Watch An Emotional White House Performance By Brad Paisley

Brad Paisley made history last month as the headliner in the first country concert held in the East Room of the White House during President Obamas administration, and the night is captured this Saturday in a GAC special, Country At The White House. Afterwards, he shared some of his emotional performance with CNN:

“As I sang that, it was everything I could do not to lose it. I had to close my eyes, or I would completely break down. 'Cause in sound check at three in the afternoon, I started crying. I couldn't sing it. The last words that I sang were, "Glory, glory hallelujah, welcome to the future," and then I left and went offstage. I took my hat and tipped it to him and said, "Thank you, sir." And then I came off and just started bawling, because it was so emotional for me to sing those words. He came to me and said, "If I could sing like you," which was really cool. And then he sort of looked me in the eye and he said, "Wonderful, wonderful words." And I said, "Thank you, sir. I meant them." Being able to deliver that message personally to one of the people who ushered in this new era is really one of the most completely, artistically satisfying moments I've ever had.”

If you watch the video until the end, you can see Brad wipe away tears in his final guitar solo… pretty cool stuff… it’s truly what makes music so inspiring…