Last night, at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Awards in Oklahoma City, Alabama’s legendary frontman — Randy Owen — took the stage to thunderous applause as he accepted the “Lifetime Achievement in Country Music” award. The crowd rose to their feet, cameras capturing the emotion in his face.
But just as his speech seemed to mark the perfect close to a night of celebration, something completely unexpected happened — a moment unlike anything in the history of this awards show, leaving thousands of fans and fellow artists frozen in silence…
