comfortable, and yet -- >> i played on this stage with willie nelson and john marjohnny cash and keith richardsw a pandemic was coming. >> i believe the wood in this room holds every memory. when you walk out on this stage, the old planks, >> rter: crow says she has played here more than a dozen times. ♪ i've seen enough to keep me going ♪ >> it is like your first date. it is scary, but then it's, like, it's amazing, or awful. >> reporter: depending on the date? >> yeah, exactly. >> reporter: the ryman's history bears witness. >> i've always felt the spiritual nature of this place. >> reporter: last september, bef ga a first-class ryman tour. he fronts the old crow medicine show, which has played here a bunch. >> this is my most treasured locale to make music because it is a resident chamber. listen. ♪ >> it's like you're inside of a violin here at the ryman auditorium. that's what the rymanke los f you could, like, crack the ceiling open and look down. >> reporter: and look back more than a century. the union gospel tabernacle, built by divine decree, by a steamboat captain. >> reporter: capta