Welcome back to Great Day Live preview show
of the Crusade variety show that's going to
happen here at Paris Town on June the 3rd.
I am back with one of the fan favorites
that performs each year at The Crusade
with Jackson Snelling American Idol alum.
How are you doing? I'm doing gr.
It is so great to like.
This is my first time meeting yu
in person and I'm so sorry but e
to see you rehearse. Has just b.
I get, like, I get goosebumps.
Oh well thank you so much.
It's so sweet.
It's we're happy to have you hee
and I know everybody from the
Crusade is happy to have you back to.
Why has it been so important for you?
You've had so much success but you come
back again and again to give to the Crusade.
I mean, the Crusade really
helped me and my brother and my
family when we were younger.
And I just, I felt the need to,
you know give back.
So what have you been doing to prepare
for the show this year? I've ben
working on a lot of new materia.
Me and Amy Boatner from the Soun
Sirens are going to do a duet.
Yeah, it's going to be a lot of.
Can you tell us what you guys
will be performing? If you don't
want to give away, that's fine.
You're one of them. It's going e
shallow lady Lady Gaga. So beautiful.
That's going to be beautiful
for you guys to be playing that.
Who or else are you looking forward to,
to seeing here at The Crusade?
Because we've talked so much about this
being this great big family reu.
Who for you is like.
That moment of, oh man,
I can't wait to eat so
and so. Well, I mean, I always e
to see Mark from the crashers.
He was a huge mentor of mine
growing up in terms of music.
So it's always great to see himu
were season 19 of American Idol,
and I think that just must have
opened for you so many doors.
I mean, it truly has. It was a blessing.
And I mean, I've had a lot of
opportunity to come from that. o
you watch now? Oh, yeah.
Are you a couch critic?
You know, maybe you know what
they're feeling more than anybo.
Oh yeah, it's very, very.
It can be pretty scary, you know? Yeah,
it can't be, but.
But would you look back and thi,
oh, you wouldn't change that
moment for anything being
through that experience?
Oh, absolutely not. I wouldn't
trade it for the world. Well,
before you perform for us today,
this is kind of an hour of challenges.
What challenge would you give to
everybody out there to donate to
the Crusade on its big 70th yeaI
mean, donate, donate,
donate as much as you can.
It all goes to an amazing causel
right, we're going to let you
perform a little something.
Now take us to break.
What are you going to be perforg
in Color by Jamie Johnson. All
right. Jackson Snelling, everyo.
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said Grand the woods.
This picture here,
it's on black and white.
At night, real glares that you there,
he said. He is now was
11. Downs were dug back in 35.
That's main Uncle Joe.
He's trying to survive and got r
from near the Great Depression.
Looks like we were scared to de,
like a couple of kids just
trying to save each other. You should've
seen it in color.
Oh, this one arrow was taken
over Say's in the middle of
1943 in the winter time.
You could almost see my breath.
That was my tail gone.
An old Johnny McGee.
He was a high school teacher
from New Orleans and he had
my bag right through the day.
And if it looks like we were scd
to death, like a couple of kidst
trying to save each other,
you shouldn't have seen it in c.
Yeah, pictures worth 1000 words,
but you can't see what those shs
of great keep cover. You
shouldn't have seen it in color.
No, this one is my favorite one.
This is me and grandma,
and Summers are all drifted.
The dames, it all lands.
You gained to it here,
but it was out there. Journey.
the Rose was red, her eyes were blue.
And just look at that smile. The
last story of my life
right there. Black and white. It even
looks like we were scared to de,
like a couple of kids just
trying to save each other. You
should have seen
any color. Yeah, pictures worth 1000 words,
but you can't see what the whole
change of great keep goober.
You should have seen that in co.