\"He texted me the morning that we got the nomination for album of the year this year and we were so excited,\" she continued.
Morris also mentioned Busbee's family in her speech.
\"His wife Jess is here tonight, and she looks so beautiful,\" she said through tears. \"Thank you for sharing your husband with us ... my heart just goes out to you and your beautiful daughters. I hope when they listen to this record or any of the songs that he made -- that made us all better -- they know how amazing their father was.\"
Blake Shelton also paid tribute to Busbee when accepting the award for single of the year for his song, \"God’s Country.\"
“I want to dedicate this to Busbee and Earl Thomas Conley who we lost this year,” Shelton said while holding up his award.
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