Chris Stapleton Wins 'Entertainer of the Year,' But It's What He Did After the Show That Has Fans Cheering

westernjournal.com ^ | 5/14/2023 0643 hrs edt | Jack Davis

[rktman]

Country music star Chris Stapleton marked Friday night by winning his first Entertainer of the Year award from the Academy of Country Music.

And when the show was over, he was just another working man.

After the annual academy awards show was over, Stapleton was photographed doing a little cleanup.

According to Billboard, the unscripted moment at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, came as Stapleton and his entourage were leaving the main room at the center.

And so, still wearing the jacket and jeans that were his show clothing, Stapleton grabbed a leaf blower to deal with confetti on the floor.

Stapleton posted the photo on his Twitter account, along with a quote from one of the night’s big winners, Female Artist of the Year and Album of the Year winner Lainey Wilson.

[rktman]

Rock on young man.

[Dandy]

I have a friend that nannies for his kids. She says he is a real guy. His wife also is a musician.

[pepsi_junkie]

“Similar to the photo of Stapleton in Wal-Mart last year buying supplies for flood victims, it wasn’t supposed to make it to the public, but it did,” the site noted.

Uh, he posted it to his social media. It was certainly meat to make it to the public.

[albie]

At first I thought…”pathetic photo op”. But his quote fixed that imo.

[rktman]

There are a few out there. Good on your friend.

[rktman]

LOL! I was thinking leaf blower product endorsement. From what I’ve seen and read, he, so far, isn’t like most of nashville these days.

[Deadeye Division]

Great job performing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl.

[Lisbon1940]

The Steel Drivers were Good.

[blueunicorn6]

Starting Over is great.

[rktman]

Yes it is.

[MrRelevant]

Screw this guy

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/chris-stapleton-supports-black-lives-matter-george-floyd-185242308.html

[rktman]

Thanks. Reads like he bought the plandemic lie as well.

[dfwgator]

Like Tom Petty (RIP) said, most of today’s Country Music is just bad rock with a fiddle.

[John S Mosby]

Here’s one of Chris’s artistic songs from when he played bluegrass (real American country music) in the band he founded- The Steeldrivers. A truly remarkable song— observation of a battle from what have been called “witness trees” (that is, trees which are still alive from the time of the 1860’s).

Two clues- “little white trees” are crosses, and the “sticks” are wooden rifles and muskets the tree “saw” as sticks.

Sticks That Made Thunder:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WJSwqngedY

[US_MilitaryRules]

Sad.

[albie]

Oh well. He sucks after all

[SamAdams76]

Not really. It's an old, tired cliche. Sort of like how Vivaldi wrote the same concerto 200 times. Also, it can be argued that Tom Petty is also a one-trick pony (but I do like much of his work).

Zach Bryan and Lainey Wilson are just two rising stars in country who have great songs.