Watch Nashville’s Charles Esten (Deacon) Kick Off the 2017 CMT Music Awards!

<p>Nashville&&num;8217&semi;s own <strong>Charles Esten<&sol;strong> kicks off the 2017 CMT Music Awards with a bit of comedy to get the party going&period; Take a peek here and tune back in later for a full list of tonight&&num;8217&semi;s big winners&excl; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"background-color&colon;&num;000000&semi;width&colon;520px&semi;">&NewLine;<div style&equals;"padding&colon;4px&semi;"><iframe src&equals;"&sol;&sol;media&period;mtvnservices&period;com&sol;embed&sol;mgid&colon;arc&colon;video&colon;cmt&period;com&colon;1494b50b-db17-4d3f-90ba-91ea5d45337a" width&equals;"512" height&equals;"288" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"true"><&sol;iframe><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;countrymusicnewsblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;CMTAwards2017-400x225&period;jpg" alt&equals;"CMT Music Awards 2017 on Country Music News Blog&excl;" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"225" class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-34474" &sol;><&sol;p>