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No one expected Trace Adkins to pull this off at 62, and Blake Shelton was only supposed to pop in for a quick cameo—but the second they hit the stage, everything changed. A song most people hadn’t heard live in years suddenly came roaring back to life at CMA Fest, and for a moment it felt like the clock had turned back to 2005. Trace walked out with a confidence that hit the crowd like a shockwave, but the real explosion came when Blake strolled out behind him. The arena erupted. People were screaming, laughing, crying—every emotion spilling out at once.

“He is a brother to me,” Shelton says of his longtime friend, Trace Adkins.   Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins thrilled the CMA Fest crowd with a performance of their fan-favorite hit, “Hillbilly Bone,” and they sounded just as...