For a few minutes there, Jelly roll and Brooks & Dunn turned Nashville's Bridgestone Arena into a church with a soulful performance of “Believe” at the 2024 Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday (November 20).
With Kix Brooks on piano and Ronnie Dunn sharing lead vocals with the “Son of a Sinner” singer, the trio took the stage in front of a full orchestra to perform their version of the track, which appears on “Ain' t Nothing” The duo's LP Bout You” 2024, Restart II. With the emotional density of the track rising alongside the power of Dunn and Jelly's raw vocals, the musicians' peers in the audience began to raise their hands and wipe away tears as the spirit took over the room.
“I can't quote the book/ I don't know the chapter or the verse,” Jelly sang, trading lines with Dan in the song's bridge.
“You can't tell me it all ends/ In a slow hearse ride,” he hopped on Dunn.
As the song wound down, the “Need a Favor” singer — who pointed skyward — said into the microphone, “I love you, Lord.”
Hosted this year by Peyton Manning, Luke Bryan and Lainey Wilson, the CMAs return to honor some of the biggest names, songs and moments in country music of the past year. Both Jelly and Brooks & Dunn earned nominations in 2024, with the former competing for Artist of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year, and the latter for Vocal Duo of the Year.
Jelly was also nominated for album of the year thanks to his debut LP in 2023, Whitsitt Chapel. The prize went to Cody Johnson's Skin.
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