Ashley McBryde delivers moving acoustic performance in honor of Kris Kristofferson at the 2024 CMA Awards

Ashley McBryde delivered a touching tribute to the precocious Kris Kristofferson during the 2024 CMA Awards Wednesday night.

Kristofferson died astatine the property of 88 astatine his location successful Maui, Hawaii, Sept. 28. 

Kristofferson is known for his galore contributions to state euphony and his acting roles successful films similar the "Blade" trilogy, arsenic good arsenic the 1976 mentation of "A Star Is Born," which earned him a Golden Globe. He acted alongside Barbra Streisand successful the film. 

Ashley McBryde delivered an affectional tribute to the precocious Kris Kristofferson during the 2024 CMA Awards.  (Getty Images)

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In summation to releasing euphony arsenic a solo creator passim his career, Kristofferson joined forces with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash successful the 1980s to signifier the Highwaymen. 

McBryde performed "Help Me Make It Through the Night" during the 2024 CMA Awards. 

The opus was primitively recorded by Kristofferson for his debut medium successful 1970 and has been recorded by a fig of artists, including Sammi Smith, Elvis Presley and Loretta Lynn. 

Kristofferson, a singer-songwriter and accomplished actor, died Sept. 28, 2024.  (Per Ole Hagen/Redferns)

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McBryde performed an acoustic mentation of the opus portion images of Kristofferson appeared connected an accompanying screen. 

Details of McBryde's tribute show were kept nether wraps starring up to the CMA Awards.  

"I'm honoring Kris Kristofferson tonight," McBryde told Billboard connected the reddish carpet up of the show. "Just maine and a guitar.

"My dada taught maine to play ‘Help Me Make It Through the Night' erstwhile I was excessively small to clasp a guitar decently connected my own, truthful it's afloat ellipse tonight. And I anticipation dada tunes successful to spot his small miss play."

While McBryde performed, a slideshow of photos featuring snapshots of Kristofferson's beingness appeared beside her.  (Disney/Frank Micelotta)

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Late state euphony fable Toby Keith was besides honored astatine the 2024 CMA Awards. The "Should've Been a Cowboy" vocalist died Feb. 5 aft a conflict with tummy cancer.

During the show, hosts Luke Bryan, Lainey Wilson and Peyton Manning led a toast with reddish Solo cups dedicated to the precocious state star, a notation to his 2011 single. 

"We privation to instrumentality a infinitesimal to toast the large Toby Keith," Bryan said. "A large artist, a large American and a large state euphony icon. Toby, you volition beryllium missed buddy."

Dierks Bentley was portion of the Tom Petty tribute show during the 2024 CMA Awards.  (Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

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Fans expressed mixed reactions to this tribute connected societal media, galore sharing feelings of dissatisfaction implicit the little infinitesimal for Keith. 

A tribute to the precocious Tom Petty was besides portion of the 2024 CMA Awards. 

Petty died Oct. 2, 2017, astatine property 66 from an accidental cause overdose. 

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During the show, Dierks Bentley was joined connected signifier by Molly Tuttle, Sierra Hull and Bronwyn Keith-Hynes for a show of Petty's deed "American Girl."