{"id":1317765,"date":"2020-01-19T08:31:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T15:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1816850"},"modified":"2020-01-19T08:31:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T15:31:13","slug":"randy-owen-brad-paisley-brett-young-and-addie-pratt-close-country-cares-with-music-and-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/randy-owen-brad-paisley-brett-young-and-addie-pratt-close-country-cares-with-music-and-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Randy Owen, Brad Paisley, Brett Young and Addie Pratt Close Country Cares with Music and Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span>
\n10m ago<\/span>
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There was no better way to close out the St. Jude Country Cares celebration than with Randy Owen walking through the crowd singing his moving 1993 Alabama hit, \u201cAngels Among Us.\u201d <\/p>\n

Because the room was literally packed with angels: the patients who survived because of St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, and the people in the country music community who give generously to the hospital year after year. <\/p>\n

Saturday night (Jan. 18) was the final night of the Country Cares Seminar in Memphis that brings together hundreds of supporters from all over the country. The ones with the biggest and most charitable hearts. Even the country artists who donate their time, talent and treasure show up to share stories and songs for the crowd gathered in the legendary Peabody hotel. <\/p>\n

Brett Young and Brad Paisley joined Owen on stage to play along on his \u201cTennessee River,\u201d \u201cLady Down on Love,\u201d and \u201cMountain Music.\u201d The three of them backed each other on hit after hit: Young\u2019s \u201cIn Case You Didn\u2019t Know,\u201d \u201cCatch\u201d and \u201cMercy; and Paisley\u2019s \u201cOld Alabama,\u201d \u201cHe Didn\u2019t Have to Be,\u201d and \u201cAlive Right Now,\u201d the song he penned with Kelley Lovelace for Addie Pratt. <\/p>\n

Pratt is a cancer survivor from St. Jude. Just about four years ago, she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and was almost immediately sent to St. Jude. And now she\u2019s not just surviving, she\u2019s thriving. Pratt is a freshman at Ole Miss, she\u2019s in the Delta Delta Delta sorority, and man, can she sing. <\/p>\n

Paisley explained the story behind \u201cAlive Right Now,\u201d and how he\u2019d just been examining what it\u2019s like to be alive now. \u201cThere are a lot of great things about being on this planet right now. The greatest example of what humankind is capable of is this hospital. And when you\u2019re gonna sing about being happy to be alive in these times, who better to do that than someone who has been through St. Jude and back again,\u201d Paisley said as he introduced Pratt, who joined him on stage for their special collaboration. <\/p>\n

Earlier in the show, Paisley was center stage sharing the wit and wisdom he\u2019s mastered after 20 years in the music business. \u201cI have the pleasure of introducing someone who has a ton of talent, and it\u2019s just unfortunate when someone is this talented, with so much to say, and an incredible voice, and just doesn\u2019t have the looks,\u201d Paisley remarked about the effortlessly attractive Young. \u201cBut to echo what Brett said, this is the place that I believe gives country music its purpose and its heart, and it\u2019s all because of Randy. <\/p>\n

\u201cFirst time I came to St. Jude \u2014 a long time ago now \u2014 (Owen) walked up to me and said, \u2019Son, you\u2019re doing really well right now, and I\u2019ll tell you that the No. 1 songs and the awards and all that won\u2019t matter someday. And you\u2019ll look back and wish you\u2019d done more of this. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what matters.\u201d<\/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

via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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