Wake Up Q

Who Is That Singing in “Forever Country”?

So Who is in “Forever Country” by “Artists of Then Now & Forever”?

Thanks for asking….

[Brad Paisley]  Almost heaven, West Virginia
[Keith Urban]  Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
[Tim McGraw]  Life is old there, older than the trees
[Faith Hill]  Younger than the mountains
[Tim McGraw and Faith Hill]  Growin’ like a breeze

[Little Big Town]  Country roads, take me home
[Luke Bryan]  To the place
[Luke Bryan and Miranda Lambert]  I belong
[Miranda Lambert]  West Virginia,
[Luke Bryan]  Mountain momma
[Blake Shelton]  Take me home,
[George Strait]  Country roads

[Kacey Musgraves] (If I should stay)
[Eric Church]  All my memories, they gather ‘round her
[Kacey Musgraves]  (I would only be in your way)
[Ronnie Milsap]  A Miner’s lady, stranger to blue water
[Charley Pride (Musgraves Harmony on 2nd half)]  (So I’ll go, yet I know)
[Dierks Bentley]  Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
[Trisha Yearwood]  (I’ll think of you each step of the way)
[Dierks Bentley]  Misty taste of moonshine, teardrops in my eyes

[Lady Antebellum]  Country roads, take me home
[Blake Shelton]  To the place I belong
[Carrie Underwood]  (And I will always love you)
[George Strait]  West Virginia, mountain momma
[Martina McBride]  (I will always love you)
[Darius Rucker]  Take me home country roads

[Jason Aldean]  On the road again
[Rascal Flatts] Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
[Jason Aldean] We’re the best of friends
[Willie Nelson]  Insisting that the world keep turning our way
[Willie Nelson] Turning our way

[Brooks & Dunn]  Country Roads
[Alabama]  (Country Roads)
[Brooks & Dunn]  Take me home
[Alabama]  (Take me home)
[Darius Rucker]  To the place I belong
[Little Big Town girls (Karen and Kimberly)]  And I will always love you
[Brett Eldredge]  West Virginia, Mountain Momma
[Reba]  (I will always love you)
[Keith Urban]  Take me home, country roads

[Reba]  Oh I hope life treats you kind
[Reba]  And I hope you have all you dreamed of
[Alan Jackson]  I wish you joy and happiness
[Vince Gill]  But above all this I wish you love

(THESE SECTIONS ALL LAY OVER EACH OTHER)

[Carrie Underwood (Brad on 2nd Half Harmony)]  And I will always love you, I
[Martina McBride]  Will always love you
[Little Big Town Harmony]  Take me home, Country roads
[Dierks Bentley/Kacey Musgraves] Take me home, Country roads
[Trisha Yearwood]  And I will always love you
[Tim McGraw]  On the road again
[Faith Hill]  I will always love you
[Alan Jackson]  I just can’t wait to get on the road again
[Faith Hill]  I will always love you
[Luke Bryan]  Take me home
[Eric Church]  Country roads
[Brett Eldredge]  The life I love is makin’ music with my friends
[Ronnie Milsap]  Take me home, Country roads
[Martina McBride]  And I will always love you
[Miranda Lambert/Reba]  With my friends
[Jason Aldean]  I can’t wait to get on the road again
[Little Big Town] Take me home, Country roads
[Dolly Parton]  And I will always love you, I’ll always love you

(And that doesn’t mention the appearance of Randy Travis in the video which is worth the price of admission!)

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