{"id":162677,"date":"2026-08-10T14:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/162677\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T14:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:50:13","slug":"chris-stapleton-and-zach-top-surprise-fans-with-a-duet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/162677\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Stapleton and Zach Top Surprise Fans\u00a0With\u00a0a Duet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After surprising Guns N\u2019 Roses fans during their Toronto show, Chris Stapleton did the surprising during his own show by bringing\u00a0Zach\u00a0Top\u00a0onstage for a fiery rendition of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-ZtjKTw2eZE&amp;list=RD-ZtjKTw2eZE&amp;start_radio=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">I\u00a0Ain\u2019t\u00a0Living Long Like This<\/a>,\u201d the classic country song famously recorded by Waylon Jennings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The surprise collaboration came during Stapleton\u2019s August 6 performance at Rogers Stadium, where Top is currently joining him on select dates of his All-American Road Show Tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zach Top Joins Stapleton Onstage\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Top, who has been opening for Stapleton on multiple dates, made a surprise appearance midway through the headliner\u2019s set.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two country stars teamed up for \u201cI\u00a0Ain\u2019t\u00a0Living Long Like This,\u201d delivering a performance that highlighted their shared appreciation for traditional country music.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stapleton took the lead on guitar while Top brought his signature twang to the performance. Their voices also blended during the chorus, giving the classic a fresh but unmistakably country feel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Top has become one of the leading young voices in the traditional-country revival, while Stapleton has long been recognized for bringing roots-oriented country back to the forefront of mainstream music.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Waylon Jennings Classic\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u00a0Ain\u2019t\u00a0Living Long Like This\u201d has a long history\u00a0in\u00a0country music.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Written by Rodney Crowell, the song was first recorded by Gary Stewart in 1977 before Emmylou Harris released her own version a year later. Waylon Jennings\u00a0ultimately turned\u00a0the song into a major hit when he recorded it for his 1979\u00a0album\u00a0What Goes Around Comes Around.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jennings\u2019 version became one of the defining recordings of the song and eventually reached No. 1, marking his 11th chart-topping hit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stapleton and Top&#8217;s rendition kept the spirit of the Jennings classic intact while allowing both musicians to put their own stamp on it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fans Want a Full Duet\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the performance was only a live cover, it left fans wanting more.\u00a0The performance has already sparked calls for the two singers to record a full studio version of the song together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For now, fans will have to settle for video footage from the Toronto show.\u00a0Watch\u00a0the fan-captured footage\u00a0below.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After surprising Guns N\u2019 Roses fans during their Toronto show, Chris Stapleton did the surprising during his own&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[28950,48,52368],"class_list":["post-162677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-chris-stapleton","tag-toronto","tag-zach-top"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}