{"id":1317655,"date":"2020-01-13T09:16:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T16:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1816493"},"modified":"2020-01-13T09:16:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T16:16:17","slug":"tanya-tucker-lights-up-the-ryman-with-classics-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/tanya-tucker-lights-up-the-ryman-with-classics-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanya Tucker Lights Up the Ryman With Classics, Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Craig Shelburne<\/a><\/span>
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Tanya Tucker <\/a>still sings about that faded rose of days gone by in \u201cDelta Dawn,\u201d but in 2020, the attention is turning toward \u201cBring My Flowers Now,\u201d a breathtaking high point of her newest album as well as her headlining concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Sunday (January 12).<\/p>\n

\u201cBring My Flowers Now\u201d will compete for Song of the Year (among all genres), Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance at the Grammy Awards on January 25. A lyric from that song \u2014 which she co-wrote \u2014 inspired the title of While I\u2019m Livin\u2019<\/em>, which is up for Best Country Album. After that, she\u2019ll headline the CMT Next Women of Country Tour<\/a> starting on February 5.<\/p>\n

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So, hey, why not throw a celebration party? That seems to be Tucker\u2019s philosophy, as she trucked out guest after guest after guest to join her on stage. The surprises ranged from Nashville admirers like Jamey Johnson, Margo Price, and Lee Ann Womack to surprises such as actor-songwriter Dennis Quaid, \u201970s country star Johnny Rodriguez, and Texas songwriter Billy Joe Shaver. Even her longtime pal Billy Ray Cyrus emerged to sing \u201cAchy Breaky Heart\u201d with her. She kept him on stage so she could try her hand at \u201cOld Town Road.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a career beginning its sixth decade, Tucker has appeared at the Ryman multiple times over the years, including as headlining spot for a charity event for mental health in 2006, but as she told this crowd, this was her show. In other words, this time she was calling the shots (and not just tequila shots).<\/p>\n

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