Two big country music stars, Reba McEntire and Trisha Yearwood, sang together on a famous stage called the Grand Ole Opry. They performed a song called “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” during a special TV show called NBC’s Opry 100: A Live Celebration. This show was all about celebrating 100 years of the Opry, a place where country music has been played for a very long time.
The two singers stood in a special circle on the stage and sang in front of other famous singers like Eddie Montgomery, Scotty McCreery, and Carrie Underwood, who were sitting in old wooden seats. Reba is known for this song, even though she wasn’t the first to sing it. It’s about a man called “Brother” who finds out his wife was with another man, Andy, while he was on a trip. When he gets home, he sees small footprints going to Andy’s house and finds Andy dead. People think Brother did it, but the real killer is the singer of the song, Andy’s “Little Sister,” who also killed Brother’s wife. It’s a wild story!
Reba wore a shiny black outfit with a sparkly jacket and boots. Trisha wore a pretty long dress with stripes. They took turns singing parts of the song and then sang the big chorus together. The chorus says, “That’s the night that the lights went out in Georgia, that’s the night that they hung an innocent man, well, don’t trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer, ‘cause the judge in the town’s got bloodstains on his hands.” Their voices sounded amazing together!
During the show, Reba also sang to honor two famous country singers from the past, Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn. Trisha sang with her husband, Garth Brooks, to celebrate another famous country couple, George Jones and Tammy Wynette. They made the night extra special.
Reba and Trisha will see each other again soon. On Monday, March 24, Reba will go to California to cheer for Trisha, who is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The Opry 100 Celebration was a huge party with lots of country stars like Alan Jackson, Blake Shelton, Luke Combs, and many more. The show was all about showing how much the Opry means to country music and sharing fun performances with everyone watching.
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