Anne Wilson’s Surprise Performance with Jelly Roll Wows Country Festival Fans
- Michael Foust Crosswalk Headlines Contributor
- Published Jul 24, 2024
Christian singer Anne Wilson fulfilled a "bucket list" dream over the weekend by teaming up with country artist Jelly Roll as a fill-in for his hit single Save Me. Both singers were in Brooklyn, Mich., for the multi-artist Faster Horses Festival when Jelly Roll phoned Wilson, requesting her as a stand-in for a song originally recorded with Lainey Wilson, who was unavailable that day.
Anne Wilson, whose latest album Rebel embraces a strong country vibe, eagerly agreed to help.
Her Instagram page documented the day, from the moment she got a phone call from Jelly Roll to her singing Save Me on stage with him.
The song climbed to No. 1 last year on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, resonating with listeners with its raw, heartfelt lyrics about personal struggles and searching for hope.
"Ended the week on Friday night by @jellyroll asking me to join him on stage to sing 'Save Me' - what a dream!!!! Another bucket list item checked off!!!! You're the best @jellyroll615," Anne Wilson wrote on Instagram.
Wilson said in her Instagram video that she "had a dream this exact thing happened."
Jelly Roll is a three-time CMT Music Awards winner and received two Grammy nominations this year. Wilson has won multiple GMA Dove Awards and K-Love Fan Awards and received a CMT Music Award nomination for Breakthrough Female Video of the Year (Rain In The Rearview) this year.
Her fans celebrated the duet on her social media accounts.
"Love seeing you shine His light!" one person wrote.
Other fans said the duet allowed her to introduce her music to a new audience.
"What if someone in the crowd loved her and her voice, went home that night and searched her up, found she's all about Jesus music, and that's the first seed that was planted to change their life," a fan wrote.
Earlier this year, Wilson said she wants her new album, Rebel, to reach country fans who don't attend church.
"With this record, I felt really called to just preach the gospel point blank, share the truth, it is what it is," Wilson told Crosswalk Headlines. "There are a couple of songs on the record that will be on country radio that maybe don't specifically talk about God … but it's like a nod at it. My goal is to get people to hear the song and then want to know more."
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Michael Foust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His stories have appeared in Baptist Press, Christianity Today, The Christian Post, the Leaf-Chronicle, the Toronto Star and the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
