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Alabama’s Randy Owen Brought To Tears On Stage

If Randy Owen wondered if anyone wanted to hear his music, Michael Ray and Jake Owen had the perfect answer. Alabama frontman, Randy Owen led his annual St. Jude Country…

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If Randy Owen wondered if anyone wanted to hear his music, Michael Ray and Jake Owen had the perfect answer.

Alabama frontman, Randy Owen led his annual St. Jude Country Cares Songwriter's Night to end an emotional weekend on Saturday night. While onstage for a guitar pull with Michael Ray, Jake Owen, & Clint Black, Owen sheepishly admitted that most of his hits were older than the two youngest men on stage, and wondered if anyone wanted to hear his old songs-or even knew them.

That's when Ray improvised.

After singing his own single, he talked about how an Alabama song was the third song he ever learned on guitar, then going into "Lady Down on Love."

Jake Owen (no relation-btw <g>)-noted lover and connoisseur of 80s and 90s country joined in, followed by roughly 1,000 people in attendance.

Randy Owen...was stunned. He wiped away tears, tried to hide his crying eyes, but eventually left the stage to compose himself as the group got through the song effortlessly.

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.