Christian singer Ann Wilson fulfilled a bucket list dream over the weekend when she teamed up with country artist Jelly Roll for a stand-in hit single. help. Both singers were in Brooklyn, Michigan for the multi-artist Faster Horses festival when Jelly Roll called Wilson and asked him to fill in for a song he had originally recorded with Rainie Wilson, who was unavailable that day.
Ann Wilson’s latest album traitor Embracing a strong rural vibe, he gladly agreed to cooperate.
Her Instagram page documents the day, from the moment she received the call from Jelly Roll to singing along. Save MI was on stage with him.
The song rose to No. 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart last year, resonating with listeners with its raw, heartfelt lyrics about personal struggle and a search for hope.
“My week ended on Friday night when @jellyroll asked me to join them on stage to sing ‘Save Me’. It was a dream come true!!! Another thing off my bucket list!!!! @jellyroll615 you are the best,” Ann Wilson wrote on Instagram.
“I had a dream that this exact thing happened,” Wilson said in an Instagram video.
Jelly Roll is a three-time CMT Music Award winner and was nominated for two Grammy Awards this year. Wilson is a multiple GMA Dove Award and K-Love Fan Award winner and was nominated for a CMT Music Award for Breakthrough Female Video of the Year.Rain in the rearview mirror) this year.
Her fans celebrated the duet on their social media accounts.
“I love seeing you shining God’s light!” one person wrote.
Other fans said the duet allowed her to introduce her music to a new audience.
“Imagine if someone in the audience liked her and her voice, went home that night, researched her, found out she was obsessed with the music of Yes and that was the first seed of a life change,” one fan wrote.
Earlier this year, Wilson said he wanted a new album. traitorSo that it can reach country fans who don’t go to church.
“I really felt like my mission with this album was to just be open and preach the gospel and share the truth, which is the truth,” Wilson told Crosswalk Headlines. “There are some songs on this album that will be played on country radio, and while they may not be talking about God specifically, they’re kind of a tribute to God. My goal is for people to listen to these songs and want to know more.”
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Michael Faust He has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years, and his work has appeared in Baptist Press, Christianity Today, Christian Post, Leaf Chronicle, Toronto Star and Knoxville News Sentinel.
