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Michael J. Fox Hosts Parkinson's Benefit With Sheryl Crow, Little Big Town and Jason Isbell: PICS!

The actor welcomed some musical A-listers to perform at this year's A Country Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson's.

The actor, activist and philanthropist came out to Nashville -- alongside his wife, Tracy Pollan -- on Tuesday for this year's A Country Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's-- a musical charity gala benefiting the Michael J. - Terry Wyatt/Getty Images Little Big Town's Kimberly Schlapman spoke at the event about how her own life was impacted by Parkinson's disease, after her mother was diagnosed -- something she first revealed last year ahead of the inaugural gala. "My momma, she has Parkinson's, and so my besties here give up their night so that we can raise money to end this wretched disease," Schlapman told ET on the carpet, while joined by her friend and bandmates, Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook and Phillip Sweet.

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