On Tuesday night (April 2), the Black Crowes brought out country’s own Lainey Wilson during the opening night of their Happiness Bastards Tour, which kicked off at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry.
Wilson was able to perform not one, but two songs with the band. The Black Crowes have never featured another artist on one of their recorded songs, but plucked Wilson for a recent collaboration on “Wilted Rose.”
It was no coincidence that the opening night of their tour happened in Music City. Wilson had no show booked for April 2, so it was an opening for the “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” singer to make an appearance.
Christopher Robinson, the lead singer of the Crowes, brought Wilson out to a delighted crowd, noting: “I guess if you’re gonna play the Grand Ole Opry, you’ve gotta have a bonafide country superstar.”
In video captured during the concert, you see Wilson chuckle a little bit as she grabs the microphone and shouts, “Y’all give it up for the Black Crowes, c’mon!”
They then proceed to play their collab, “Wilted Rose,” for the first time for a live audience. Watch:
Wilson then joined the Black Crowes for a rendition of their hit song “She Talks to Angels.”
This was a night full of rock ‘n’ roll and country music intertwined inside country’s hallowed Opry.
Check out more pictures from opening night of the Black Crowes’ Happiness Bastards Tour below.
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The Black Crowes ‘Happiness Bastards’ Tour Opening Night – Photos
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