VIDEO : CMA's Blast Open With The Old And The New

As Hank Williams Jr. and Eric Church teamed up to perform "Are You Ready for the Country," the 49th CMA Awards kicked off with a flash of rowdiness. The song is the first single off Williams' upcoming album It's About Time. The performance was a welcome dose of old school swagger and twang, with Church in a burgundy leather jacket and Bocephus at his mugging best (and the Cadillac Three's Jaren Johnston sporting a Waylon Jennings T-shirt and adding tough guitar).