At the 2016 CMA Awards, Beyoncé stunned the audience when she joined The Chicks onstage for a powerful rendition of her song “Daddy Lessons.” Before the show, Willie Nelson had openly said he hoped the ceremony would highlight “real country music” again. But when the pop star stepped into the spotlight, one Nashville music manager in the audience claimed that Willie made his feelings unmistakably clear. “I was sitting right behind Willie Nelson,” he recalled. “And he actually stood up from the front row and walked out in the middle of the performance. That alone showed exactly how strongly traditional country artists felt.”
THE WALKOUT THAT SHOOK THE CMA AWARDS: What Really Happened When Beyoncé Performed “Daddy Lessons”...
