Texas Country Music Hall of Famer Clay Cooper took to the Wylie Opry stage Saturday, Aug. 2, along with his sons, Colt, left, and Caden. A Wylie native, Cooper started his career at the Opry at age 13. He now owns a venue in Branson, Missouri, where he performs multiple times a week alongside his sons and wife, Tina.

It was a packed house Saturday night at the Wylie Opry as patrons gathered to watch a hometown star return to the stage where his career began — and bring his two sons along for the ride.

Clay Cooper, a Texas Country Music Hall of Famer and longtime Branson entertainer, performed alongside his sons, Colt and Caden, in an impromptu six-song set backed by the Opry’s Texas Legend Band.

“They came to visit me during a show about six or eight months ago and they just fell in love with the place,” said LeGrant Gable, owner of the Wylie Opry and a longtime friend and mentor to Cooper.

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