Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Keith Urban & Friends We're All For The Hall

October 5, 2010

The performers at the second annual All for the Hall benefit concert crossed generations and genres. But they united behind one theme: to perform a classic country song and one of their own hits, all in honor of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

"We're back for more All for the Hall!" proclaimed Keith Urban, who announced during last year's inaugural concert that he would return to do it again in 2010 at the Bridgestone Arena.

Country Music Hall of Fame member and board president Vince Gill co-hosted the sold-out concert, as he did the previous year. Other guests this year included Gill's fellow Hall of Fame members Dolly Parton and Charley Pride, as well Billy Currington, Alan Jackson, Alison Krauss, Miranda Lambert, John Mayer, and Martina McBride.

When bringing out Gill, who initiated the All for the Hall cause, Urban said, "This whole thing got started by this guy." The All for the Hall initiative asks country music performers, from superstars to club acts, to donate proceeds from one performance a year to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Urban opened the concert with a thirty-minute set with his band, then stayed onstage to introduce and perform with each act. Gill followed him, setting the format for the rest of the concert by performing two songs: his hit "One More Last Chance" and a cover of "Two More Bottles of Wine," chosen from the repertoire of one of his primary influences, Country Music Hall of Fame member Emmylou Harris.

Both Gill and Urban played guitar behind each act, joined by an all-star band of Nashville session players that included drummer Eddie Bayers, steel guitarist Paul Franklin, keyboardist John Hobbs, guitarist Dann Huff, bassist Michael Rhodes, and keyboardist Pete Wasner. "It's not every day you get to have Keith Urban and Vince Gill back you up," exclaimed Miranda Lambert.

Each act received huge ovations, with veterans Parton and Pride getting as big a reaction as contemporary stars Krauss and Jackson. "This is working out pretty good, ain't it kids?" Gill asked as Jackson left the stage after a rousing rendition of Hank Williams's "Mind Your Own Business."

The evening ended with an extended version of Don Williams's "Tulsa Time," with Gill and Urban starting the song off, and Jackson, McBride, and Parton joining midway through to sing verses.

"See you again next year!" Urban shouted at the show's end as the sold-out crowd shouted its approval.

-Michael McCall

Set List: We're All for the Hall
Bridgestone Arena
Nashville
Oct. 5, 2010

KEITH URBAN
"Kiss a Girl"
"Days Go By"
"Stupid Boy"
"Put You in a Song"
"Somebody Like You"
VINCE GILL
"One More Last Chance"
"Two More Bottles of Wine"
MARTINA MCBRIDE
"Broken Wing"
"Is There Life Out There?"
BILLY CURRINGTON
"Must Be Doing Something Right"
"Sweet Music Man"
MIRANDA LAMBERT
"The House That Built Me"
"Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down"
KEITH URBAN
"I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me"
CHARLEY PRIDE
"Kiss an Angel Good Morning"
"Hello Darlin'"
ALAN JACKSON
"Chattahoochee"
"Mind Your Own Business"
ALISON KRAUSS
"I Know Who Holds Tomorrow"
"Ghost in This House"
JOHN MAYER
"I'm Gonna Find Another You"
"Ain't That Lonely Yet"
DOLLY PARTON
"Jolene"
"He Stopped Loving Her Today"
FINALE - VINCE GILL and KEITH URBAN
"Tulsa Time" with Alan Jackson, Martina McBride, and Dolly Parton