Louisiana Native Lainey Wilson Compares Making Music To Farming In Inspiring Grammys Acceptance Speech

“Harvest of a lifetime.”

Lainey Wilson won Best Country Album for Bell Bottom Country at the 2024 Grammy Awards last night—and she did it in an all-black ensemble inspired by Johnny Cash.

"This is absolutely wild, ya'll,” the 31 year old said as she accepted the prestigious award. "This is my very first Grammys."

Wilson went on to explain how her agricultural roots brought her to where she is today.

“I am from a farming community in Northeast Louisiana. A little town of 200 people,” the Baskin native shared. “I'm a fifth generation farmer's daughter and I would consider myself a farmer too. And everyone I surround myself with, I think they're farmers too.”

“But they're story farmers,” Wilson continued. “It's about getting up every single day and planting those seeds and watering ‘em and watching 'em grow. And sometimes when you find the right farming community you can have the harvest of the lifetime. And I truly believe that and I think exactly what this is tonight.”

"God bless every single one of y'all," she concluded. "Thank you, Jesus. Thank you so much to the Recording Academy, and thank you to my fans. I love y'all so much."

Wilson spent her childhood working with her father Brian, and in a 2022 interview told Southern Living how much she learned from him growing up.

"Daddy is the hardest working person I know,” she said. “He taught me my entire life how to pull up my bootstraps and tell it like it is with grace.”

Congratulations, Lainey!

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