{"id":1307626,"date":"2019-04-02T01:20:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T07:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1804621"},"modified":"2019-04-02T01:20:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T07:20:56","slug":"photos-garth-brooks-trisha-yearwood-george-strait-celebrate-loretta-lynns-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/photos-garth-brooks-trisha-yearwood-george-strait-celebrate-loretta-lynns-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, George Strait Celebrate Loretta Lynn\u2019s Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/tinglel\/\" title=\"Posts by Lauren Tingle\" rel=\"author\">Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">1m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s (April 1) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/loretta-lynn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Loretta Lynn<\/a>: All-Star Birthday Celebration Concert at Nashville\u2019s Bridgestone Arena showed that the Kentuckian is an incomparable living legend and a genuine original who will never be repeated.<\/p>\n<p>The 86-year-old CMT Artist of a Lifetime is among the last of the living architects whose timeless music has helped evolve country music into what it is today.<\/p>\n<p>For three hours while seated side-stage with friends and family, Lynn watched as more than 20 celebrity acts including sisters Crystal Gayle and Peggy Lynn; Little Big Town; Margo Price; Garth Brooks; Trisha Yearwood; Alan Jackson and George Strait delivered a night of songs she wanted to hear in honor of her upcoming 87th birthday April 14.<\/p>\n<p>Surrounded by the ensemble cast, Lynn delivered her first live performance in Nashville in nearly two years when she helped close the night with her signature hit, \u201cCoal Miner\u2019s Daughter.\u201d The last time she staged a full concert was at her 2017 birthday shows at the nearby Ryman Auditorium before she suffered a stroke in May that year. For Monday\u2019s finale, Lynn held the mic and sang from the second verse on with Tanya Tucker assisting her onstage. Actor Dennis Quaid then helped the family carefully escort Lynn off the darkened stage while the cast reprised a few verses.<\/p>\n<p>The birthday tribute was sold-out, and the 12,000 fans who were there never wanted to leave their seats. If anyone did at any given moment, they might have missed Keith Urban popping out of an oversized birthday cake, or the live premiere of the Highwomen featuring Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires, or Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood singing \u201cAfter the Fire Is Gone\u201d to one another.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"8bf2f699\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1134355263-1554188020.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1134355263-1554188020.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1134355263-1554188020.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1134355263-1554188020.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1134355263-1554188020.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1134355263-1554188020.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1134355263-1554188020.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1134355263-1554188020.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Loretta Lynn: An All-Star Birthday Celebration Concert\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The show was split into two acts \u2013 the first was dedicated to her solo material and the second half featured her greatest duets. Before Lynn\u2019s finale, Jack White rocked through \u201cHave Mercy\u201d and \u201cPortland, Oregon\u201d (the latter of which featured Price) from 2003\u2019s <em>Van Lear Rose<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"3ebb30f9\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1134356307-1554188753.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1134356307-1554188753.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1134356307-1554188753.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1134356307-1554188753.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1134356307-1554188753.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1134356307-1554188753.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1134356307-1554188753.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1134356307-1554188753.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Loretta Lynn: An All-Star Birthday Celebration Concert\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">John Shearer\/Getty Images for Essential Broadcast Media, LLC<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An all-star band led by Dave Cobb and featuring Charlie Worsham on guitar backed the lineup\u2019s John Carter Cash and Anna Christina Cash (The Carter Family\u2019s \u201cKeep On the Sunnyside\u201d); Crystal Gayle and Peggy Sue Lynn (\u201cSparkling Look of Love\u201d); Alison Krauss (\u201cIt Is Well with My Soul\u201d); Randy Houser (\u201cWouldn\u2019t It Be Great\u201d); Little Big Town (\u201cMakin\u2019 Believe\u201d) and Holly Williams (\u201cGod Makes No Mistakes\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of our favorite moments from the show:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"listicle-container\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Keith Urban<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Hearts are still melted on the Bridgestone Arena\u2019s floor after Urban\u2019s impassioned solo piano performance of \u201cBlue Kentucky Girl.\u201d Urban was quick to recall the date night he had with Lynn at the 2005 CMT Music Awards. Their picture together that night was projected on an oversized backdrop as evidence of the memory. Additionally, Lynn is probably the only country star who could get Urban to jump out of an oversized cake. At the start of the concert\u2019s second half, Cam led the audience in singing \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to Lynn as the towering confection secretively housing the CMA\u2019s reigning entertainer of the year was rolled out as a surprise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Kacey Musgraves<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Musgraves absolutely crushed \u201cYou Ain\u2019t Woman Enough,\u201d a song she\u2019s been singing since she was 12.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Miranda Lambert and Pistol Annies<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Lambert\u2019s clear delivery of \u201cDon\u2019t Come Home A-Drinkin\u2019\u201d was the stuff of dreams. Then with her Pistol Annies bandmates, Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe, they put their honeyed harmonies on the rocker \u201cFist City.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Brandi Carlile and Tanya Tucker<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Carlile received the first genuine standing ovation of the night for her operatic and sorrowful \u201cShe\u2019s Got You.\u201d That ovation continued as she introduced Tanya Tucker onstage. The two performed one of Lynn\u2019s moving ballads that blew the audience away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>If you closed your eyes and listened to Cam\u2019s \u201cRated X,\u201d she sounded like fierce equal parts of Lynn and Dolly Parton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Margo Price<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Price\u2019s version of \u201cOne\u2019s on the Way\u201d was appropriate since he performed onstage eight months pregnant with a baby girl. Before her performance, Price mentioned she wanted to have Lynn be part of the child\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Darius Rucker<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Rucker saw that no one was going to sing \u201cThe Pill,\u201d so he volunteered himself as tribute. Rucker\u2019s lead gave the song an unexpected twist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">The Highwomen featuring Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Amanda Shires and Natalie Hemby<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>They\u2019ve talked about it, and now The Highwomen is here. The super-group led by Carlile, Morris and Shires made its live debut with Kitty Wells\u2019 \u201cIt Wasn\u2019t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels\u201d midway through the set.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">George Strait and Martina McBride<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>The audience went absolutely ape when the King of Country graced the stage to sing for Lynn. Strait\u2019s set included \u201cLead Me On\u201d with Martina McBride and \u201cAmarillo By Morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Brooks and Yearwood\u2019s \u201cAfter the Fire Is Gone\u201d sent the crowd into a fever pitch. The song was a two-week No. 1 for Lynn and Conway Twitty in 1971.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Alan Jackson and Lee Ann Womack<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Jackson and Womack\u2019s \u201cLouisiana Woman, Mississippi Man\u201d lit up the arena before Jackson took the spotlight for \u201cWhere Were You (When the World Stopped Turning).\u201d True to his country-to-the-core persona, Jackson gifted Lynn a yellow rose in a Jack Daniels bottle. Womack rocked a bouffant that would make the 1960s jealous and re-appeared later in the show to sing \u201cEverybody Wants to Go to Heaven But Nobody Wants to Die.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When she\u2019s not writing or rocking out, she enjoys yoga and getting lost in the great outdoors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1804621\/photos-garth-brooks-trisha-yearwood-george-strait-celebrate-loretta-lynns-birthday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lauren Tingle 1m ago Monday\u2019s (April 1) Loretta Lynn: All-Star Birthday Celebration Concert at Nashville\u2019s Bridgestone Arena showed that the Kentuckian is an incomparable living legend and a genuine original who will never be repeated. The 86-year-old CMT Artist of a Lifetime is among the last of the living architects whose timeless music has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1307626","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 01:42:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1307626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1307626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1307626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1307626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}