HE GAVE AWAY THE GUITAR HE SWORE HE’D NEVER TOUCH. A teenager in a thrift-store cowboy hat was playing a cover of an old song outside the venue. Security tried to chase him off, but Blake heard the melody from his tour bus. It was the favorite song of his brother, Richie, who passed away when Blake was young. Blake didn’t just invite the kid inside; he walked onto the stage carrying an old, scratched-up acoustic guitar case. “I haven’t opened this case in 30 years,” Blake told the hushed crowd. “This was Richie’s.” He handed the guitar to the trembling teenager and asked him to play that song one more time. As the boy played, Blake turned his back to the crowd to hide his face, but the shaking of his shoulders told the whole story. The note found inside the guitar case revealed a secret Blake had kept for decades…
The Night Blake Shelton Opened a 30-Year-Old Case We all know Blake Shelton as the towering figure of modern country…