{"id":1313840,"date":"2019-08-21T21:48:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T03:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1810830"},"modified":"2019-08-21T21:48:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T03:48:35","slug":"acm-honors-martina-mcbride-wins-award-and-lauren-alainas-devotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/acm-honors-martina-mcbride-wins-award-and-lauren-alainas-devotion\/","title":{"rendered":"ACM HONORS: Martina McBride Wins Award and Lauren Alaina\u2019s Devotion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> 21m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

If there was an award for the most heartfelt presentation of an award, Lauren Alaina would be a sure thing.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday night (Aug. 21) at the Ryman Auditorium, the 2019 ACM Honors ceremony was going on to honor some of country music\u2019s most influential artists. And in one case, the newer artists they\u2019d influenced.<\/p>\n

Martina McBride was there to accept her ACM Cliffie Stone Icon Award, which is reserved for the artists who advanced the popularity of the genre through their varied contributions. But before she could say a word, Alaina took the stage of the Mother Church of country music to tell the crowd her story of how McBride unknowingly taught her to sing.<\/p>\n

\u201cMcBride was one of those women who fired up girls like me with unvarnished songs that told the truth. You are my hero,\u201d Alaina told the crowd and McBride. \u201cShe literally taught me how to sing. I would sit in my bedroom and play your CD over and over again and try to hit the high notes. I couldn\u2019t do it for a really long time. But I\u2019ll never forget the first time I hit the big note in \u2019Broken Wing,\u2019 my parents ran upstairs, and it was the most joyous day of my life.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then I got to meet you. If I could ever be a hero for a little girl like Martina was for me, that would be the biggest accomplishment of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Alaina eventually passed the microphone to McBride, she had a list ready. An actual list, of all the people who have had her back throughout her legendary career.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I\u2019ve ever wanted to do \u2014 ever \u2014 was to sing and to carry the flag for country music,\u201d McBride said. She thanked her husband, her record label, her songwriters and producers, her road family and country radio. That was especially important to McBride, because she remarked that some of her serious issues songs might not have ever made it on the air. \u201cI look back, and I don\u2019t know if songs like \u2019Concrete Angel,\u2019 \u2019Broken Wing,\u2019 \u2019Independence Day\u2019 or \u2019Love\u2019s the Only House\u2019 would get played today. Honestly.\u201d<\/p>\n

McBride went on to thank fans, voters, glam squads \u2014 even all the journalists \u2014 because it\u2019s those behind-the-scenes people that support an artist\u2019s career in music. And the pioneers who came before her, especially the women. \u201cWomen paved the way and kicked down the doors, and they did it with such integrity and authenticity. And that\u2019s really all I ever wanted to do: leave behind a body of work of songs that matter to somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so honored. I\u2019m so humbled. I\u2019m so grateful. I\u2019m so happy. And I\u2019m so, so blessed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Past recipients of the Cliffie Stone Icon Award have included Alabama, Garth Brooks, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels, Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers, Crystal Gayle, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alan Jackson, George Jones, The Judds, Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, The Oak Ridge Boys, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, Jerry Reed, Tex Ritter, Marty Robbins, Kenny Rogers, Billy Sherrill, Ricky Skaggs, The Statler Brothers, George Strait, Mel Tillis, Randy Travis, Tanya Tucker, Conway Twitty, Porter Wagoner, Keith Whitley, Hank Williams, Hank Williams Jr., Bob Wills, Dwight Yoakam and more.<\/p>\n

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Alison makes her living loving country music. She’s based in Chicago, but she’s always leaving her heart in Nashville.<\/div>\n

@alisonbonaguro<\/a><\/div>\n

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