For the primary time for the reason that dying of her husband final 12 months, Kellie Pickler returned to the stage Monday evening to carry out at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium for a tribute live performance to Patsy Cline.
“I’d be mendacity if I didn’t say I used to be not extremely nervous proper now,” Pickler stated when she hit the stage. “It’s the primary time I’ve been up on stage shortly.”
Kyle Jacobs, a songwriter/producer and Pickler’s husband of 12 years, died by suicide in February 2023. He was 49 years previous.
On Monday evening, in response to a TikTok video posted by Music Mayhem journal, Pickler carried out her track “The Lady I Am,” from her 2013 album of the identical identify, which she co-wrote with Jacobs.
“My husband and I truly wrote this track collectively, gosh, over a decade in the past,” Pickler stated onstage. “The final time I used to be right here within the Ryman Auditorium was with him on a date evening, and I do know he’s right here with us tonight.”
Watch Pickler’s return to the stage beneath:
Jacobs’ songwriting credit included Garth Brooks’ Sizzling Nation Songs chart-topper “Extra Than a Reminiscence,” in addition to songs recorded by Hint Adkins, Clay Walker and extra. Jacobs additionally produced a number of Lee Brice hits, together with “I Drive Your Truck,” “Arduous to Love,” “Rumor” and “Ingesting Class,” and was a producer on Brice’s 2020 album Hey World.
Jacobs and Pickler obtained married in January 2011 and beforehand starred collectively on the fact present I Love Kellie Pickler. Pickler competed on American Idol in 2006 and completed in sixth place, later incomes a Nation Airplay high 10 hit with “Greatest Days of Your Life.”
Pickler broke her silence following Jacobs’ dying in a press release to Individuals journal final August, writing: “One of the vital stunning classes my husband taught me was in a second of a disaster, for those who don’t know what to do, ‘Do nothing, simply be nonetheless.’ I’ve chosen to heed his recommendation.”
If you happen to’re desirous about suicide, or are frightened a couple of pal or liked one, contact the Nationwide Suicide Prevention Lifeline, out there 24 hours, at 988.
