I was at the Americana Music Association’s annual awards show Wednesday night at the Ryman Auditorium here in downtown Nashville. As they kept saying that night, The Ryman is the “Mother Church” of Country Music, and there were some real memorable performances. Taj Majal was explosive. Loretta Lynn singing “Coal Miner’s Daughter” was timeless. You could hear the years of experience in their voices and it was tremendous.
Jason Isbell represented the younger generation well when he sang his full heart out on "Cover Me Up."
During one of his award speeches he said it scared him to death to sing this one for his wife, whom he had written it for. “Do what scares ya,” he said as he held up his guitar-shaped award. That pretty much sums it all up in 5 words or less. Do what scares ya.
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