.blakeshelton, LukeBryanOnline & more remembered Earl Thomas Conley fondly & performed several of his songs
and Dale Ann Bradley remembered the singer fondly and performed several of his songs while backed by the Earl Thomas Conley Band. Band leader Michel Pyle and songwriter Walt Aldridge as well as Conley’s daughter, Erinn Scates, were also on hand to share their favorite songs.and other members of the media to share memories of Conley and explain how his music helped to shape the genre as well as their careers.
Shelton saw early success with “All Over Me,” the second single he released and wrote with Conley. “All Over Me” peaked at No. 18 on’s Country Airplay chart in 2002. Ahead of performing Conley’s “What I’d Say” during the memorial, Shelton admitted he was so nervous ahead of that co-write and drank too much coffee before he arrived at his hero’s home.
“His approach to singing, writing and picking was so similar and actually exactly like the bluegrass pickers and singers; it's all the truth. They put their heart into it. Those lyrics are so deep and very expressive of emotions that you feel in life. He wrote that down: the hurt, the happiness, the honky tonk,” she said. “He was the real deal. He was a class act and bluegrass people have always and will always love Earl Thomas Conley and revere him.
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