{"id":17875,"date":"2019-08-22T11:49:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T17:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1810848"},"modified":"2019-08-22T11:49:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T17:49:56","slug":"acm-honors-how-poetic-is-rodney-crowell-let-his-daughter-count-the-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/acm-honors-how-poetic-is-rodney-crowell-let-his-daughter-count-the-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"ACM HONORS: How Poetic Is Rodney Crowell? Let His Daughter Count the Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> 38m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

When the ACM Honors show opened at the Ryman Auditorium on Wednesday night (Aug. 21), Chris Young had the honor of kicking off the ceremony with a song from one of the night\u2019s poets.<\/p>\n

And he chose the timeless \u201cLeaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight,\u201d penned by Rodney Crowell, who was honored with one of the three Poet\u2019s Awards of the night.<\/p>\n

But when the song was over, and it was time for Crowell to collect his trophy, he wasn\u2019t able to be there in person. So he sent his oldest daughter Hannah \u2014 who was born a few years after Crowell moved to Nashville in 1972 to chase his neon dream \u2014 to accept it on his behalf. And it was obvious from the minute she took the stage that she\u2019d inherited he father\u2019s way with words.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the week, she\u2019d been talking with her dad about everyday things \u2014 Netflix and whatnots \u2014 and as they were hanging up, he said, \u201cOh, I need you to accept an award for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I had to Google what this was tonight,\u201d Hannah shared. \u201cHe told me absolutely nothing, which is very him. He\u2019s not one for accolades or flattery. So I asked him what I should say, and he said, \u2019You just speak you truth.’\u201d<\/p>\n

And this was Hannah\u2019s truth:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a very fitting award for my father, because he is truly a poet to his core. He is a poet in the songs that he writes. He is a poet in the way he plays with his grandbabies. He is a poet in the way he used to peel into the parking lot at our conservative Christian school with a top hat on, blaring Bob Dylan. (I knew he did that just to instill in my little brain the importance of being on the outskirts and being who you are.) He is a poet in his friendships. He is a poet in what a beautiful mentor he is to young artists. He is a poet in his deep commitment to being truly authentically himself. As an artist, and as a human being.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that somewhere deep in his humble soul, this feels really good to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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