Miranda Lambert plays Deep Cuts at Country Hall of Fame Residency – Rolling Stone

"I drink a lot of Tito," said Miranda Lambert during her performance at the CMA Theater Wednesday night, jokingly justifying the use of what she called a "Trapper" with lyrics on a desk in front of her. But even without her favorite spirit in a Yeti tumbler at hand, Lambert could not be blamed for using a sheet of lyrics – the fixed list for the first of two concerts that she will give as a Country Music Hall of Fame. The artist in residence of the Museum in 2018 consisted mainly of songs that she had never played before.

Dubbing the evening "The Ones That Got Away", Lambert has focused on the deep cuts of his first album Kerosene until 2016 The weight of these wingsthat she does not have the chance to play. She made three debuts in 2005, kicking off "Love Is Looking For You," which she wrote at age 17.

For "Greyhound Bound for Nowhere," Lambert introduced his first special guest: his father Rick Lambert, who played guitar while his daughter was singing. He would come back later, with the other cameos of the night, for a group of singers.

Perhaps the most unexpected song of the evening came from Lambert's breakthrough in 2007, Mad ex-girlfriend – "Despair", that the singer played live for the first time. Floppy, written only by Lambert, she introduced the song as saying that she "still has a broken heart to this day".

Natalie Hemby, the second guest of the series, appeared for a trio of songs that the two wrote together, two of which deviated from the theme of the concert: the single "White Liar". on the country's caution tale with Hemby.

Ashley Monroe joined Miranda Lambert for "Heart Like Mine" and "Me and Your Cigarettes" during night 1 of Lambert's residency at the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Ashley Monroe, Lambert's best friend and member of the Pistol Annies, came in second place, offering the number one "Heart Like Mine" and a superb "Me and your Cigarettes", both released in 2009. Revolution.

The highlight for Lambert, although visibly nervous, was to welcome Allison Moorer to perform Moorer's "A Soft Place to Fall". song especially for Lambert Four the record album. "Oklahoma Sky" was inspired by a love story lived by Lambert. "We've been through men since then," joked Moorer. "Guys, they come and go … but we still have the song."

As the night drew to a close, Lambert, on his second tumult Yeti of Tito, seemed relieved, emotionally exhausted. "I feel as if I had just spent three years of therapy," she said, before welcoming her father, Hemby, Monroe and Moorer, on the stage for a final issue, The weight of these wings follow "Wheels". Notice Lambert: "Just keep going."