Tracy Lawrence woke up needing a miracle on Tuesday morning (Nov. 25), and the country music community delivered. His annual Mission: Possible Turkey Fry was 650 birds short after a refrigeration truck broke down.
- This year marked Tracy Lawrence’s 20th annual Mission: Possible Turkey Fry and benefit concert.
- He’d hoped to serve up 2,000 turkeys to families in needs in 2025.
- A concert at Luke Combs‘ Category 10 bar included Gretchen Wilson, Eric Paslay and more.
That was nearly 20 percent of their stock, and it meant about 6,500 people wouldn’t get fed, so the singer made a desperate plea to media and fans/followers on social media. The response was simply overwhelming.
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Country stars including Tucker Wetmore and Meghan Patrick led a convoy that delivered an additional 2,400 turkeys. That allowed for over 5,000 birds to be fried and more than 50,000 people to be fed.
Here’s a picture of Lawrence with the “Wind Up Missin’ You” singer — he dropped off 100 turkeys on his own!
Tuesday night’s concert at Category 10 was also a canned food drive for Second Harvest Food Bank.
This event is one of the most beloved yearly charity events in Nashville, with a who’s-who of stars (Lainey Wilson, Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw for starters) having participated in the past.
In the two decades since the “Alibis” singer started serving turkey dinners for Thanksgiving, he’s cooked 15,000 turkeys and helped feed more than 135,000 people in need. He’s also helped raise more than $2.5 million for the Nashville Rescue Mission.
Jamey Johnson, Dustin Lynch, Rodney Atkins and Frank Ray also participated this year.
13 Perfectly Nostalgic Songs About Thanksgiving
For all the great Christmas songs out there, there really aren’t all that many about Thanksgiving.
That’s just plain not fair. Turkey Day might get lost in Christmas’ shadow a bit, but it’s still one of the best days of the year: From the food to the family, it’s a holiday that deserves its moment in the spotlight.
That’s why Taste of Country is compiling this list of perfectly nostalgic songs for your Thanksgiving playlist. It’s easy enough to find country music with a theme of gratitude, but we took it a step further.
Each and every song on this list is either about Thanksgiving itself or a food closely associated with the holiday, with one exception. One submission on this list is about family dynamics — something that admittedly isn’t explicitly about the November holiday, but does come up at quite a few Thanksgiving tables each year.
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Who had the most played country song during the year you were born? This list is a fascinating time capsule of prevalent trends from every decade in American history. Scroll through to find your birth year and then click to listen. Some of these songs have been lost through the years, many of them for good reason!
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