Naomi Judd was celebrated by Brandi Carlile, Bono, Oprah and more during a touching memorial service.
went back the furthest with The Judds. Before performing “Young Love ,” he noted that he opened for the duo on July 22, 1986 at the Wheeling Jamboree. “I wanted to cry. I was 13. I had a grandfather with cancer who wanted me to be a country music singer,” he said, noting his grandfather had been given three months to live. “He got to see me open for the greatest act in country music… It was a big deal for me to open for them then, but it’s a bigger deal to do this today.
The day after her death, Strickland received an email from Naomi’s seatmate from Chicago to Nashville on the second leg of her flight home from Austria, whom Naomi had inexplicably given Strickland’s card to, “and it typifies what I just said about her never meeting a stranger,” Strickland said. The note from someone named David detailed his experience sitting next to the legend, whom he did not recognize, “being a bit of a country and western Philistine.
After Ashley tried to rein Wynonna back in by recounting how Naomi always had the family members sit in the same seat every time they came over because she wanted to “create memories,” Wynonna hilariously added, “[Ashley’s] up here being so nice because, you know, she didn’t share a bus with her. I did. Everything you say is so beautiful. I love you, sorry, but this is my house.”
That led to a video from Midler talking about a highlight of her career singing “The Rose” with Wynonna in Nashville. “Please sing it tonight, knowing I’m right behind you,” she requested of Wynonna before adding, “And to my friend, Naomi, rest — finally — in peace.”for a tear-jerking, passionate version of “The Rose.” Carlile, who had to pull out of performing at the CMA Hall of Fame service after contracting COVID-19, has noted that The Judds were her “first, second and third” concerts.
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