brown is a member of parliament from scotland. and also giving readings of course members of clergy giving readings at the service. but also giving a reading is the first minister of the scotland nicole sturgeon and seen in the crowd, liz truss, the current prime minister. and the sovereign holds the title of defender of the faith and she was and also the supreme governor of the church of england and that is a new king. it was the queen before then. and of course as our max foster pointed out, as we listen to the applause in the crowd. that they would be singing psalm 23 which starts the lord is my shepard. ending surely goodness and nersy will follow me all of the days of miff life and i will dwell in the house of the lord forever.
accepting this incredibly high honor in country music to be inducted, alongside ray charles, pete drake. garth brooks, trisha yearwood, vince gil. they were emotional, ashley judd, getting up there crying, saying she wish her mother could have held on for one more day. the two daughters holding onto each other. they recited a bible verse, psalm 23. i didn t have anything prepared. i knew my mom was going to do most of the talking. she said she was going to continue to sing. they thanked fans, thanked everyone. wynonna judd, the judds, they broke the glass ceiling for women in music in country music, right up there with dolly parton. they paved the way for today. it was sad, fans were laying flowers outside. again, the timing just awful.
conference call with spiritual royalty, and at the end i had a sense that bob knew he was cared for by a great shepard, so i would like to toss in another verse. psalm 23, verse 4. even though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i will fear no evil for you are with me. your rod and your staff, they