Not even Eddie Vedder is immune to telling a dad joke. "Because when I saw him, I thought 'Oh, he hails from the Diminutive Republic.'" "I was a little surprised to find out he was from Chattanooga," he quipped. But after spending two days in Nashville with many of Jordan's other musical friends - "It's the best we've felt in a long, long time." He recalled hearing the news of Jordan's death last year, and the pain of having to break it to his daughters. But it also means that you might (mess) up a chord or two."
"It's a good thing to be emotional and be in the moment. "We've been thinking about this this show in this venue and this person every day, for so many days leading up to this," Vedder said, after performing the Jason Isbell-penned "Maybe It's Time" alongside Lukas Nelson. ∙ Eddie Vedder: Yes, even a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer feels the pressure when paying tribute to a figure like Jordan on the Opry stage. There were also friends and co-stars Jim Parsons, Anthony Mason, Mayim Bialik, Cheyenne Jackson, Max Greenfield, Margaret Cho, Robyn Schall and Leanne Morgan.īelow, a few of our favorite tributes to Jordan from "Reportin' for Duty." The vast music lineup included Maren Morris, Brothers Osborne, Tanya Tucker, Brittney Spencer, Lukas Nelson, Jake Wesley Rogers, Ashley McBryde, Fancy Hagood, Jelly Roll, Danny Myrick, Travis Howard, Hardy, Lainey Wilson, Ruby Amanfu, Charlie Worsham, Ernest and Katie Pruitt.
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Sunday night's all-star tribute (dubbed "Reportin’ For Duty: A Tribute To Leslie Jordan"), featured several of Jordan's longtime friends from his TV career and philanthropy. He made his Grand Ole Opry debut that same year. In 2021, he released his debut album "Company's Comin'," a collection of hymns largely recorded on Nashville's Music Row. Soon, he rode that wave of attention west to Music City. The Chattanooga native reached new heights of fame in 2020 through his social media videos in the early days of the pandemic, earning an audience of millions - or in his words, his "fellow hunker-downers."
Jordan, known for his TV roles on “Will & Grace,” “American Horror Story” and “Call Me Kat,” died in October at age 67. What's the best time to do it, so you shine the best?' I think it's so fitting (that) a tribute night to Leslie Jordan is just all of his friends, shining so bright." "So we'd make a video, and then he would call me and say, 'Hey, Robyn, we're gonna post this.
Robyn Schall was telling the audience - a sold-out crowd at the 4,000-seat venue - about making Instagram videos with the comedic actor in recent years. More than a dozen country music stars took the stage at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House Sunday night to honor the late Leslie Jordan - but it was a comedian from New York City who summed up the spirit of the evening clearer than anyone else. View Gallery: Leslie Jordan's life celebrated in star-studded event at the Opry
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