It Was Important Luke Combs Shared the Grand Ole Opry Stage with His Songwriters

The Grand Ole Opry is sacred ground.   Performing on the Opry stage is what every country artist strives for – stepping into the famed circle is a moment they will hold on to forever.

Country’s latest sensation Luke Combs has been invited to stand on the iconic stage several times including his most recent appearance headlining a recent show.

During that show was when Combs shared the stage with some very special people in his life – the songwriters who contributed to his smash debut album “This One’s For You.”

Luke pitched the idea of his songwriters joining him on stage to executives from the Opry while he was recovering after falling sick during an Opry retreat with fellow artists.

 “I said, ‘Ya know, there’s so many guys that move to town, they just wanna move to Nashville and just do country music and they don’t know what that means or how they’re gonna do it. And a lot of times that transitions from, ‘Oh, I’m gonna be this big artist’ to ‘I don’t really wanna do that, I’m gonna be a songwriter. “Some of those guys have come to be some of the most prolific songwriters in the history of country music and have never had an opportunity to play on the Opry stage but that doesn’t mean that they didn’t wanna play on the Opry stage when they moved to Nashville and that that’s not something that’s still important to them.”

The higher-ups agreed with Combs’ sentiment and began tossing around ideas for an unprecedented evening.

“I found it interesting that that had never been done and I wanted to see if they would be receptive to the idea of me bringing some guys that I had written songs with who had not necessarily gotten the opportunity to play or hadn’t played in a long time,” he continued.

After months of planning, on August 7, Luke’s idea became a reality when he stood on the Opry Stage alongside:

Jonathan Singleton (“Houston, We Got a Problem” “Must’ve Never Met You”)

Randy Montana (“Houston, We Got a Problem”), Channing Wilson (“She Got the Best of Me”)

Rob Williford (“One Number Away,” “Don’t Tempt Me”)

Wyatt Durrette (“Beautiful Crazy”) and

Rob Snyder (“She Got the Best of Me”) for their moment in the most famous spotlight.

“It was a really cool moment. I’m super glad that they trusted me with doing that, letting me headline the Opry that night and I hope to do it again soon,” said Combs.