The Rev. Ron Blakely takes a break from rehearsing with sheet music and scripture for his Sunday Gospel Hour at Robert’s Western World honky tonk on Friday, July 26, 2024, at his log cabin home near Watertown, Tenn. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
A group of people at Nashville’s Robert’s Western World listen to Christian music and words led by the Rev. Ron Blakely during Sunday Gospel Hour on Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
The Rev. Ron Blakely looks at black and white photos of his parents, musicians Jimmy and Dorothy Blakly, at his log cabin home near Watertown, Tenn., on Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
A group of people smile at Nashville’s Robert’s Western World honky tonk on Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
The Rev. Ron Blakely rehearses with sheet music and scripture for his Sunday Gospel Hour at Robert’s Western World honky tonk at his log cabin home near Watertown, Tenn. next to his dog Ope on Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
Jeremy “JB” Duckett, an employee of Robert’s Western World, poses at the iconic Nashville honky tonk on Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
Mimi Fischer and her father, the Rev. Ron Blakely, rehearse for their Sunday Gospel Hour at Robert’s Western World honky tonk on Saturday, July 27, 2024, at Blakely’s log cabin home near Watertown, Tenn. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
A greeter at Robert’s Western World looks at passersby on Nashville’s Broadway after the Gospel Hour held at the iconic honky tonk on Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
The Rev. Ron Blakely holds a crucifix and prays looking at the trees in the backyard of his log cabin home near Watertown, Tenn., on Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
The Rev. Ron Blakely smiles on stage during the Sunday Gospel Hour that he leads at Robert’s Western World honky tonk on Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
Mimi Fischer, right, and her father, the Rev. Ron Blakely, leave Robert’s Western World after the Gospel Hour held at the Nashville honky tonk on Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
A cowboy hat-wearing musician is reflected on a window as he sings and plays country music at Robert’s Western World as Broadway bars are reflected on a window of the iconic Nashville honky tonk on Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
JesseLee Jones and the Rev. Ron Blakely pose at Robert’s Western World on Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
Crosses hang from one of the walls at the Rev. Ron Blakely’s home near Watertown, Tenn., on Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
Musicians perform at Nashville’s Robert’s Western World honky tonk after the Sunday Gospel Hour on Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
JesseLee Jones listens to the Rev. Ron Blakely at Robert’s Western World on Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)