Carly Pearce gave an emotional tribute to Loretta Lynn at the Grand Ol Opry Tuesday night.
The singer told the crowd, “We absolutely lost one of the greatest that there ever was and will be and as I stand here tonight I feel overwhelmed with just the legacy and the beauty that she is and she was.”
She told the audience the story of Loretta hearing the song “Dear Miss Loretta” for the first time. “I played this song on the Opry stage I debuted it, just like I’m going to do it tonight,” Pearce shared. “Loretta happened to be watching the live stream of the Grand Ole Opry and heard me sing this song and I’ve never played this for anybody publicly, but I felt like tonight standing in the Opry stage and in the circle that the honky-tonk Angel, which she is now officially a honky-tonk angel, that maybe she wants me to do this. So, this is a message that I got from Loretta Lynn last year.”
Pearce then played the audience a voicemail that Loretta left her that night which said, “Hi Carly, this is Loretta honey, I’m laying here in bed just taking it easy and I’m fixing to get up to wash my face and maybe comb my hair,” Lynn shared before laughing and saying, “I don’t know, I ain’t got no place to go, have I?”
“Anyway I love your song, thank you, sweetheart. I love you, honey. Hey, come and see me sometime!” she concluded.
Watch the touching moment below.
Last year, I received a message from Loretta, after she heard me sing my song to her on the @opry. Last night, I shared it in the circle right before I sang it to honor her life & legacy. I hope this makes you smile & hear the essence of how special this woman always will be ♥️🕊 pic.twitter.com/qVYs0jarJX
— Carly Pearce (@carlypearce) October 5, 2022
