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    Ashley McBryde honors Kris Kristofferson with ballad

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    Nervous tears welled in the eyes of Ashley McBryde, nominated for the 2024 Grammy-winning Country Music Association Female Artist of the Year, as she discussed her planned performance of Kris Kristofferson’s “Help Me Make It Through The Night” at the CMA Awards Wednesday evening.

    “I’ve been singing (“Help Me Make It Through The Night”) since I was a kid, so there was no way I was going to forget a chord or a word,” the Grand Ole Opry member noted before the performance.

    “Honoring the moment and the song was important,” she added of Kristofferson’s 1970-released song that benefited from versions by Sammi Smith, Willie Nelson, Joe Simon and Gladys Knight and The Pips, among others.

    McBryde recalled meeting Kristofferson through Eric Church at BMI’s Songwriter’s Festival in Maui. The legend was himself, a Maui native who owned 55 acres on the island’s southeast coast for three decades.

    When Church’s wife, Katherine, suggested they meet, the “Lindeville” album singer burst into tears because Kristofferson was her and her father’s favorite songwriter.

    “Once I got together and we finally met, it was great.”

    ‘Ain’t enough cowboy songs’

    Also of note, McBryde’s latest single, “Ain’t Enough Cowboy Songs,” will be released on December 6.

    The creation fits well with the legacy of Kristofferson, the artist she honored at the CMA Awards.

    The ballad, co-written with Chris Harris and Patrick Savage, highlights her desire to remain steadfast to timeless principles amid a changing industry.

    “Over the years, we’ve all felt like something was missing. I noticed it in myself and most of the people I came into contact with. And we don’t always know how to put it into words. The cowboys we looked up to grew have made us want to be who we are – the music associated with them and the lives they lead. There is no substitute for hard work, resilience, kindness, standing up for and with people in their weaker moments and knowing when they have to tackle it. the chin and when you it has to give. And no it doesn’t matter what else we try to fill that hole with… there isn’t enough of it to ever resemble the real thing.’

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