{"id":18149,"date":"2025-09-11T13:05:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=18149"},"modified":"2025-09-11T13:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:05:37","slug":"carrie-underwoods-heartfelt-tribute-to-linda-ronstadt-at-the-kennedy-center-honors-shines-as-she-performs-blue-bayou-and-when-will-i-be-loved-leaving-rons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=18149","title":{"rendered":"Carrie Underwood\u2019s Heartfelt Tribute to Linda Ronstadt at the Kennedy Center Honors Shines as She Performs \u201cBlue Bayou\u201d and \u201cWhen Will I Be Loved,\u201d Leaving Ronstadt Smiling with Gratitude."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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On December 8, 2019, The 42nd annual Kennedy Center Honors took place. During that year, the list of honorees included actress Sally Field, the TV show Sesame Street musician Michael Tilson Thomas, Earth, Wind, & Fire, and singer\u00a0Linda Ronstadt.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the event, several tributes for each honoree were done including Tom Hanks who gave a moving speech to his onscreen mom, Field, from the movie Forrest Gump. But one of the, probably, stand-out moments was during the tribute to Ronstadt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carrie Underwood<\/strong>\u00a0did the honor to pay tribute to a woman who she said \u201cbroke the rules and sang music that was true to her.\u201d Underwood was witnessed performing the\u00a0\u201cBlue Bayou\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0while wearing an eye-catching blue sparkly dress. \u201cBlue Bayou\u201d was originally written and sung by Roy Orbison, but Ronstadt covered it in 1977. After she finished the song, Underwood then sang\u00a0\u201cWhen Will I Be Loved,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0which the legend released in 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Underwood has already sung this song in Ronstadt\u2019s honor back in 2014. Together with Bonnie Raitt and Emmylou Harris, the \u201cCry Pretty\u201d singer played \u201cBlue Bayou\u201d at the legend\u2019s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction that year. On December 15, 2019, the ceremony was broadcast on CBS, and Ronstadt could be seen grinning the entire time of the performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch Underwood\u2019s 2019 performance in the video below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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