{"id":36515,"date":"2026-05-20T08:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/?p=36515"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:21:09","slug":"the-red-clay-strays-almost-died-on-their-way-to-the-acms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/05\/the-red-clay-strays-almost-died-on-their-way-to-the-acms\/","title":{"rendered":"The Red Clay Strays &#8220;Almost Died&#8221; On Their Way To The ACMs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Red Clay Strays<\/strong>&nbsp;said they &#8220;almost died&#8221; after their private jet malfunctioned while travelling to the ACM Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A piece of the plane&#8217;s engine flew off during takeoff, forcing the aircraft to circle for hours before making an emergency landing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group described the flight as terrifying, but they were able to safely switch planes and continue their trip.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPubZ8okqXi\/embed\/captioned\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height:0;\"  class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe>\n\n\n<p>Luckily, the band still made it to the show . . . and it&#8217;s a good thing too, because they won Group of the Year.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedClayStrays?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RedClayStrays<\/a> got that ACM Group of the Year winning glow!<br><br>\ud83d\udcf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ACMawards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ACMawards<\/a> portraits refreshed by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MtnValleyWater?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MtnValleyWater<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PV8PuF73jl\">pic.twitter.com\/PV8PuF73jl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ACM Awards (@ACMawards) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACMawards\/status\/2056910277166391518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Red Clay Strays&nbsp;said they &#8220;almost died&#8221; after their private jet malfunctioned while travelling to the ACM Awards. 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