Chris Stapleton’s Performance with H.E.R.: A Guitar Lovers Dream
Grammy and Oscar winner H.E.R. made her country music award stage debut in a collaboration with Chris Stapleton on tonight’s (6/9) CMT Music Awards.
Kelsea Ballerini said in introducing the performance, “We got to see it in dress rehearsal and it’s incredible.”
With guitar skills that can rival anyone — male or female — H.E.R. performed her song “Hold On” supported by Stapleton, who smiled during the whole song.
H.E.R. played her signature baby blue guitar during the song and both she and Chris played guitar solos.
They both bowed to each other when the song was done as the applause brought down the house with Ballerini and co-host Kane Brown clearly blown away by the performance.
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Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s.
Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.