Bailey Zimmerman delivered an epic kickoff to the star-studded iHeartRadio “We’re All Country” Guitar Pull powered by Ram Trucks, an unforgettable moment during the 2023 iHeartCountry Festival presented by Capitol One on Saturday night (May 13). Zimmerman took the stage at Moody Center in Austin, Texas, one day after releasing his highly-anticipated debut album.
Bobby Bones kicked off the iHeartRadio “We’re All Country” Guitar Pull powered by Ram Trucks — the best one yet — from the Ram Trucks VIP Tailgate Area in front of a 2023 RAM 1500 Limited. Ram Trucks, a proud supporter of country music and 2023 iHeartCountry Festival sponsor, hosted twenty Active-Duty Military and Veteran attendees to watch the show from the best seats in the house, fittingly, during Military Appreciation Month.
Zimmerman began with a stunning acoustic rendition of “Religiously,” the title track of his project that dropped on Friday (May 12). Zimmerman also performed a powerful rendition of his fan-favorite anthem, “Rock and A Hard Place,” after he reintroduced Carly Pearce to the stage.
Pearce, who performed her own set during the iHeartCountry Festival, returned to the stage to play two more of her most popular ballads. The first, she reflected, she wrote in 2016 when she held a job cleaning Airbnbs to make ends meet while working to become a singer-songwriter. Pearce delivered a stunning acoustic performance of “Every Little Thing,” and shared a heartfelt message of self-worth as she launched into “What He Didn’t Do.”
Though the country music industry is often called a family, Pearce noted, the surprise duo to take the stage are real-life family members who skyrocketed to award-winning fame. Fellow Grammy Award winners Brothers Osborne — the duo of brothers John and TJ Osborne — joined Zimmerman and Pearce on the Moody Center stage.
Brothers Osborne treated the iHeartCountry Festival crowd to the first-ever live performance of “Nobody’s Nobody,” one of their latest songs to release last month (along with “Rollercoaster (Forever and a Day)” and “Might As Well Be Me”). TJ previously said’ “(‘Nobody’s Nobody’) all came together really, really quickly. It all just felt right, and when it was done, we thought we had something great.”
Brothers Osborne delivered a high-energy performance of their smash-hit 2016 anthem, “Stay A Little Longer,” and closed the guitar pull with “It Ain’t My Fault.”