Wynonna Judd previously performed at a Loretta Lynn tribute concert following her death in October 2022.
finale on Sunday."She gave me the shirt off her back, literally, and she was the first woman that hugged me in country music.""At some point in your life, you find yourself talking to someone in the family that's carrying on what their ancestors started and that's what she's doing," Judd said of Russell.
"As a young girl, I learned about Loretta from listening to her on the Grand Ole Opry. She was the very first country concert I ever saw," Judd wrote on Instagram at the time. She continued,"I was 15 and living in a Vegas hotel for a bit, and I would go down to one of the casino showrooms to watch her show every night. I was mesmerized from the first time I saw her walk out onstage in her ball gown."After singing her own heart-wrenching song at the piano for the judges, she scored a ticket to Hollywood and high praise from the trio.She continued,"I don't think you need to compare yourself to what grandma was. You're totally different.
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