Post Malone demonstrated his traditional country qualities at his Grand Ole Opry debut on Wednesday night (August 14).
To culminate his show, he brought in two legendary artists of the genre – Vince Gill and John Michael Montgomery – for back-to-back covers of classic country songs. During Gill’s performance, he and Post sang a duet of his early ’90s hit “One More Last Chance.”
And when Montgomery took the stage, the pair played a song that Post has been covering for quite some time.
This is “Be My Baby Tonight,” a No. 1 country hit from 1994, which was released on Montgomery’s It will be exciting Album.
The two stars really gave it their all on the Grand Ole Opry stage: Before they began their performance, Montgomery Post even said that he was a fan.
“Welcome to Nashville, Post. Nice to have you here, buddy. Yes, sir,” the older star said. “I have to say, I’m impressed with the videos of you singing some of my songs. My daughter is a huge fan, so she showed me those videos. So it’s nice to be invited here to sing along with you.”
Press play below to watch the couple’s performance of “Be My Baby Tonight,” which starts at around 29 minutes.
During his Opry performance, Malone delivered exuberant renditions of country classics and also gave his audience some never-before-heard previews of his upcoming F-1 billion album. This included the live debut of his Lainey Wilson duet “Nosedive” with Wilson himself. Brad Paisley also made a personal appearance and the pair debuted “Goes Without Saying.”
Another F-1 billion The song “California Sober” was performed live at the Opry for the first time ever on Wednesday night. On the album, the song is a duet with Chris Stapleton. However, Stapleton did not have time to sing it at the Opry, so War and Treaty stepped in as Posty’s duet partners for the performance.
F-1 billion arrives on Friday (August 16).
Carena Liptak is an associate editor and staff writer at Taste of Country. She specializes in breaking country music news, interviews, and lists. She’s particularly partial to sad songs – check out her roundup of the 50 saddest country songs of all time!
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