On Aug. 29, award-winning country performer Margo Price appeared onstage at the Grand Ole Opry to celebrate the release of her fifth studio album, “Hard Headed Woman.”<\/p>\n
Not only did she celebrate the occasion by wearing the same green chiffon Lillie Rubin gown that Loretta Lynn wore at the 1972 CMA Awards, where she was named Entertainer of the Year, Opry announcer Charlie Mattos presented Price an official proclamation from Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell proclaiming it “Margo Price Day.”<\/p>\n
Margo Price reads the declaration stating Aug. 29 as Margo Price Day, on Aug. 29 at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.<\/p>\n
Her three-song set included a well-received rendition of Lynn and Conway Twitty’s 1973 duet “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man,” with Logan Ledger in Twitty’s role.<\/p>\n
Overall, Price, whose latest album is more directly country and in the vein of her 2016 debut, “Midwest Farmer’s Daughter,” was nearly moved to tears by the warm response of the Opry crowd.<\/p>\n
How has Margo Price’s career and life evolved in the past two years?<\/h2>\n
Regarding returning to her roots after exploring Americana, blues, folk and rock music over the past decade, Price noted, “I hope this album inspires people to be fearless and take chances and just be unabashedly themselves, in a culture that tries as hard as it can to beat us into all being the same.”<\/p>\n
In recent years, Price has been politically and socially outspoken during the saga surrounding the Tennessee House of Representatives’ expulsion of Democratic Reps. Justin Pearson of Memphis and Justin Jones of Nashville for leading gun reform protests from the House floor after the mass shooting at The Covenant School on April 6, 2023.<\/p>\n
Additionally, the liberal, progressive-minded artist’s career now boasts recent creative endorsements from Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Mavis Staples, among many others.<\/p>\n
What did the proclamation presented to Margo Price read?<\/h2>\n
Mattos presented Price with her proclamation in an interview after her set.<\/p>\n
Margo Price stands for a photo backstage at The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.<\/p>\n
Upon reading it, it had a tenor similar to her 3-year-old memoir, “Maybe We’ll Make It.”<\/p>\n
The list of venues and small businesses felt like a retelling of how, over a decade ago, she arrived in East Nashville from the Iowa border in central Illinois and built a successful career through hardscrabble hustling.<\/p>\n
“WHEREAS, the city of Nashville celebrates local Artists like Margo Price who contribute to the vibrancy of our community; who, through both her Art and her Action, lifts up marginalized voices across rural and metropolitan areas throughout Tennessee by direct engagement with local representatives and across the United States by her work as a Board Member of Farm Aid; and<\/p>\n
“WHEREAS, Margo Price’s music catalogue explores the wide range of traditions across Country, Americana, Rock, Folk and Blues music; who has performed in area venues including Santa’s Pub, Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge, Skinny Dennis, The Basement East, Ryman Auditorium, and Bridgestone Arena to national stages like Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Madison Square Garden, and Saturday Night Live; whose best-selling memoir ‘Maybe We ‘Il Make It’ chronicles her journey to Nashville as a musician and a mother and<\/p>\n
“WHEREAS, Margo Price champions local independent businesses, including Grimey’s New & Preloved Music, Parnassus Books, Black Shag Vintage, A Shop Of Things, The Caf\u00e9 at Thistle Farms, and Nashville Farmers Market.”<\/p>\n
How did Margo Price end up wearing Loretta Lynn’s gown?<\/h2>\n
The green gown Price wore was last seen in public behind glass in 2018 at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. It appeared in an exhibition entitled “Loretta Lynn: Blue Kentucky Girl” that ran from August 2017 to August 2018.<\/p>\n
A recent social media post showed Price taking a trip to Lynn’s Coal Miner’s Daughter museum in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, to procure the artifact.<\/p>\n
“This is more exciting than when I tried on my wedding dress,” the performer said.<\/p>\n
“(Loretta) broke down doors for women like me and it’s an honor to carry a piece of her legacy onto (the Opry) stage,” Price added in a social media post.<\/p>\n
Regarding the event, The Tennessean<\/a> recalls the following:<\/p>\n