Opry Live - Brad Paisley, Trace Adkins, and Lauren Alaina.

To the teller down at the bank You're just an important encounter Just another fare For you to shop at the mall While you drink Now you don't feel important Honey, all I gotta say is to the world That you may be just another girl Restaurant, you're just another tip Tip a guy at the ice cream shop You're just another dip You can't get reservations If you don't have the clout Or you didn't get an invitation Somebody left you out That's alright That's okay You don't feel important Honey, all I gotta say is to the world That you may be just another girl And to me Look into my eyes Tell me, can't you see You're everything to me You may be just another girl Tonight, we've got one of country's premier guitar slingers One of country's largest and deepest voices And one of its biggest voices That's right, as we just saw Brad Paisley is here and he'll be right back Coming up is baritone powerhouse Trace Adkins A little later, the amazing Lauren Alaina Will step into the circle And then Brad Paisley returns for Last Call Now, among us musicians It is a commonly held truth That an accomplished player brings a unique personality To every instrument he or she plays And that fella out there is a masterclass example of that His style involves jaw-dropping technique, precision And if you listen closely A little bit of his humor is in there, too Once again, here is Opry member Brad Paisley, everybody Welcome to the show that made country music what it is Thank you so much for coming to our town Good to see all of you Every time you take a sip In this smoky atmosphere Press that bottle to your lips And I wish I was your beer In the small air of your back Your jeans are playing peek-a-boo I'd like to see the other half Little Jimmy Dickinstown I'd like to meet you when I get this far Drive out to the country Find a place to park I'd like to see you Out at the moon I'd like to kiss you Way back in the sticks I'd like to walk you Through a field of wildflowers I'd like to check you for ticks Lots of places that are hard to reach I'd like to see you Out in that Tennessee moonlight I'd like to kiss you Way back in the sticks I'd like to walk you Through a field of wildflowers I'd like to check you for ticks I'd like to check you Brad Paisley with ticks That is such a fun song That song right there has all of the elements that I want to hear from a Brad Paisley song It's got so much personality It's got his humor in there It's got his amazing musicality with all that chicken picking and his playing It's so good Well hello to all of my live streamers Thank you guys for joining us This is another amazing Opry Live I'm so excited about tonight's show because we haven't seen Brad here in a long time Almost every time that I see Brad play in any capacity now I immediately am taken back to COVID when it was one of my first times getting to hang out with you guys live It was just Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood up on the stage and I was down front of the stage because we had no audience It's just such a significant time that we all went through together Thankfully we are doing these shows live and in person again with everybody surrounding us It's so great But we also have Trace Adkins here who we love having on the Opry and Lauren Alaina who we also love She's always such a bright ray of sunshine So let's talk about Tix right now Clearly a Brad Paisley idea Right? Like you know that he's the one that wanted to write this song He wrote it with Kelly Loveless and Tim Owens and Brad says about the song Working out here on my farm I literally have to check for Tix every time I come in from the woods or the fields And it occurred to me one day that if a young guy who lives in the country were to take a girl into the woods for any reason it would totally cross his mind that she's going to have to check for Tix when they come back out So it seems that an enterprising guy would at least consider that he could offer to check for her I love the way that he said that That seems like a very PC way of saying that So okay They have this great idea to write a song about checking a girl for Tix Well if you're going to do that how do you approach that as songwriters? Now they could have gone really leaning into the comedy side of it But instead they decided that they wanted it to be a genuine study of country courting Well mission accomplished boys I love it so much But it's funny when they finished the song they did the demo Brad wanted to play it for the head of his label Joe Galani And he plays it for them and he says Listen You're either going to think that we're brilliant or that we're absolute idiots And he says that he played it for him and Joe just jumped up after the song was done And he goes Brad You are brilliant You found a completely new and very relatable country love song How great is that? He's not wrong about that either I mean I've never heard anybody write a song about checking for Tix before Especially when it is a love song It's actually a really sweet song Alright I gotta get over to stage right Y'all don't move Check yourself for Tix Alright Welcome back to Opry Live I'm Natalie Stovall Here's a question I get asked a lot What do I love most about country music? Well honestly there are a lot of reasons I love it But right now I love it because of artists like that guy standing right out there There is not one fiber in his being that isn't pure country And by that I mean he doesn't just sing songs he delivers them Whether the song is sentimental, patriotic or maybe even a little rowdy he is the actual person delivering the message It's like he's personally sharing with us something that's important to him And when you think about it isn't that what good friends do? To me that's one thing country music is all about which is why I love it and also why I love this guy Here is Opry member Trace Adkins She was staring out the window Of their SUV Complaining saying I can't wait to turn 18 She said I'll make my own money And I'll make my own rules Mama put the car in park Out there in front of school She kissed her head And said I was just like you You're gonna miss this You're gonna want this back You're gonna wish these days Hadn't gone by so fast These are some good times So take a good look around You may not know it now But you're gonna miss this Before she knows it She's a brand new bride In her one bedroom apartment And her daddy stops by He tells her it's a nice place She says it'll do for now Starts talking about babies And buying a house Daddy shakes his head And says baby just slow down Cause you're gonna miss this You're gonna want this back You're gonna wish these days Hadn't gone by so fast These are some good times So take a good look around You may not know it But you're gonna miss this Five years later there's a plumber Working on a water heater Dogs barking, phones ringing One kid's crying, one kid's screaming And she keeps apologizing But he says they don't bother me I've got two babies of my own One's 36, one's 33 It's hard to believe But you're gonna miss this You're gonna want this back You're gonna wish these days Hadn't gone by so fast These are some good times So take a good look around You may not know it now But you're gonna miss this Yeah, you're gonna miss this I miss little Jimmy Dickens I loved little Jimmy He was the only man that I knew That you could see his feet On his driver's license picture He was great I've done a couple of number ones I'll do another number one and go to the house She grew up in the city In a little subdivision Her daddy wore a tie Mama never fried a chicken Ballet, straight A's Most likely to succeed They raised her up They'll settle down With a doctor or a lawyer Mrs. Falls for some camouflage Bridges and a southern boy You can raise her up And just cannot avoid Ladies Love Country It's that country boy thing they like Thank you so much Trace Adkins with Ladies Love Country Boys I feel like we're on a theme right now That's another really fun song That shows off the personality side Of Trace right there But you know, he also showed us A very vulnerable side of him When he sang You're Gonna Miss This And I'm so blown away By the story of how You're Gonna Miss This Became a single for him Because it is such a hugely pivotal song In his career And it almost wasn't a single So that song was written by Ashley Gorley and Lee Thomas Miller Two incredible songwriters That we've talked about many times On Opry Live And it was written for his album American Man Greatest Hits Vol. 2 That was his eighth album So, okay, Ashley was He had a repairman come to the house He had a plumber come over Because something happened And so his kids were two and four At the time They're running all around Causing all this chaos Playfully stealing tools From the plumber And he's mortified And he's like I'm so sorry man And the plumber was like Dude, it's fine I got two babies of my own One's 23, one's 36 Someday you're gonna miss this And that hit Ashley And so later on that day He had a write with Lee Thomas Miller He told him about it And they were like yes We are definitely writing that song today So they write the song Song's amazing Now, around the same time I don't know exactly when this happened But around the same time Lee Thomas Miller Writes another incredible song That we all know and love Called In Color He wrote that with Jamie Johnson and James Otto And both of these songs Kind of enter Trace's orbit Around the same time He cuts both of those songs For this eighth album In the first session And right after the session Everybody, including Trace Thinks that In Color Is gonna be his next Career defining song Like it's gonna define The next chapter of his career And it's got a whole buzz in town The session players Are all talking about it But right after that session Not long after Jamie Johnson Separately happens to get signed To a record deal And his label's like You wrote In Color? Oh, that's your song Radio's gonna love it We have to put that out on you Well, they were on separate labels Trace is on one Jamie's on another But it's the same umbrella label It was the same major label So Jamie's label The people were just like No, that's your song And they basically pulled it off Of Trace's album Released it for Jamie And so that is how You're gonna miss this Became his single Because eventually Since he didn't have In Color Which he didn't have time To overthink Because he was going to be On the Celebrity Apprentice They ended up putting out You're gonna miss this And that song Ended up winning Song of the Year For Trace Adkins In Color ended up winning Song of the Year honors For Jamie Johnson It all worked out Exactly as it was supposed to Alright, I gotta get over To stage right Y'all don't move Welcome back to Opry Live I'm Natalie Stovall When this next artist Was inducted as an Opry member In 2022 She said, quote I promise to do everything possible To represent country music And the Opry family As best I can Unquote Well, truthfully She's pretty much been doing that Ever since she first Stepped onto a stage And if anything Doubling down on it Since her Opry induction Just browse through her music And you'll see some important Recurring themes Themes promoting self confidence Cautionary themes About avoiding mistakes And messages encouraging The pursuit of dreams She uses her big voice To inspire everyone To do one thing To live a life Full of compassion and positivity So I'd say She's kept her promise Here is the one and only Lauren Alaina How we doing At the Grand Ole Opry tonight? You say what if I hurt you What if I leave you What if I find somebody else And I don't need you What if this goes out What if I mess you up You say what if I break your heart In two then what Will I hear you boy I'll feel you boy But not so fast Will you make mine up I gotta ask What if I was made for you You were made for me What if this isn't What if it's meant to be What if I ain't one of them fools Just playing some games What if I just pulled you close What if I leaned in And the stars light up And it's our last first kiss What if one of these days Maybe I'll go and change my name What if I thump all these audience away How y'all doing out there tonight? What if the sky falls Or the sun stops burning We can worry about things But if still the world stops turning Or I could kiss you What if you think Well we ain't ever gonna know Unless we try it What if I was made for you What if it's meant to be What if I ain't playing some games Close What if I leaned in And the stars light up And it's our last first kiss What if one of these days Maybe I'll go and change my name What if I hurt you What if I leave you What if I find somebody else And I don't need you Damn What if I was made for you You were made for me What if it's meant to be Well some games First kiss What if one of these days Maybe I'll go I got second place on American Idol When I was 16 years old If you voted for me You changed my life But um I really struggled for a long time People commented on my My hair and my accent And my weight I mean People commenting on a 16 year old's body Is a sickness But I ended up going to therapy Thank God And um Really getting some help And um I'm in recovery From my eating disorder For a long time now And um Thank you But um I celebrate this My journey of learning to love myself With this song And it was my first Number one song on country radio So those people on Facebook can kiss it Why do you keep on staring That mirror mirror It ain't fair at all No no no Dress sizes can't define Don't let the world decide What's beautiful No You won't make yourself a name If you follow the rules History gets made When you're acting a fool So don't hold it back And just want it Show what you got And just own it Nobody can tell you apart If you trust your rebel heart Fighting to battle Don't be afraid Take the road less traveled Wear out your boots And kick up the gravel Don't be afraid Take the road less traveled Oh oh oh Less traveled Don't follow anyone I'll march to the rhythm Of your favorite drum Mmm Criticize the crazy ones Oh oh You won't make yourself a name If you follow the rules History gets made When you're acting a fool So don't hold it back Show what you got And just own it Nobody can tell you apart If you trust your rebel heart Fighting to battle Don't be afraid Take the road less traveled Wear out your boots And kick up the gravel Don't be afraid I need a couple favors from you I'm gonna sing this to you And I want you to sing it back to me As loud as you can It's very easy You can handle it I promise I believe in you And it goes like this Oh oh oh Take the road less traveled On your turn Oh oh Ladies, elbow your husband hard Oh oh oh Take the road I'm watching you, sir Uh It got louder, didn't it? Take the road less traveled All right, now, one more favor This is my favorite part of every show every night I want you to pull out your phone And turn your flashlight on And put your hands up in the air And wave on side to side How y'all doing up in the balcony tonight? Put your hands up Show me that you're one of a kind Who's happy to be at the Grand Ole Opry tonight? Put your hands up Let me hear you boys tonight If you trust your rebel heart And it's a battle, don't be afraid Take the road less traveled If you trust your rebel heart And it's a battle, don't be afraid Take the road less traveled Let me hear you Oh oh oh Take the road Last one, give me all you got Oh Take the road less traveled Lauren Alaina with Road Less Traveled It never gets old hearing her sing that song And especially the way that she gets the crowd involved With the call and response And with the lights It looks like stars are all in the Opry House It's so beautiful And I love this song because It was her very first number one It was such a big song for her And I feel like this song As she has matured and has gone on her journey It's only gotten more important And especially now that she has her baby girl And it's got me thinking all kinds of thoughts myself these days So it's really fun I know that we've talked about this story before But it has been a long time And I even needed a refresher on it So I want to share it again Because it's such an impactful thing to write about And you don't hear about it a lot So she wrote this song With Jessie Frazier and Meghan Trainor And she wrote this all the way back in 2013 Which is crazy because she had won Or she was runner up I always think she won But she and Scottie McCreary They were on American Idol in 2011 So this is just two years after that But she was 16 when she was on American Idol So she's still such a young woman at this point So it's 2013 And for whatever reason in the writer's room They're talking about the Robert Frost poem The Road Not Taken And talking about the fork in the road And the road less traveled And so they know generally what the song is about But they don't know the details and the specifics And so they finish the chorus And they're like, okay We know what this is about This is going to be about body image issues And in a way, that's not surprising I mean, she's writing with Meghan Trainor Which Meghan Trainor, her first massive hit Was all about celebrating a woman's curves And Meghan famously had to deal with a lot of bullying And a lot of negative comments about her body And then so did Lauren And it was Lauren's first taste of it Just those first couple of years After coming off of Idol And being a young woman Having to deal with all those negative comments About her body And so this was a really personal story for her But what she wasn't telling anyone Not just the writers But her label, her family, friends Nobody knew that she was struggling With an eating disorder And she says, I didn't talk about it When we were writing this song Because I was still really struggling with the disorder At that time, I really needed to believe What I was writing It took me a while to get there I had to listen to this song a lot And I had to write a million more songs With this theme to grow into believing it But then she says That after she finally did share her struggles With her label And with her friends and family That this song specifically Meant so much more to them And it still means even more to her Every single day Such a beautiful and impactful story Alright, well, we've got more Lauren Alaina Coming at us right now So I'm going to turn it back over to the stage We lost one of our family members Here at the Grand Ole Opry Don Schlitz just passed away a few days ago And my daddy would play guitar And the first time I ever remember Singing a song with him Was this song It feels a little different tonight I lost my daddy a couple years ago And this song has always made me feel close to him And I told Don that story He said it made him really proud that he wrote it And that he could do that for us And he has so many incredible songs that he wrote The country music world Would never have been what it was Without Don Schlitz I will eternally be grateful for this next song So y'all sing it with me if you know it It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart Without saying a word You can light up the dark Try as I may, I could never explain What I hear when you don't say a thing The smile on your face Lets me know that you need me There's a truth in your eyes Saying you'll never leave me The touch of your hand Saying you'll catch me If ever I fall You say this When you say nothing at all I had to go over there for emotional support But I'm back Day long I can't hear people talking out loud But when you hold me near You drown out the cry Oh Mr. Webster could never define What's being said between your heart and mine The smile on your face Lets me know that you need me There's a truth in your eyes Saying you'll never leave me The touch of your hand Saying you'll catch me If ever I fall You say this When you say nothing at all The smile on your face Lets me know that you need me There's a truth in your eyes Saying you'll never leave me The touch of your hand Saying you'll catch me If ever I fall You say this When you say nothing at all He's been such a massive, massive presence back here in the hallways and on stage. We've seen him on Opry live. He was just such a beautiful and big personality. He was so soft spoken, but he was one of those guys that always had a kind word for you. He always had time to stop in the hallway and talk to you and share a story with you. And man, did he have the stories. And so it's just, it's really a loss here at the Opry without him. And it just felt so sudden. I mean, I think he was supposed to perform just a couple of nights after his death happened. So we were all thinking we were going to get to see him in a few days. And it's so beautiful that Lauren chose to sing when you say nothing at all. I mean, Don has written so many incredible hits for artists. He wrote Forever and Ever Amen by Randy Travis. The Gambler, Kenny Rogers, which we've seen him do on Opry live. Good As I Was, Lori Morgan. He Thinks He'll Keep Her, I Feel Lucky, I'll Take My Chances, Mary Chapin Carpenter. I mean, I could go on and on and on about his hits. But something that's so cool about Don, he was the only non-artist songwriter that was ever inducted as an Opry member. Which is just such a cool thing. What an honor to have that title. And he made his Opry debut nearly 10 years ago in October of 2017. Just two months before his 65th birthday. So his Opry debut wasn't until 10 years ago, which is crazy to me. It just feels like he's been a permanent fixture here forever. But just 10 years ago and he made such an impact here. And it's crazy too because only five years after that is when Vince Gill inducted Don as an Opry member. August 13th of 2022, just 16 days before his 70th birthday. So it is wild that he had such a short time here. But I think it speaks to his legacy of what an impact he made on everyone. And I just want to share this quote with you guys. I was listing some of the songs and some of the artists that he wrote for. Just massive songs. But he says, I don't ever think of myself as having a legacy. Instead, I think about getting to share Kenny Rogers' legacy, Keith Whitley's legacy, Randy Travis's legacy, etc. And that right there shows you what a beautiful and humble soul he was. And we will forever and ever, amen, miss you, Mr. Don Schlitz. But we want you to know that we will continue to honor your memory through all of your incredible music here at the Opry. Thank you for sharing it with us. And thank you guys for joining us tonight. I got to get over to stage right one more time. Y'all don't go anywhere. I'll see you over there. We are back. Big thanks to Brad Paisley, Trace Adkins, and Lauren Alaina for an amazing show. And by the way, they're all under one roof and right here at the Opry. So why not join us next time? Hit that QR code and come help us continue the Opry's 100th celebration right here in Nashville. Alright, to take us out the door, here once again is Brad Paisley. She's a yellow pair of running shoes A holy pair of jeans She looks great in cheap sunglasses She looks great in anything She's I want a piece of chocolate Take me to a movie She's I can't find a thing to wear Now and then she's moved She's a Saturn with a sunroof With her brown hair a blow A soft place to land And a good feeling no She's a warm conversation That I wouldn't miss for nothing A fighter when she's mad And she's a lover when she's loving And she's everything I need Oh, she's everything to me She's a Saturday out on the town And church girl on Sunday She's a cross around her neck And a cuss word cause it's Monday She's a bubble bath and candles Baby come and kiss me She's a one glass of wine And she's feeling kind of tipsy The giver I wish I could be Stealer of the covers She's a picture in my wallet My unborn children's mother She's the hand that I'm holding When I'm on my knees and praying The answer to my prayer And she's the song I play And she's everything I want She's everything She's the voice I love to hear And someday when I'm 90 She's that wooden rocking chair I want rocking right beside me Every day that passes I only love her more And she's the one That I'd lay down my own life for And she's everything I want Everything I need She's everything guitar solo Everything I ever wanted Everything I need Right behind me is a J-200 that was way too big for the guy that played it. He was just as proud of the Bassboat Sparkle case next to it, I think. I guard that guitar with my life, but there's nothing like seeing it out here on this stage again. I miss this little guy so much. The band and I are going to do this, and he's going to be up there looking down thinking we should have practiced it. Abbie used to tend my hide out behind the barn He taught me to be dignified out behind the barn When he took that strap to me He sure did hurt my dignity Oh, down across his knee Out behind the barn I got my education Out behind the barn In a foolin' nursery Passed each examination Out behind the barn But it almost made a wreck out of me Play the fiddle, boy! Well, I smoked my first cigarette Out behind the barn And that's the day I won't forget Out behind the barn It made me sick You should have seen how that Tobacco turned me green I almost died from nicotine Out behind the barn I got my education Out behind the barn In a foolin' nursery Passed each examination Out behind the barn And it almost made a wreck out of me Pick one, Zach! I met a pretty girl one day Out behind the barn She wanted me to stay and play Out behind the barn And that's a game I won't forget Well, we used to pit and pet I still play the same game yet Out behind the barn I got my education Out behind the barn Now I ain't a foolin' nursery Passed each examination Out behind the barn And it almost made a wreck out of me On the guitar back here, we have one of my guitar heroes. He flew here all the way from Spain. We're gonna let him play a solo for you on the Grand Ole Opry stage. Say hi, Nacho Baños! guitar solo 2, 1, 2, 3! guitar solo I wish I could go again Out behind the barn And do some things that I did then Out behind the barn Now you think it ain't no fun To be a poor old farmer's son But you don't know all the things I've done Out behind the barn I got my education Out behind the barn I ain't a foolin' nursery Passed each examination Out behind the barn And it almost made a wreck out of me And it almost made a wreck out of me And the song I'm gonna do you now would not have been as big a hit if I wasn't fishin' with this little guy in the video for it. Well, I love her But I love to fish Spend all day out on this lake And hell is all I catch But today she met me at the door Said I would have to choose And if I hit that fishin' hole today She'd be packin' all her things And she'd Be gone by noon Well, I'm gonna miss her On this lake shore And I'm sittin' in the sun I'm sure it'll hit me Walk through that door tonight I'm gonna miss her Oh, lookie there I've got a fight All right, let's go fishin' after this Y'all want to? There's a chance That if I hurry I could beg her to stay The water's right And the weather's perfect No tellin' what I might Catch today So I'm gonna miss her When I get home But right now I'm on I'm sittin' in the sun I'm sure it'll hit me Walk through that door tonight I'm gonna miss her Oh, lookie there I'm gonna miss her Oh, lookie there I've got a bite