Ashley McBryde honored the late Kris Kristofferson during the CMA Awards with a performance of "Help Me Make It Through the Night."

"I've been singing ("Help Me Make It Through The Night") since I was a child, so there was no chance that I would forget a chord or a word," she said.

In a recent interview, Ashley McBryde talked about her Kris Kristofferson tribute at the CMA Awards and what his writing meant to her.

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Ashley McBryde paid tribute to the late Kris Kristofferson with a stripped-down, acoustic rendition of Kristofferson’s “Help Me Make It Through the Night” at the 2024 CMA Awards. Accompanying herself on acoustic guitar,

Ashley McBryde honored late music legend Kris Kristofferson when she took the Bridgestone Arena stage at the 58th CMA Awards on Wednesday evening (November 20) in Downtown Nashville, Tennessee. McBryde performed a moving rendition of Kristofferson’s 1970 ballad,