At a time when seemingly nothing can go wrong for Grammy nominee Jelly Roll, the breakthrough country star almost dropped the ball on scoring a family favorite side for Thanksgiving dinner.
"Alright y'all, I f—-ed up, and I need your help," Jelly Roll explained in a TikTok post. "I'm a husband, so I did what husbands do. I told my wife I would take care of the dressing because I wanted it from my favorite restaurant. Then I waited until the day before Thanksgiving to call for the dressing.
"I can't get nobody on the phone for the dressing," he continued. "We need help. Please, if you have a contact for Barr's Music City Soul Food — it's the best dressing ever. Tell that lady I will give her $1,000 for two pans of Barr's Music City Soul Food dressing for my Thanksgiving. Somebody in Nashville knows this lady. Please, somebody help me!"
Per WKRN, a fan stepped in and provided Jelly Roll with the business owner's contact info, and the singer paid the promised hefty price for a pair of dressing pans.
Jelly Roll's a restauranteur in his own right, owning his Rolling W/ Jelly food truck. Of course, there's jelly donuts on the menu in honor of the singer-songwriter's longtime nickname.
"My mother named me that whenever I was a little, chubby kid," Jelly Roll told The Bobby Bones Show. "Been fat my whole life. I spent the next 30 years trying to grow into the name. I think I've done it. I obviously look the part... It just stuck."
Jelly Roll became a permanent moniker after a childhood friend going by One Arm Clay suggested it without knowing that Mama had already rechristened her son.
"One Arm Clay was like, 'We should call you Jelly Roll. I'm One Arm Clay and you'll be Jelly Roll,'" the singer explained. "I was like 'My mama calls me Jelly Roll.' Then once the high school starts calling you something, that's the kit and caboodle."
