{"id":1306067,"date":"2019-03-19T09:41:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T15:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1804068"},"modified":"2019-03-19T09:41:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T15:41:37","slug":"brad-paisley-on-playing-for-the-empty-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/brad-paisley-on-playing-for-the-empty-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Paisley on Playing for the Empty Seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:670099?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/bonaguroa\/\" title=\"Posts by Alison Bonaguro\" rel=\"author\">Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">22m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Every country artist seems to remember those first brutal shows when they\u2019d look out into the crowd and see empty seats.<\/p>\n<p>That hasn\u2019t happened to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/brad-paisley\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Brad Paisley<\/a> in a very long time, if ever. Maybe right after he graduated from Belmont University in 1995 and was playing shows around Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>But on Saturday night (March 16), at Paisley\u2019s 13th Rodeo Houston show, there were two of those empty seats, right in the front row. And he couldn\u2019t be happier. They were reserved for the late George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year at @rodeohouston I would have lunch with 2 of my very, very dear friends before they would go to the big event,\u201d Paisley wrote on Instagram. \u201cMy heart was heavy this year thinking they wouldn\u2019t be there. Turns out, I guess they were. Susan Terry said it best. Well done @rodeohouston, well done. #georgeandbarbarabush #missyou photocredit:rodeohouston<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BvKt_a7BKXv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/entertainment\/seats-reserved-for-george-and-barbara-bush-at-rodeohouston\/5202620\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ABC news team<\/a> in Houston, Mr. and Mrs. Bush were long-time Rodeo Houston supporters. Barbara\u2019s chair was mostly empty, with the exception of a bouquet of flowers wrapped in her trademark pearls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had a very special relationship with some of the entertainers, Reba McEntire and Brad Paisley in particular. And when Reba or Brad would play they\u2019d usually come in advance of the show and sit down and visit with them. And then they would enjoy seats right beside the bucking chute,\u201d Rodeo Houston President Joel Cowley said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Alison makes her living loving country music. She&#8217;s based in Chicago, but she&#8217;s always leaving her heart in Nashville.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1804068\/brad-paisley-on-playing-for-the-empty-seats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alison Bonaguro 22m ago Every country artist seems to remember those first brutal shows when they\u2019d look out into the crowd and see empty seats. That hasn\u2019t happened to Brad Paisley in a very long time, if ever. Maybe right after he graduated from Belmont University in 1995 and was playing shows around Nashville. 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