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,

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

"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.

Ashley McBryde fought off nerves to pay tribute to Kris Kristofferson at the 2024 CMA Awards. The singer's acoustic performance was not teased and barely announced. She stood alone and sang "Help Me Make It Through the Night," a No. 1 song for Sammi Smith in 1970. Kristofferson famously wrote the song — it's one of his most famous lyrics.

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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,