Jelly Roll's CMA Awards were a spectacular blowout, as was their new album of the same name.
The 39-year-old country music star told Jimmy Fallon on Monday night how he “failed” to win the Glass Award so soon after becoming one of the oldest people to win New Artist of the Year at the Nashville ceremony last year. talked about.
Fallon later played a clip of the sound of glass breaking during a local live broadcast from backstage at the show.
“Lo and behold, Jelly Roll just won the award,” said WKRN-TV reporter Stephanie Langston. is heard telling another reporter. “Oh, he's still standing there. I'm sure that's his award. He just dropped it on the floor.”
Country music star Jelly Roll believes “God had a bigger purpose'' for him.
Jelly Roll held up the CMA award during last year's acceptance speech, and was about to break the award backstage. (Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)
“First of all, when it first fell, you could have heard the rat peeing on the cotton,” Jelly Roll told Fallon. “I mean, it was completely quiet in there, and right after I heard the cricket fart, I heard a bunch of people go, 'Wow.'
He explained that the weight of the award and sweaty hands likely contributed to the unfortunate incident.
“I was so excited and nervous that my palms were the sweatiest and shaking,” he said. “And that thing – I’m not a physically strong person anymore – and that thing was heavy. That thing was really heavy.
“And I was so excited that I tried to switch from one hand to the other to shake someone's hand, and it was just a handshake.” It was exciting“And I thought, Jimmy, this is the story of my life.” I was finally able to put my life together. I won the biggest award, which was Best Newcomer. I was one of the oldest people ever to receive this award. I was 39 years old. I gave a passionate speech, then went backstage and fumbled the ball. I just fumbled the ball! ”
“No, no, just be you, but never stop being you,” Fallon replied.
He explained that the weight of the award and sweaty hands likely contributed to the unfortunate incident. (WWE/Getty Images)
Jelly Roll added that in the run-up to the awards ceremony, she had “campaigned” for people to keep broken items instead of buying new ones.
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“I was like, 'I think this is perfect for me. Let's just duct tape it together,'” he told Fallon.
However, the smashed award was reportedly only a general one.
CMA officials told The Tennessean last year that the awards had not yet been engraved because the winners were not known in advance.
Jelly Roll also talked about one of his best-selling concerts when he was an artist, and only five people showed up, so he had to invite everyone to the party in a van.
“It was the night we played in Orangeville, California, just outside of Sacramento, at a little place called the Boardwalk,” he explained.
“I pulled up and there were five people there. I felt so bad for the door guy, the sound guy, the concession stand guy. They were all the same guy. And I felt so bad for him. , I thought, “I want you to stop.'' You can open the door. ” And then we loaded all five of us into the RV. ”
He told Fallon to imagine a “1975 Cheech & Chong RV.”
Jelly Roll said falling in love with his wife, Bunny XO, helped him turn his life around. (Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images)
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“There was smoke coming out of the hood. There was smoke coming from the inside,” he said of the old RV. “It smelled like Willie Nelson and cheap beer. The whole thing was awful. In fact, I just put all five of us in a crappy RV and just enjoyed some peaceful pipes together. And then we got to play.” I just told them I'm sorry they don't have it.” ”
He explained that he canceled the show because he felt bad for the one guy who was in charge of the show, adding, “At that point, I asked two of the five people who bought tickets to help him.'' It was because he had to. He was working three jobs.”
Speaking to Fallon about how he turned his life around after being arrested dozens of times in his teens and 20s, the 39-year-old said: “I know it sounds cliché, but… [the answer] It's about faith and finding love. It eased my heart. I fell in love with a woman and we got married. I had a daughter. It changed my whole life. She's 16 now, so it's starting to get interesting, but she's still really good.
“That made me want to be a better father and a better person. And I also knew that I was just a shitty person for a long time. I just destroyed it. “I was just a bad person, and now I'm trying to turn it around and say, “I'm a totally different guy, amazing.'' ”
He also talked about how he came up with the title for his new album and tour, “Beautifully Broken.”
“I think we're all hurting a little bit, but I think we're all finding the beauty in that,” he said. “And we use kintsugi, an idea that's done in Japan, where if you have something worth saving when it breaks, you put it back together with gold and polish it. That's our message. It’s like, hey, everyone is worth saving.”
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“Beautiful Broken” will be released on October 11th.
