“Hot Dogs from Heaven”: Chris Stapleton Made It Rain Glizzies During “Parachute” Performance in Seattle

Many country music fans would say Chris Stapleton has the voice of an angel. His decade-long solo career has spawned 10 GRAMMY Awards and three No. 1 hits. And the audience at his Saturday (July 27) show in Seattle may have thought they were experiencing divine intervention when some delicious treats rained down from the sky.

Chris Stapleton Deploys Hot Dogs on Parachutes

Chris Stapleton dazzled a sold-out crowd at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park during Saturday’s (July 27) stop along the All-American Road Show Tour. And with Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson as opening acts, the crowd got the pleasure of experiencing three national treasures during the show.

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“HOT DOGS FALLING FROM HEAVEN AT @TMobilePark AT CHRIS STAPLETON CONCERT!” one fan wrote on X/Twitter. “THIS IS NOT A DRILL!”

Truly, what is more American than a rainstorm of glizzies? As Stapleton performed “Parachute” from his 2015 debut album Traveller, hot dogs began floating down on parachutes from the top of the stadium.

Imagine belting out a Chris Stapleton favorite with thousands of other fans when it suddenly starts raining hot dogs. “POV: you’re at a summer concert and suddenly hot dogs start falling from the sky,” one TikTok user wrote. One might start to wonder what’s in those T-Mobile Park drinks…

Chris Stapleton Talks Tom Petty’s Influence on His Songwriting

Tom Petty’s career was above such petty notions as “genre.” The Florida rocker left the music world reeling when he died in October 2017 at age 66. Some called him “heartland rock,” some called him “country rock,” but nearly everyone called him a brilliant songwriter.

That includes Chris Stapleton, who contributed a cover of 2010’s “I Should Have Known It” to Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty. The “Tennessee Whiskey” singer spoke about his affinity for Petty’s 1994 album Wildflowers during a recent interview on CBS Mornings.

“Tom always could write things so lyrically, so simply, but in ways that were impactful and in ways that got to the meat of what you wanted it to be,” Stapleton said. “I always felt like that’s the goal of songwriting… find the things that people can attach themselves to or find themselves in. And for me, as a listener, that’s what Tom always did.”

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