I think I'm an example of better not bitter.
You know, I've been through a lot.
I feel incredibly aware of how fast it's going
and that everything, and I mean, everything
is a privilege at this point.
Everything's a gift.
It's not-- you know, when I was in my 20s and 30s,
I thought, oh, it'll go on forever.
And I'm Miss Sassy Pants and I've got it all.
And now I'm just like, wow, God, I just want to have peace
and joy and be able to sing.
And I'm still here, and I am so overwhelmed tonight
by the chance to sing to some of those fans.
These fans are my family of choice.
They've been with me for 39 years, most of them,
and now they're bringing their kids and their grandkids
to the shows.
And I literally see four generations sitting
in the audience going through their own emotions and feelings
because of the music.
They have their own stories.
[MUSIC - THE JUDDS, "LOVE IS ALIVE"]
(SINGING) Love ain't a candle.
It doesn't fight for one night and need the dark to shine.
Oh, love is alive.
And love ain't just a word in every dictionary
but no where defined.
Love is a man and he's mine.
Love is alive and at our breakfast table.
Love everyday of the week.
Love is alive and it grows everyday
and night, even in our sleep.
Love is alive and it's made a happy woman out of me.
Oh, love is alive and here by me.
Let your light shine.
I mean, who knows what's going on in her head,
grief, celebration, whatever is happening.
She takes the moment and she lets it happen.
And sometimes we're just worried about keeping the entertainment
going, but people want to be a part of that vulnerability
and she takes them on.
(SINGING) Love is alive.
And love ain't just a song.
Sweet words of music to go dancing by.
Love is a man and he's mine.
Oh, love is alive and at our breakfast table.
Love everyday of the week.
Love is alive and it grows everyday
and night, even in our sleep.
Love is alive and it's made a happy woman out of me.
Oh, love is alive and here by me.
Sing it to me.
Oh, love is alive--
(AUDIENCE SINGING) At our breakfast table.
Love everyday of the week.
Love is alive and grows everyday and night, even in our sleep.
Love is a live and it's made a happy woman out of me.
Oh, love is alive
And here by me.
Everybody.
Love is alive and here by me.
She's so present, so engaged, so just who she is.
It's powerful to see and be around her.
(SINGING) Love is alive and here by me.
Little Big Town.
Thank you.
Luckily, I'm of an age where there wasn't a time in music
where the Judds weren't a part of country music,
so it got to be just naturally woven into the fabric.
Ashley McBryde in the house.
If you were talking to me as a child
and asked me to name some country songs,
it would be really, really natural for me to just
name a bunch of Judds tunes.
[MUSIC - THE JUDDS, "ROCKING WITH THE RHYTHM OF THE RAIN"]
(SINGING) Sitting in the porch swing
listening to the light right beating on the tin roof, baby,
just me and you rocking with the rhythm of the rain.
Slide on over, baby, hold me close.
Moving to and fro, swinging like a slow freight train.
Rocking with the rhythm of the rain.
Let the breeze keep blowing.
Oh, my heart will never be the same.
Keep the sweet feeling flowing.
Me and my baby rocking with the rhythm of the rain.
Oh, baby, hold me tight.
Say you love me.
That's all I want to hear tonight.
Sitting in the porch swing listening to the light right
beating on the tin roof, baby, just me and you rocking
with the rhythm of the rain.
Slide on over, baby, hold me closer.
Moving to and fro, just swinging like a slow freight train.
Rocking with the rhythm of the rain.
So let the breeze keep blowing.
Oh, my heart will never be the same.
Keep the sweet feeling going.
Me and my baby rocking with the rhythm of the rain.
I'm not sure what Wy is made of, but not all of it is human.
There might be some actual angelic DNA in there.
She's just a powerhouse in every way.
And I told her as much, and I said the same thing to Cactus.
I said, I don't think you're entirely human.
(SINGING) They're my guardian angels, and I know
they can see.
Every step I take, they are watching over me.
The moments that make me adore Wynonna are not
the moments that people see.
And I think that that's what makes her so
successful and also so special.
When I was going through some stuff in my personal life,
like, she was the first person to call me and sit on the phone
with me for an hour and read me quotes that helped her
through a similar situation.
Like, she is a very caring, giving person,
and I think people like that attract beauty in their life.
And it's good to see the beauty that she's
put out into the world be shown back to her during these shows.
(SINGING) Was I born to be blue?
Born just to cry?
Born to be alone till the day I die?
[MUSIC - THE JUDDS, "MAMA, HE'S CRAZY"] (SINGING) Mama,
I found someone like you said would come along.
He's a sight and so unlike any man I've known.
I was afraid to let him in, because I'm
not the trusting kind.
But now I'm convinced that he's heaven sent
and must be out of his mind.
Mama, he's crazy, crazy over me, and in my life is where
he says he always wants to be.
I've never been so loved.
He beats all I've ever seen, and, Mama, he's crazy.
He's crazy over me.
WYNONNA JUDD: I will tell you, that out of everything I've
ever been through, standing on that stage in some
of these arenas and hearing the audience sing back to me
the words to the songs, I get so overwhelmed, I get dizzy.
And I have to hold on to the mic because it's just so powerful.
(SINGING) Let my heart lead me.
WYNONNA JUDD: Their love and their support
is so overwhelming.
And I think it's because they know me.
They grew up with me.
(SINGING) Well, there are men, but ones like him--
WYNONNA JUDD: This isn't just about fame and fortune.
This is about a relationship with people, who get what it is
I'm putting out, and we have this connection through music
that is just unspeakable.
(SINGING) And in my life is where he says--
WYNONNA JUDD: Sometimes they just look at me and they smile,
and I just--
I know they're there.
(SINGING) I've never been so--
(AUDIENCE SINGING) Loved.
He beats all I've ever seen.
Mama, He's crazy, crazy over me.
(SINGING) Oh, and, Mama, my he's crazy, he's crazy over me.
Thank you all for letting me do this.
It has healed me.
These songs, looking out at all the vintage t-shirts and all
the Juddness-- look at you.
Thank you.
I see your license plate back there.
I see it.
Yes.
[MUSIC - THE JUDDS, "WHY NOT ME?"]
(SINGING) You've been looking for love all around the world.
Baby, don't you know that this country girl's still free?
Oh, baby, why not me?
Well, you finally come down to your old hometown.
Your Kentucky girl's been waiting patiently.
Oh, baby, why not me?
Why not me on a rainy day?
Why not me to love your cares away?
Baby, why not me?
And why not me when the nights get cold?
Why not be me when you're growing old?
Baby, why not me?
She was here 31 years ago.
(SINGING) You've been searching from here to Singapore.
Ain't it time that you notice the girl next door, baby?
Baby, why not me?
Because you had to see if the world was round.
Well, it's time that y'all learn how
good settling down could be.
Oh, baby, why not me?
Why not me on a rainy day?
Why not me to love your cares away?
Baby, why not me?
Why not me when the nights get cold?
Why not me when you're growing old?
Baby, why not me?
You've been looking for love all around the world.
Baby, don't you know this country girl's still free?
Why not me?
Oh oh.
La la la la la la la.
La la la la la.
Oh oh, baby, why not me?
Come on, sway with me.
(SINGING) La la la la.
La la la la la.
Oh, baby, why not me?
La la la la la.
Oh, baby, why not me?
Kelsea Ballerini.
Being a part of tonight is even bigger of a moment
than getting to share the stage with her in Durant on the show
that I got to do.
Which to me, was just like such a breathtaking moment
for a newer artist like myself to be
able to stand on this stage with this woman honoring
her and her mom's music.
But tonight, to be able to bring it full circle to this show
that ended a tour in 1991 and just like really
honor the music that they've made, it's a dream night.
[MUSIC - THE JUDDS, "BORN TO BE BLUE"]
(SINGING) Maybe I'm wrong.
Maybe I'm right.
And maybe I just don't know.
Will I ever fall in love never have to worry
that I'm falling all alone.
Well, maybe it's true I was just born to be blue.
Oh.
Well, maybe it's true, I was just born to be blue.
They say everybody's got a someone,
a sweet somebody to love.
It might be fate or destiny, may be written in the stars above.
But I can't help but wonder after all
that I've been through.
Maybe my baby's nowhere to be found,
and I was just born to be blue.
Blue.
Yeah.
Oh, was I born to be unhappy?
Just to live on Heartache Street?
Was I born to go to bed each night and cry myself to sleep?
Could somebody out there help me?
Give me some kind of clue.
Tell me I'm wrong.
Tell me I'm right, but don't you tell me I was born to be blue.
Oh oh.
Blue.
Yeah.
Oh oh.
Wynonna Judd.
Oh, I like the way you sing, girl.
(SINGING) They say nobody does from a heartache,
you can't drown in your own tears.
But who wants to live in this world
alone when minutes turn into years?
So I'd rather go on believing, suffer a heartache or two.
Tell me I'm wrong.
Tell me I'm right, but don't tell me I was born to be blue.
Blue.
Come on.
Blue.
Yeah.
Was I born to be blue?
Born just to cry?
Born to be alone till the day I die?
Somebody tell me.
Was I born to be loved?
Born to be kissed?
Born to the find the one to show me what I missed?
Was I born to be blue?
Born just to cry?
Born to be alone till the day I die?
Oh, tell me, Kelsea.
Was I born to be loved?
Born to be kissed?
Born to find the one to show me what I missed?
The next generation of greatness, y'all.
Kelsea Ballerini.
Oh, man.
I think the reason that Wynonna has such big forces
of nature on stage with her tonight,
like Martina McBride and Brandi Carlile, Ashley McBryde,
and Little Big Town, it's because
of the moments that are quiet.
It's because of the moments that are actual friendship
and checking on each other and walking through really
difficult times together.
And that's how we're able to show up on stage truthfully
and honestly and for each other and actually for each.
(SINGING) I love the shake of a tambourine.
I love the s when it' low and mean.
Country music has always been a family,
and I hope it will continue to be because that's
what she gives away in her relationship with you
on and off stage.
She's a giver and a supporter and an encourager.
I hope that you guys can feel that on the cameras
even tonight
Capturing all this, that we lift each other up
and that is special.
(SINGING) Put on your sharp shoes and turn it loose.
Turn it loose.
I'm very capable.
You drop me anywhere in the United States or abroad,
and I could find my way.
I just have a natural sort of built in--
I'm a road scholar, R-O-A-D. And I think I'm just really capable
of surviving through the storms, as well
as the blessings that come.
The thing I love about country music
too is how we are a community.
We show up for each other, and that's
one of my favorite things about this tour.
Oh.
Little Big Town is one of my favorite groups,
and I hope that we do more together.
Yes, ma'am.
And, of course, you know Brandi and I are related, so--
[MUSIC - THE JUDDS, "TURN IT LOOSE"]
(SINGING) Well, some call it country with a little bit
of rhythm and blues.
And when the boys start rocking there's a beat
that you just can't lose.
Where it's going to take us nobody knows.
It sure feels good to the body and soul.
I love the slide of a steel guitar.
I love the moan of an old blues harp.
Hey, I love the shake of a tambourine.
I love the bass when it's low and mean.
So put on your sharp shoes and turn it loose.
Turn it loose.
You feel like dancing and you just can't stay in your seat,
your knees start knocking and you
can't help stomping your feet.
Well, before you even know it, you'll be singing along.
Makes me want to stay here all night long.
I love the slide of a steel guitar.
I love the moan of an old blues harp.
Hey, I love the shake of a tambourine.
I love the bass when it's low and mean.
So put on your sharp shoes and turn it loose.
Oh, turn it loose.
Oh.
Oh, I love the slide of a steel guitar.
I love the moan of old blues harp.
Hey, OI love the shake of a tambourine.
I love the bass when it's low and mean.
So put on your sharp shoes and turn it loose.
Oh, turn it loose.
Everybody put on your sharp shoes and turn it loose.
Put on your sharp shoes.
Oh.
And turn it loose.
Oh, it's a party.
Yeah.
I think it's the bond between Wynonna and her fans, you know?
Every single night, I go out and watch the show,
and it's just this palpable love that is flowing both ways.
(SINGING) Did families bow their heads--
(AUDIENCE SINGING) And pray.
Daddies who never go away.
Oh, oh, Grandpa, tell me about the good old days.
Every show is different.
Wy is not the kind of artist that
does the same show every night.
Different emotions at different times during the show.
She's very vulnerable, very open.
The fans just go with her, you know?
They just carry her, and that's a really incredible thing
to see.
We all feel close to our fans, but when you're an artist
and you watch it happen with another artist, it's powerful.
[music - the judds, "grandpa"]
(SINGING) Grandpa, tell me about the good old days.
Sometimes it feels like this world's gone crazy.
Grandpa, take me back to yesterday
when the line between right and wrong, it didn't seem so hazy.
Did lovers really fall in love to stay?
Stand beside each other come what may?
Was a promise really something people kept, not just something
they would say?
Did families really bow their heads to pray?
Did daddies really never go away?
Oh, oh, Grandpa, tell me about the good old days.
I've learned this sort of fragile stoicism from her.
You can stand there like a monolith
and be so powerful and so strong and still have
a tear running down your face.
And it's otherworldly to me how she
can still sing in her vulnerability,
in her brokenness.
If she can get through this, we can all get through anything.
(SINGING) Grandpa, everything's changing fast.
We call it progress, but I just don't know.
And, Grandpa, let's wander back in to the past,
then paint me the picture of long ago.
Everybody sing it to me.
(SINGING) Did lovers really fall--
(AUDIENCE SINGING) In love to stay?
Stand beside each other come what may.
Was a promise really something people kept not just something
they would say and then forget.
Did families really bow their heads and pray.
Did daddies really never go away?
Oh, oh, Grandpa, tell me about the good old days.
Woo hoo hoo.
Woo hoo hoo hoo.
Woo hoo hoo.
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo.
Woo hoo hoo.
She wrote this next song for you.
I find it ironic that I'm singing it
as if it was written for me, because I'm
feeling this song so deeply.
You know, sometimes you go through stuff and you think,
I wonder if I could die from a broken heart.
I think you can, so I keep singing because it helps me
to believe in something good.
You are loved.
Don't ever forget that.
I sing this one for anybody out there
who needs a little inspiration.
[MUSIC - THE JUDDS, "RIVER OF TIME"]
(SINGING) I'm holding back the flood of tears just thinking
about those happy years.
Like all the good times that are no more.
My mama's gone, gone, gone for evermore.
Silence so deep only my soul can hear.
Says now the past is what I fear.
The future isn't what it used to be,
and only today is all that's promised me.
Flow on, river of time.
Wash away the pain and heal my mind.
Flow on, river of time.
Carry me away and leave it all far behind.
Flow on, river of time.
We're all driven by the winds of change.
It seems like nothing ever stays the same.
It's fate that guides me around the bend.
Life's forever beginning, beginning again.
Oh, flow on, river of time.
Carry me away and heal my mind.
Oh, flow on, river of time.
Carry me away and leave it all far behind.
Flow on, river of time.
Carry me away.
Heal my mind.
Flow on, river of time.
Carry me away and heal my mind.
Flow on, river of time.
Flow on.
You think you're so powerful until something like this
happens to you, and I feel so--
so lost at times.
And then in other times, I stand on top of the mountain
and I sing.
I want to know what love is.
I just have this strength, and it's an interesting time.
(SINGING) I want to know what love is.
I want you to show me.
You know, your life is made up of all
these simple moments, as well as marriage and weddings and all
the milestones.
This is a milestone.
I literally stood in a room a minute
ago and got my plaque for selling 21 million records.
And I'm looking over at my pop and he's smiling at me,
and it's just, it's kind of wacky and sometimes bizarre
to think of myself as this person who
has sold 21 million records.
What?
You know, I started in 1984, and here I am.
So tonight is a milestone, and it's a moment
that as I'm riding home, I'm going
to stop at the same drive-thru that I
did 31 years ago on the way home because that's what you do.
It's memories.
And tonight is one of them, and so I just can't
believe it's been 31 years.
It's like, God, it went fast.
So fast.
[MUSIC - THE JUDDS, "LOVE CAN BUILD A BRIDGE"]
(SINGING) I'd gladly walk across the desert with no shoes
upon my feet to share with you the last bite of bread
I had to eat.
And I would swim out to save you in your sea of broken dreams.
When all your hopes are sinking, let
me sing to you what love means.
Love can build a bridge between your heart and mine.
Love can build a bridge, don't you think it's time?
Don't you think it's time?
And I would whisper love so loudly
every heart can understand that love and only love
can join the tribes of man.
I would give my heart's desire so that you might see
that the first step is to realize that it
all begins with you and me.
Love can build a bridge between your heart and mine.
Love can can build a bridge, don't you think it's time?
Don't you think it's time?
Yes, when we stand together, it's our finest hour,
because we can do anything.
Anything.
Keep believing in that power.
Love can build a bridge between your heart and mine.
Yes, love can build a bridge.
Don't you think it's time?
Don't you think it's time.
Yes, I do now.
Oh, love and only love.
Between your heart and mine.
Love can build a bridge.
Don't you think it's time?
I believe in the power of love.
And I believe there is always hope.
(SINGING) The greatest of these is love.
She wrote those words for you.
Don't you think it's time?
Oh.
Love and only love.
I will lay in bed tomorrow and just go, oh my God, I did it.
What an amazing accomplishment to be
able to go through these 11 shows that just about
kicked my butt, and I made it.
Through the dizziness, through the anxiety,
through the tears in front of thousands
and thousands of people, I showed up and I showed out.
(SINGING) Because you had to see if the world is round.
Well, it's time that you learned how
good settling down could be.
Oh, baby, why not me?
Why not me on a rainy day?
Why not me to love your cares away?
Baby, why not me?
Why not me when the nights get cold?
Why not me when you're growing old?
Baby, why not me?
MTV.