many things ♪ ♪ That often bring a tear ♪ ♪ You'll see a lot if you hang around ♪ ♪ For half a hundred years ♪ One more time.

♪ Five times 10, or 10 times five ♪ ♪ Times two makes quite a sum ♪ ♪ Half of that makes 50 years, boys, it's been quite a run ♪ ♪ So start the jam, roll one up, and ice another beer ♪ ♪ I tip my hat and raise a toast to half a hundred years ♪ (lively country music) (lively country music) ♪ Half a hundred years, boys, half a hundred years ♪ ♪ It might have seemed like a while ♪ ♪ (scat singing) ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ (lively country music) (lively country music) (crowd cheering and applause) - This next song we'd like to dedicate this next song to man's best friend, the chicken.

(crowd laughing) - See no objections here.

(crowd laughing) But ladies and gentlemen why did the chicken cross the Hollywood Freeway?

- [Crowd Member] Why?

- Thank you.

Because she wanted to see Gregory Peck.

(crowd laughing) (crowd groaning and laughing) Y'all in a fowl mood anyway.

(crowd laughing) - "There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens."

(lively jazzy music) (lively jazzy music) ♪ One night Farmer Brown was taking the air ♪ ♪ Locked up the barnyard with the greatest of care ♪ ♪ Through the henhouse somethin' stirred ♪ ♪ When he hollered "Who's there?"

♪ ♪ This is what he heard ♪ ♪ There ain't nobody here but us chickens ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody here at all ♪ ♪ So watch yourself, stop all that fuss ♪ ♪ There ain't nobody here but us ♪ ♪ Hey kindly point that gun the other way ♪ ♪ And hobble, hobble, hobble 'til the break of day ♪ ♪ 'Cause there ain't nobody here but us chickens ♪ ♪ Shoo, nobody, nobody at all ♪ ♪ You stomping around, and shaking the ground ♪ ♪ And kicking up an awful dust ♪ ♪ We chickens trying to sleep and you popped in ♪ ♪ And hobble, hobble, hobble, hobble, we object ♪ ♪ 'Cause tomorrow is a busy day ♪ ♪ We've got things to do ♪ ♪ We got eggs to lay ♪ ♪ Ground to dig and worms to scratch ♪ ♪ It takes a lot of sittin' getting chicks to hatch ♪ ♪ There' ain't nobody here but us roosters darlin' ♪ (clucks like a chicken) ♪ So watch yourself, stop all that fuss ♪ ♪ There ain't nobody here but us ♪ ♪ You gotta point that gun the other way ♪ ♪ And hobble, hobble, hobble and blow your horn now ♪ (lively jazzy music) (lively jazzy music) (lively jazzy music) (lively jazzy music) (lively jazzy music) ♪ Well tomorrow is a busy day ♪ ♪ We've got things to do ♪ ♪ We got eggs to lay ♪ ♪ Ground to dig and worms to scratch ♪ ♪ It takes a lot of sittin' getting chicks to... ♪ (wood block tapping) ♪ Ain't nobody here but us chickens, darlin' ♪ (clucks like a chicken) ♪ Nobody at all ♪ ♪ So quiet yourself why don't you stop all that fuss ♪ ♪ There ain't nobody here but us ♪ ♪ Let me point that gun the other way ♪ ♪ And hobble, hobble, hobble 'til the break of day ♪ ♪ Hey bossman, now what do ya say?

♪ ♪ It's easy pickin's ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody here but us chickens ♪ ♪ Whoa yeah!

♪ (lively jazz music) (crowd cheering and applause) - Are you ready for some fiddling?

(fiddles play) (crowd clapping) - My, My... (fiddles play) (fiddles play) (fiddles play) - All right!

Here's what we're doing with old George Strait.

"Big Ball's In Cowtown."

(lively country music) (lively country music) ♪ Working on the railroad ♪ ♪ Sleeping on the ground ♪ ♪ Eating Saltine crackers ♪ ♪ They're 10 cents a pound ♪ ♪ Big Ball's in Cowtown ♪ ♪ We'll all go down ♪ ♪ Big Ball's in Cowtown ♪ ♪ We'll dance around ♪ ♪ I'm get 'em a round, I'm get 'em a round ♪ ♪ I'll get 'em a round, get 'em a round ♪ ♪ Get 'em a round, yeah ♪ (lively country music) (lively country music) ♪ Put on your new dress ♪ ♪ Put on your gown ♪ ♪ Shake off them sack blues ♪ ♪ The Big Ball's back in town ♪ ♪ Big Ball's in Cowtown ♪ ♪ We'll all go down ♪ ♪ Big Ball's in Cowtown ♪ ♪ We'll dance around ♪ ♪ I'm getting a round ♪ One more time, Flavio on his steel guitar (steel guitar plays) (steel guitar plays) (steel guitar plays) (crowd clapping) ♪ I don't care if I do, I do, I do, I do ♪ One more time, a big hoot and holler for those fiddlers, Katie and Dennis.

One time!

One two!

(Fiddles play) (Fiddles play) ♪ Big Ball's in Cowtown ♪ ♪ We'll all go down ♪ ♪ Big Ball's in Cowtown ♪ ♪ We'll dance around ♪ ♪ Big Ball's in Cowtown ♪ ♪ We'll all go down ♪ ♪ Big Ball's in Cowtown ♪ ♪ Yeah, boy ♪ ♪ Big Ball's in... ♪ (sings in deep voice) (crowd cheering and whooping) (crowd laughing) - Thank you so much.

(in high pitch voice) (crowd laughing) (guitar strums happily) ♪ In.... town (singer laughs) (lively country music) (crowd cheering and clapping) Everybody sing along.

♪ Happy trails to you ♪ Everybody.

♪ Until we meet again ♪ ♪ Happy trails to you ♪ (soft country music) ♪ Keep smiling until then ♪ ♪ Who cares about the clouds when we're together?

♪ ♪ Just sing a song, and bring that sunny weather ♪ ♪ Happy trails to you ♪ ♪ 'Til we meet again ♪ I want to thank you so much for having us in such beautiful, beautiful cavern.

(crowd cheering and clapping) (soft country music) May the good lord willing that the creeks don't rise and we'll be seeing everybody.

Thank you very much.

Remember to drink a lot of water, and stay off your feet, and come when you can.

(soft country music) ♪ Who cares about the clouds when we're together?

♪ ♪ Just sing a song ♪ and everybody sing along on TV, here we go!

♪ - [Everybody] Happy trails to you ♪ ♪ 'Til we meet again... ♪ (singer howling) - Thank y'all so much.

(soft country music) (crowd cheering and applause) (crowd cheering and applause) ♪ ♪ ♪