Blanco Brown Gets Down
The revised edition of ‘From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music’ includes songs by Black artists through 2020, like Blanco Brown’s “The Git Up,” a 2019 hit that he performed during the tribute concert.
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She’s Got You Covered
Image Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Wendy Moten’s 2020 album ‘I’ve Got You Covered’ found the singer putting her own spin on songs by Bobbie Gentry, Cindy Walker, and Ernest Tubb, along with Tammy Wynette’s “Til I Get It Right.” She performed the latter at the ‘From Where I Stand” concert.
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One for Charley
Image Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Darius Rucker performed a version of Charley Pride’s “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'” during his set at the Hall of Fame, as well as his version of “Wagon Wheel” and his debut country single, “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It.”
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Hubby Jenkins
Image Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Hubby Jenkins, formerly of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, plays the banjo at the “From Where I Stand” concert at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s CMA Theater.
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Gone Country
Image Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Blanco Brown once talked to Rolling Stone about his undeniable attraction to country music. “People wanted to try to make me choose rap/trap music, or singing R&B, over country,” he said. “It couldn’t happen.”
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Muzik Mafia Reunion
Image Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Cowboy Troy was one of the founding members of the Muzik Mafia with Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson. At the “From Where I Stand” concert, he revived his signature song, “I Play Chicken With the Train.”
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Showstoppers
Image Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum The War and Treaty have become reliable showstoppers whenever they grace the stage. They brought the house down at the Hall of Fame with their interpretation of Don Gibson’s “I Can’t Stop Loving You.”
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Hitting the Mark
Image Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum “I’m happy with my little legacy. I’ve touched some people along the way, so my life is good,” singer-songwriter Miko Marks once told Rolling Stone. Part of that legacy is her song “It Feels Good,” now included on the ‘From Where I Stand’ box set.
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New Icons
Image Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Members of the cast, along with music director Shannon Sanders, pose backstage.
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Country Girl
Image Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum “Don’t need no kin from West Virginia to have it in ya/Show the world you’re a country girl,” Rissi Palmer sang onstage at the Hall of Fame during her performance of her song “Country Girl.”
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Cowboy Up
Image Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Cowboy Troy performs at the “From Where I Stand” tribute concert in Nashville.
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Continuing the Circle
Image Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum The concert ended with an all-star singalong of “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” sending the capacity crowd out on a euphoric high.