The Lone River founder helped set the stage for Lainey Wilson, the honoree for the Record Breaker Award presented by Lone River Ranch Water at Billboard’s Country Power Players 2024.
Katie Beale Brown:
Welcome to Texas. I am the founder of Lone River makers of Ranch Water and Ranch Rita, which I hope you’re drinking a lot of tonight. If not go crack open a can. We are so grateful to be a part of this event and to get to celebrate these incredible artists today. I started Lone River because I wanted to give people a taste of where I come from in far West Texas, where my family has been ranching for over 100 years. And Love River is more than a drink to us. It’s part of our culture, and it represents the values of the American West. And these are the values that we have made every single decision around. It’s led us to every single person that we’ve had the opportunity to work with, people like Lainey Wilson. And tonight we get to honor a woman who knows a little something about celebrating where she comes from. She has inspired millions of people on her whirlwind world tour, and I am so lucky to call her a friend. So tonight without further ado, I am honored to say that Lainey Wilson is this year’s recipient of the Record Breaker Award and here to present her with the honor is none other than Kelsea Ballerini, three-time ACM Award nominee.
