Two luminaries in the ever-expanding sphere of bluegrass and roots music, Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle, joined Starr on his top-shelf performance, with Strings taking lead vocals. The towering talents of these three musicians, with the ace backing band, drew one of the evening’s many standing ovations from the packed Ryman Auditorium audience.

Starr will make his Opry debut on February 21 at the Grand Ole Opry House as part of the Opry’s ongoing 100th Anniversary celebration. Starr kicked off his sold-out two-night show (Jan. 14-15) at the Ryman Auditorium Tuesday night, to celebrate his new country album, Look Up.