Independence Day/When Will I Be Loved - Little Big Town

ladies and gentlemen please welcome ACN winners we could honor this next performance for so many things her chart-topping albums sold-out concert tours or having one of the most spectacular voices ever in the world but tonight we honor her for using her music and star power to raise awareness of social issues that affect people everywhere ladies and gentlemen our sweet friend Martina McBride [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] all right Martina you used your gifts and so many great ways in your celebrity to make the world a much better place and let's take a look as one of country's top grossing artists and a three-time ACM Female Vocalist award winner Martina McBride represents a musical modern-day icon before she turned 10 she sang and played keyboard and her father's band years later she followed her dream moved to Nashville and eventually used her voice to not only entertain but to promote social awareness through her songs Martina continues to be a role model for her whole family she's really good at expressing how passionate she is about giving back not only just our family but her fans to everyone oh we got a system going everybody thinks about volunteering during the holidays but families who send their kids to school families who are struggling with hunger they can be assured that their child gets a hot breakfast in the hot lunch well in the summertime they can't count on that so it's a really good time to come out and volunteer we've all been blessed in different ways and I just think to take the time to give of yourself in any way that you can with a voice that goes way and beyond Martina McBride continues to make her mark on music and all of us in a big way now as fans this is one of our very favorite Martina McBride songs there seemed all right bye dawn's early light but she looked a little [Music] she tried to pretend the drinking game daddy left before machine I was only eight years old that summer we seem to be SWAT took myself down to the fair town day [Music] [Applause] gets around in a small small town they say he was a dangerous man crowd and she stood losing some folks whisper some people stop everybody look dear time ran out there was no Wow opinions let's freedom [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the sky for the jeweler but I tell if the firemen come we just put out - dancing name send me to the counter now I see an answer Ryder it's wrong but maybe it's the only way talk about your [Music] that freedom [Music] ladies and gentlemen our good friend Martina McBride you know this award really means a lot to me and being here tonight means the world to me and I want to thank the Academy for having me as part of the special night the whole time we were on tour together I always wish that I could sing with you guys can we can we sing tonight yes please we're gonna do one of a song by one of my biggest influences this is a classic Linda Ronstadt song [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

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Rating: 4.7883763 out of 5

Keywords: Little Big Town

Id: k21SYS2uL70

Length: 8min 53sec (533 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 02 2017