Brad Paisley & Michael J. Fox Play โ€œJohnny B. Goodeโ€ Together

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Brad Paisley & Michael J. Fox Raise Awareness For Parkinsonโ€™s

Youโ€™ve likely seen Brad Paisley take part in his fair share of guitar jams over the years. But we bet youโ€™ve never seen a jam session like the one we have to share with you here.

Brad Paisley and Michael J. Fox
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In November 2017, Paisley was one of the key players at actor Michael J. Foxโ€™s annual A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinsonโ€™s gala. Known for his starring role as Marty McFly in the Back to the Future films, Fox was diagnosed with Parkinsonโ€™s in 1991. He was only 29 years old at the time.

Fox went public with his diagnosis in 1998, and since then has been a strong advocate for others battling the disease. His annual gala helps raise funds for Parkinsonโ€™s research in the hopes that one day a cure can be found.

Brad Paisley Shares How Much Michaelโ€™s Friendship Means To Him

For the 2017 gala, Paisley entertained the guests with a series of some of his signature hits. But he also took some time to honor the host, and welcomed him on the stage to perform.

With his own guitar in hand, Fox was greeted with an enthusiastic wave of applause as he made his way to Paisleyโ€™s side.

Before they started playing, Paisley made sure that Fox knew just how much he meant to him:

โ€œIโ€™ve been a fan of yours since I was tiny,โ€ Paisley said. Fox had the perfect response, saying, โ€œIโ€™m still tiny and Iโ€™m a fan of yours.โ€

After that, the two singers engaged in an epic jam session on a rock and roll classicโ€ฆChuck Berryโ€™s โ€œJohnny B. Goode.โ€ Released in March 1958, โ€œJohnny B. Goodeโ€ climbed as high as the eighth spot on the Billboard Hot 100.

Johnny B. Goode

A short clip from the gala shows a snippet of Paisley and Foxโ€™s guitar jam to the song. They looked like they were having a grand ole time up there, and we canโ€™t blame them! โ€œJohnny B. Goodeโ€ is such a fun song!

You can tune in below to catch Paisley and Fox playing โ€œJohnny B. Goodeโ€ together. Something like this is worth watching again and again!

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Miranda Raye

Hello, I'm Miranda, a lifelong country music fan! There are old home videos of me in my baby swing, swinging along to Dolly Parton and Ricky Van Sheltonโ€™s โ€œRockinโ€™ Years.โ€ Being able to unite my passions for storytelling, researching, and music into my work has been a dream come true.

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