LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 07: George Strait performs onstage during the 54th Academy Of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 07, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) George Strait reminded everyone why he’s the King of Country Music with a solo performance at the 54th ACM Awards. Bringing a welcome dose of classy sophistication to a night of bombastic spectacle, his rendition of “God and Country Music” was an instant classic. Standing tall alone at the front of the stage – just like the cowboy he is – Strait delivered a tribute to two things he figures are worth saving, no matter how much the world changes. Strumming his gleaming black guitar and dressed in his usual collared shirt and black cowboy hat, Strait refocused the MGM Grand Garden Arena’s attention on to the eternal things in life, while a simple video montage of horses and sweeping Western vistas played behind him. God and country music. They both never really change. Neither do you, @GeorgeStrait! #ACMawards pic.twitter.com/E3k4iaLeH4 — ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 8, 2019 “It’s a dance between the sin and the salvation / Come hell or high water / There’s two things still worth saving / God and country music,” goes the chorus. “God and Country Music” appears on Strait’s just-released Honky Tonk Time Machine – his 30th studio album. The track features his young grandson Harvey on album. The 2019 ACM Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, are airing live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas tonight on CBS. We’re updating the winners all night long so keep up with the action right here!<doc-sep>While Strait was not nominated for an award at the ceremony, he did present the prestigious Dick Clark Artist of the Decade award to Jason Aldean earlier in the evening. Lambert was nominated for two awards at the ceremony, for music event of the year and female artist of the year. Check out the full list of winners at the 2019 ACM Awards here. The ACM Awards are produced by dick clark productions, a division of Valence Media, the parent company of the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group. ?<doc-sep>Country music stars George Strait and Miranda Lambert teamed up to perform "Run" during the 2019 ACM Awards! Watch a clip here! During the 2019 ACM Awards show on Sunday, April 7th, country music stars George Strait and Miranda Lambert performed the icon’s “Run” together. Watch the two join forces in the complete video below! The song “Run” was written by Anthony Smith and Tony Lane, and released by Strait in September 2001 as the lead single from his The Road Less Traveled album. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in December 2001. It also hit number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it a minor crossover hit. “Run” Lyrics If there’s a plane or a bus leaving Dallas I hope you’re on it If there’s a train moving fast down the tracks I hope you caught it Cause I swear out there ain’t where you ought to be So catch a ride, catch a cab Don’t you know I miss you bad But don’t you walk to me Baby run, cut a path across the blue skies Straight in a straight line You can’t get here fast enough Find a truck and fire it up Lean on the gas and off the clutch Leave Dallas in the dust I need you in a rush So baby run If you ain’t got a suit case Get a box or an old brown paper sack And pack it light or pack it heavy Take a truck, take a Chevy Baby just come back There’s a shortcut to the highway out of town Why don’t you take it Don’t let that speed limit slow you down Go on and break it Baby run, cut a path across the blue skies Straight in a straight line You can’t get here fast enough Find a truck and fire it up Lean on the gas and off the clutch Leave Dallas in the dust I need you in a rush So baby run Baby run Oh baby run Baby run Share George Strait and Miranda Lambert’s performance with other country music fans!<doc-sep>
This blast from the past will put a smile on your face. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 07: (L-R) George Strait and Miranda Lambert perform onstage during the 54th Academy Of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 07, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Country icon George Strait and Miranda Lambert offered up a flashback to simpler days with a tag-team performance at the 54th ACM Awards. They shared the stage for a smile-inducing rendition of Strait’s 2001 hit, “Run.” Standing side by side with a neon-lit cityscape behind them, the Texan duo traded warm glances throughout the delicate song – with Lambert wearing a fringy-frilly red cowgirl outfit and Strait looking dapper as always in a black coat and hat. All about two lovers separated by space and circumstance, but longing to reconnect, the emotional track was most notable for what it didn’t have. In an era defined by outside influence, this performance featured no pounding drums, synthesizers or auto-tuned rap verses. Instead it was just steel guitar, mandolin and piano, plus a pair of open hearts and pure-country class. Both singers sported big grins the whole time – especially Lambert – and it wasn’t the first time they’d teamed up for the tune. Strait and Lambert have duetted on the track a few times over the years, including during Strait’s “final tour date” concert at AT&T stadium in 2014. “Run” appears on Strait’s The Road Less Traveled album. The 2019 ACM Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, are airing live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas tonight on CBS. We’re updating the winners all night long so keep up with the action right here!