More than $375,000 was raised for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, thanks to the talents of some of country music’s biggest stars. Scotty McCreery, Carly Pearce, Clint Black and Robert Earl Keen were part of the recent All for the Hall Dallas event, held on September 10 at Gilley’s Dallas.
The two-day event, which began with a performance by Midland on September 9, concluded with an intimate guitar-pull performance, with all four singer-songwriters bantering back and forth, in between performing some of their biggest hits.
“I can’t help but feel like that was directed at me,” Black joked after McCreery, who turns 31 next month, performed “No Country for Old Men,” from his latest Rise & Fall album,
“I’m gonna do a song that I wrote back before you were even alive.” he continued, performing his 1993 “A Bad Goodbye” duet, with Pearce taking the place of Wynonna Judd, who originally was on the song with Black.
Celeste Smith for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Black also revealed it was Pearce who suggested that they do the duet together.
“Always say yes to things like this, ’cause you never know what’s gonna happen,” he shared.
The banter continued as Pearce performed her current “Truck on Fire” single after McCreery sang his “It Matters to Her.”
“Scotty and I have very different lives,” Pearce joked. While their styles might be different, the American Idol alum was thrilled to be part of the fundraising event.
“Anytime you get to do country music for a good cause, I’ll come running,” he said.
McCreery and Pearce have more in common than just their shared love of country music, and their joint participation in All for the Hall Dallas. The two both released albums this year, McCreery’s Rise & Fall and Pearce’s hummingbird, which were each named on Billboard’s 50 Best Albums of 2024 (So Far) list. A generation behind Black and Keen, McCreery and Pearce are still avid supporters of country music.
Celeste Smith for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
“I just think for me, I’m at a place where I wasn’t going to make a record chasing trends, or chasing the top of the charts, or what sound is selling more tickets on the road,” McCreery told Everything Nash, speaking of Rise & Fall. “I just want to make an album that feels good to me, feels good to my soul, touches on influences that I had growing up. I really think we did that on this record. To me, it’s the most ‘me’ record, and the most proud I’ve been of a record yet.”
A fan of traditional country music since she was a child, Pearce embraced her love of traditional country music with hummingbird, including “Fault Line” from the record.
“Some of my favorite songs were in the era of Tammy Wynette and George Jones,” Pearce said of the inspiration behind the song, which she wrote with Shane McAnally and Jordan Reynolds. “‘Fault Line’ is my take on writing one of those classic, ‘I’m gonna rip your head off’ country songs. The playful angst in this song makes it one of my favorite moments on the record.”
Find more information on supporting the Country Music Hall of Fame by visiting their website.