Luke Combs and Eric Church share heartwarming story of how they secured James Taylor for Concert for Carolina

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Luke Combs, Eric Church, James Taylor, Keith Urban, Sheryl Crow and much are gearing up for the highly-anticipated Concert for Carolina connected Saturday, an lawsuit that volition rise funds for alleviation for the Carolina portion successful the aftermath of the devastation of Hurricane Helene.

During Saturday's property league up of the concert, Combs and Church spoke with reporters astir their idiosyncratic ties to the area, explained however they managed to signifier the payment performance wrong 3 weeks, and shared the heartwarming communicative of however they were capable to unafraid the legendary James Taylor to perform. 

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"I person an wrong communicative with the artists that are connected this show," said Church. "We some benignant of went done our phones and tried to fig retired who we could get to, and I was like, ‘I person to get James Taylor.’ Like I just, I person to perceive ‘Carolina successful my Mind’ successful this stadium. So I made it my ngo and I'm beauteous definite aft talking to James past night, I deliberation I stalked him."

"For a play of a week oregon two, and I had to go, I couldn't get his compartment number, truthful I kept going done my telephone to find who would cognize James Taylor," helium recalled. "I had a person of mine, Joe Walsh, who's successful the Eagles, and I called him. Like, ‘I request you to get a clasp of James Taylor.’ And Joe didn't deed maine back, truthful I deed him again, and past I deed him again. And yet James told maine past nighttime connected stage. He said, ‘You know, you truly benignant of freaked retired Joe Walsh!’" 

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Eric Church explained however helium was capable to unafraid James Taylor for the Concert for Carolina payment concert.  (Getty Images)

"[Joe] yet called [James] and said, 'You got to speech to this feline and you request to play this show, truthful he'll permission maine alone.' So astatine slightest for tonight, you know, it was astir some of america benignant of calling who we could telephone and who would help."

Combs said that portion their efforts astatine getting Taylor went connected for "the amended portion of a week," they had "no doubt" helium would travel through. 

"We talked connected the telephone a lot. I retrieve him saying' we're truthful adjacent to getting James Taylor.' This went connected for the amended portion of a week. I had nary uncertainty successful my caput that helium would get it done," said Combs. 

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Luke Combs shared his idiosyncratic acquisition with Taylor up of the concert.  (Getty Images)

"Somebody reached retired to maine and said ‘James would similar to get successful interaction with you,'" helium recalled. "They said ’Just substance him earlier you telephone him.' I said, ‘What americium I going to accidental and adhd to his beingness immoderate way?’ I sent him this truly agelong substance thanking him for being present and however excited I was to perceive him play and what a instrumentality I was. He texted maine backmost and was similar ‘Yeah antheral I’m truly excited to beryllium astatine the show.' He said, ‘Your bass subordinate and keys subordinate are going to play successful my band.’"

"I ran to those guys past nighttime and texted them and said, ‘You guys are playing with James Taylor. You couldn’t archer me?' And they were like, ‘How did you find out?’ And I was like, ‘From James Taylor!’ Eric told maine helium called Joe Walsh and…

"Joe Walsh wouldn't stock the fig with me," said Church. 

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"But James reached retired via email to my bass subordinate and my keys subordinate and I was similar ‘You guys are much important to James Taylor than the Eagles are. That’s beauteous sharp!'"

Luke Combs, Eric Church, David Tepper and his wife, Nicole Tepper - owners of the Carolina Panthers - and Governor Roy Cooper spoke astatine a property league connected Saturday.  (Fox News Digital)

"The biggest happening I deliberation for Luke and I astir important portion is we proceed to radiance a airy connected this," said Church.
"This performance is simply a large mode to bash it, but these radical are going to request assistance agelong aft contiguous and agelong aft adjacent period and agelong aft six months. So it's astir however we tin proceed to enactment this up beforehand to marque radical beryllium alert of what has happened determination and however we assistance the radical there."

Hosted ESPN’s Marty Smith and Barstool Sports’ Caleb Pressley, the payment amusement — presented by Explore Asheville and the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority — volition instrumentality spot astatine Bank of America Stadium successful Charlotte, North Carolina. 

After David Tepper and his wife, Nicole Tepper, owners of the Carolina Panthers, Charlotte FC and Bank of America Stadium, archetypal heard a fundraising performance was being organized, they rapidly offered up the stadium arsenic a venue.

"When Luke archetypal approached america with the thought for a performance benefitting alleviation efforts successful the region, we felt compelled to unfastened the doors of Bank of America Stadium for this peculiar moment," Nicole said successful a connection obtained by Fox News Digital. "Every day, we are much inspired by the spot and resoluteness of our Carolina community, and we are grateful to articulation Luke, Eric, and our chap Carolinians arsenic we embark connected the roadworthy to betterment together." 

Luke Combs, James Taylor, Sheryl Crow, Keith Urban volition each execute astatine the concert.  (Getty Images)

The mates antecedently announced a $3 cardinal donation done the David and Nicole Tepper Foundation.

All proceeds from the event, including sponsorships, volition beryllium divided 50/50 betwixt Combs and Church’s Chief Cares Foundation to administer to organizations of their choosing successful enactment of alleviation efforts crossed the Carolinas and the Southeast, according to a property release. 

Combs’ information volition beryllium distributed between Samaritan’s Purse, Manna Food Bank and Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC.
 
Church’s Chief Cares is focused connected helping established charities and organizations that are good managed, organized and tin expedite assistance straight to the families affected by Hurricane Helene. 

Amid the devastation, different stars specified arsenic Dolly Parton, Miranda Lambert, Morgan Wallen and much person besides done their portion successful contributing to the relief. 

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Fox News Digital's Emily Trainham and Janelle Ash contributed to this post.