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4.10.26 · Country Weekly

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Speaker 1: We're back in the saddle with another episode of Country Weekly,
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where we dive into news and gossip from the world
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of country music. I'm your host, Ken Dawkins, and I
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will be reading from various sources found online. As a reminder,
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RADIOI is a reading service intended for people who are
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blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult to
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read printed material. We'll begin with the first article, dated
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April seventh, from countrynow dot com. Country Music Hall of
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Famer Race Stephens suffers broken neck in fall. Country Music
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Hall of Famer Race Stephens, now eighty seven, suffered a
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fall in Nashville on Sunday that resulted in a broken neck.
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According to a statement from his team, the two time
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Grammy winner was briefly hospitalized and is now at home recovering.
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Doctors have instructed Stevens to wear a neck brace for
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the next four weeks. Despite the injury, he remains mobile
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and in good spirits as he heals. This health setback
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comes after Stephens suffered a mild heart attack early in
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July of twenty twenty five. At the time, he was
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hospitalized after experiencing chest pain and later underwent a minimally
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invasive heart catheterization, and that procedure was at Nashville Hospital.
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He subsequently had a second procedure a few weeks later,
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during which doctors placed two stants to trade additional blockages.
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After spending several days in a Nashville rehabilitation facility, he
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returned home to continue his recovery. Stevens and his team
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are welcoming thoughts and prayers during his recovery. He scheduled
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to release new album Favorites Old and New via Curb
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Records this weekend. The album will be released as planned.
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The thirteen track collection mixes timeless Ray Stephens classics with
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brand new material, highlighting Stephen's signature charm, humor, and versatility.
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Favorites Old and New brings together a thoughtful blend of
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beloved standards and fresh cuts from a range of songwriters,
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delivering a project that feels both nostalgic and new. I
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had a lot of fun creating this album, Favorites Old
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and New, Stephen shares it really does contain a few
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of my old favorite songs as well as favorite new
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ones penned by some talented writers. I just hope Ray
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Stevens fans enjoyed as much as Ray Stevens on favorites
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old and new. Stevens brings new life to timeless classics
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like the Look of Love, It had to Be You,
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and Come Rain or Come Shine, all delivered with his
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signature humor, charm, and musical style. The project also features
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new songs such as I Guess You've Been in Love
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with the Moon, Moving Out as Easier Than Moving On,
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and the Time Machine, blending modern songwriting with the nostalgic
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field fans have always loved from him. The track listing
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officially Savannah Something, Parakeet Motel, First Time I Ever saw
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Your face, Roger just for a thrill, Time Machine, Come
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Rain or Come Shine, Old carousels, the Look of Love,
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moving Out as Easier Than Moving On, It had to
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be You, and I Guess You've Been in Love with
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the Moon. Next, Darius Rucker brings Riverfront Revival back for
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fifth year with genre spanning twenty twenty six lineup. Darius
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Rucker's Riverfront Revival Music Festival will return for its fifth
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year October ninth and tenth. That's at Riverfront Park in
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North Charleston, South Carolina. Founded by the Charleston native and
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three time Grammy Award winner. The two day event will
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once again bring a mix of established acts and rising
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talent to the Waterfront. This year's lineup stays rooted in
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country while incorporating hip hop and various styles reflecting the
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festival's evolving sound. Rucker will be joined by Gavin Adcock,
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Old Dominion, Big X, to Plug, Nellie, Charles Wesley, Godwin,
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Chase Matthew Trombone, Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Daniel Donado's Cosmic Country,
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Austin Williams Atlas, Danny Rucker, Gulla Collective, Carly Scott Collins, Saluted, Shoals,
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Mel Washington, Whiskey Run and ac Scar. Riverfront Revival has
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always been about bringing great, great music and great people
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together in a place that means everything to me, Rucker said,
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getting to build this in Charleston year after year has
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been incredible, and this lineup shows how much it's grown
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while staying true to what the festival is all about.
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Pre sales are now open, with general tickets going on
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sale this past Wednesday. A portion of ticket proceeds will
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benefit the Carolyn g. Rucker Nursing Scholarship that's at the
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Medical University of South Carolina and Rock and Roll Rescue,
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which supports music education locally. In addition to Darius Rutger's
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Riverfront Revival music festival, fans can also catch the superstar
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on his Songs of Summer Tour twenty twenty six, which
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kicks off June fourth in Toledo. The trek will make
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stops across US, including Atlantic City, Cincinnati, and Boston, and
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will feature a rotating lineup of special guests such as
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George Burge, Laura Elena, Robert Randolph, Old Crow Medicine Show,
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Evan Horner, and Austin Williams. Next, Cody Johnson pays tribute
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to Merle Haggart with Footlights cover on ten year anniversary
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of his death. Cody Johnson is honoring one of his
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musical heroes, Merle Haggard with a cover of Footlights, released
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this week, which also marks the tenth anniversary of Haggard's passing.
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The release is made even more meaningful as Haggard was
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born on this day in nineteen thirty seven. Footlights were
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written by Haggard, lovingly known as the Poet of the
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common Man. The song offers an honest look at life
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as a touring musician, something Johnson can certainly relate to.
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It captures the feeling of aging and where that comes
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with life on the road, and the sense of being
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displaced without a place of truly calling home. On stage,
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he masks those emotions, transforming into almost a character as
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he performs, promising to try to hide the mood I'm
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really in and put on my old instomatic grin. He
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closes the song by reflecting on the reality behind living
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out his dream. I live the kind of life that
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most men only dream of. I make my living writing
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songs and singing them. But I'm forty one years old
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and I ain't got no play to go when it's over. Johnson,
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the reigning CMA Male Vocalist of the Year, is paid
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tribute to Haggard many times throughout his career and considers
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him to be one of his biggest musical influences. Merle
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was a poet. Cody previously shared when I'm happy, when
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I'm sad, when I'm frustrated, and everything in between. He
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has sung the soundtrack of My Life. Back in twenty
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twenty five, Cody Johnson was honored with the ACM Spirit
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Award for his authentic songwriter driven country music that carries
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forward the legacy of Merle Haggart. The award celebrates artists
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who chart their own course while delivering standout storytelling and songs,
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marking a full circle moment for Johnson as he continues
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to honor one of his greatest musical influences. Meanwhile, Johnson's
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gearing up for a huge year with more new music
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on the way, following a ruptured ear drum that sidelined
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him last fall. During an appearance on Dale Brisbee's Rodeo
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Time podcast, the Texas native revealed that his next album
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is completely finished and ready to go. I've already got
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the whole gun is loaded, he says. The ammunitions there
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were just fixing to start sending it, he teased. Cody
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Johnson is currently climbing the charts with his radio single
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The Fall, written by Bobby Pinson, Jeremy Stover and ray
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Fulcher from his Leather Deluxe Edition album. He's also keeping
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the momentum going on the road. His headlining tour continues
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this April before heading overseas and wrapping up in Europe
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this fall. Now we march on over to parade dot
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Com with the article dated April sixth, Country Star makes
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history after hit song takes sixty seven weeks to reach
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number one. Justin Moore just made country music history. The
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country star's twenty twenty four song Times Ticking finally reached
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number one on Billboard's Country Airplay Charts dated the week
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of April eleventh, marking the longest ascent any songs ever
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had in chart's history. As reported by Billboard on April third,
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Times Ticking took a whopping sixty seven weeks to hit
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number one, after first debuting at number fifty nine on
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the Country Airplate chart all the way back in December
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of twenty twenty four. It now holds the record for
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the longest climb, which was previously held by Travis Dennings
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after a few and Michael Ray's Whiskey and Rain, which
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both took sixty five weeks to reach the summit. Moore's
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Time Ticking has also spent six weeks on the Hot
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one hundred, peaking at number seven back in February. It
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also had a twenty one week stay on the Hot
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Country Songs chart, peaking at number twenty one in November
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of twenty twenty five. In addition to his record setting
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chart topper, Moore has also a significant chart stays with
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his hit songs like the ones that Didn't make it
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back Home that was forty eight weeks, Why We Drink
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forty eight weeks, with a Woman You Love forty seven weeks,
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and You Look Like I Need a Drink forty seven weeks.
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Though none of them took quite as long to hit
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number one, but More's Time's Ticking isn't the only song
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to take its sweet time rising on the Country airplay
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charts art as fifteen other songs have had a similar trajectory.
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Here are more songs that took over one year to
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hit number one on the Billboard Country Airplay Chart. How
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about Corey Kent with This Heart fifty three weeks. Die
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from a Broken Heart by Mattie and Tay fifty four weeks,
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My Boy Lvi Shane fifty four weeks, Big Big Plans
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by Chris Lane, fifty five weeks Freedom Was a Highway
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by Jimmy Allen featuring Brad Paisley fifty five weeks. This
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Town's Been Too Good to Us by Dylan Scott fifty
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five weeks. Single Saturday Night by Cole Swindell fifty six weeks.
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To Be Loved by You by Parker McCollum fifty six weeks,
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Parmalley took fifty six weeks with Gonna Love You and
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Jimmy Allen fifty eight weeks, Makes Me Want to Chase
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Beckham for sixty weeks, had twenty three, Can't Have Mine
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by Dylan Scott sixty two weeks, in Between by Scotty
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McCreery sixty three weeks, After a Few by Travis Dennings
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sixty five weeks, Whiskey and by Michael Ray sixty five weeks,
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and the new record Time Sticking by Justin Moore sixty
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seven weeks. Now we walk on over to countryescentral dot
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com with the first article dated April sixth, Carter Faith
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and Chigo announced single That's When You Know. Teamed with
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well known Norwegian DJ Caigo, Carter Faith is set to
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release a new dance single, That's When You Know, and
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according to a joint announcement posted to Instagram earlier this week,
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the teaser shared across both artist accounts featuring footage apparently
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drawn from an accompanying music video showing the pair driving
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through a small town in a convertible. The clip seems
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to be edited like a series of flashbacks, suggesting a
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nostalgic visual treatment for the track. An audio preview included
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in the post includes or indicates the song leans firmly
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into the dance pop territory, a notable departure from the
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country sound. Faith has built her reputation on her debut album,
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Cherry Valley, released in twenty twenty five, drew widespread critical praise.
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She's currently preparing for an extensive tour that schedules including
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supporting role on Post Malone and Jelly Rolls Coal headlining
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tour for his part, Kigo, who has a mass tens
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of millions of monthly listeners, has been one of the
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top DJs in dance music for well over a decade,
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having previously worked with artists including Jonas Brothers, Ava Max,
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and Khalid. The pairing with Faith marks a crossover between
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the electronic and country spaces that has become increasingly common
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in mainstream pop. Next. More news from Johnny Bluesky's otherwise
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known as Stergil Simpson as he teases mutiny for the
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Masses tour. Stergil Simpson, performing under his Johnny Bluesky's and
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the Dark Clouds Moniker, has announced the Mutiny for the
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Masses tour in support of the character's second album, Mutiny
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After Midnight As We Know. The album was released on
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March thirteenth, initially as a physical only project, available on vinyl, CD,
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and cassette. However, as of this week, the album can
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be purchased digitally on iTunes. In a lengthy post ahead
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of the album's release, Simpson emphasized the deep kinship within
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the band drummer and backing vocalist Miles Miller, league guitarist
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Laura Jomits, bassist Kevin Black, and keyboard saxophonist Robbie Crowell,
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many of whom have toured together for more than thirteen years.
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This group is expected to be the touring band for
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the Mutiny on the Masses as well. The tour announcement
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arrived via stylized poster depicting a weathered document with an ashtray,
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Litz cigarette lighter and Trademark's sword motif and handwritten twenty
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twenty six tour notation. It's scheduled to begin in early
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September and run through late October, with shows and arenas
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and theaters. Consistent with prior statements from the project, performances
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will feature no opening act allowing the band to use
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the full allotted stage time. Although no venue is listed,
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the last stop on the tour will be October thirtieth
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in Lexington, Kentucky. Now we Cuddle up with people dot
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Com Country. Kenny Chesney reacts after his two thousand and
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nine song goes viral for a very uncomfortable reason. His
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first article dated April seventh, Kenny Chesney is reacting to
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his two thousand nine song Our Last Night going viral
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due to a recent tik tok video. Chesney song can
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be heard in the background of a tik tok video
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posted by a user named MICHAELA. West on March twenty ninth.
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The video was filmed at a bar in Huntsville, Alabama,
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following the twenty twenty six Lineman's Rodeo, an annual event
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in which linemen from around the country compete in various competitions.
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After the event, West and her friend visited a bar
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and the friend hid it off with one of the linemen,
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so West took to tik tok to track him down.
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My friend found her soulmate last night in Huntsville, Alabama
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after the Lineman Rodeo, and we know nothing about him
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except his name is Mike, and his friends kept calling
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him like the birds in Finding Nemo. Mike, Mike, Mike,
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help us get Nemo home West Road in the video's captions,
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and while many other tik tok users waited into the
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comments to express their support for the story, one commenter
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claiming to be Mike's wife added her own take. Hi,
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I'm Michael's wife. He's busy explaining this to our two
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children right now. While some twenty five million people have
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seen the original video and countless other linemen have created
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their own humorous takes on the situation, Kenny Chesney himself
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has also entered the discussion, posting his own tik tok
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video featuring the song and the caption heard we went
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out last night next. Ella Langley says she had to
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fight her label really hard to record you Look Like
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You Love Me the way she wanted. Ella Langley always
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believed in her song you Look Like You Love Me,
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but for a while she was the only one. The
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country star twenty six opened up about the hit song's
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origins on the This past Weekend with THEO Vaughn Podcast
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and revealed that she had to stand her ground in
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order to record it. The way she wanted. Everyone told
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me that song was not going to work. They were
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all like what she said. On Tuesday, April seventh, after
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we cut it, the label was like, we really think
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you need to go back in and sing these verses.
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I was like, I'm not singing it. I like the
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way they were. You need to sing it, they said.
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The song, a duet with Riley Green, begins with Langley
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speaking the first verse, a move that hearkens back to
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classic country songs of your She then sings the chorus
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before Green joins in to speak the second verse. I
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just thought I'm really hard on it, Langley said. They
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were like, this is going to be the worst performing
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song on the record. Sticking to her gut eventually paid
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off for Langley. As We Know As You Look You
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Like You Love Me went on to be the star's
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breakthrough hit upon its release back in June of twenty four,
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atop the country charts, mark Langley's first entry into the
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Billboard Hot one hundred, and won a number of awards,
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including Musical Event of the twenty twenty four CMA Awards,
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plus Single of the Year, Visual Media of the Year,
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and Music Event of the Year. At the twenty twenty
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five ACM Awards. I didn't know what it was going
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to do, but I believed it was different, Langley told Vaughan.
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I believed it was something that made me smile, and
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I enjoyed singing it, and I, like I said, once
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I put my mind to do something, if I go
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in and cut something, it's because I believe in it.
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The song, written by Langley, Green and Aaron Redery, is
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featured on Langley's debut studio album, Hungover, which came out
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back in August of twenty four. She joked to people
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in November that year that she and her co writers
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were laughing thinking this might cause some marriages and maybe
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some divorces and definitely some children. The song happened so organically,
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she said, Riley being on the song and writing his
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verse is the same thing. Everything happened the way it
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was supposed to, and I'm just really grateful to be
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here at the CMA Awards tonight. Her second album, Dandelion,
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is set for release on April tenth. She told Odyssey's
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Superstar Power Hour that the record was born from the
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newfound sense of confidence Langley has following her breakout few
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years I'm not guessing anymore. I'm not chasing anything. I'm
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not trying to be anything. She said. This record is
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exactly what I wanted out of it, and it's just
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me and I feel like this is going to be
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my record where everyone's going to be like that's where
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the artistry clicked for her next Casey Musgraves and Miranda
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Lambert among performers added to the twenty twenty six ACM
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Awards lineup. The twenty twenty six ACM Awards line up
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her performers is growing and growing. On Tuesday, the Academy
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of Country Music, Prime Video and Dick Clark Productions announced
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Casey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert, and Little Big Town will take
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the stage for performances at this year's ACM Awards in
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Las Vegas. Musgraves thirty seven, will perform a new song
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from her upcoming Middle of Nowhere album. It's unclear she'll
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share any stage time with Lambert, forty two, who's featured
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on the song Horses and Divorces from the forthcoming project.
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The duet marks a reunion for the Mama's Broken Heart
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collaborators following years of tension, as Musgraves recently explained on
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an interview with NPR, and we mentioned earlier last month, Johnson,
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Landy Wilson, and Riley Green were announced as the first
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round of artists set to perform at the sixty first
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Academy of Country Music Awards. Wilson thirty three, will premiere
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her song Can't Sit Still, while Green thirty seven is
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set to sing Change My Mind at the time. The
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Academy of Country Music, Prime Video and Dick Clark Productions
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also announced Patrick mentioned will execute produce the ceremony a
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longtime executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapor. The twenty twenty
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six ACM Awards host has yet to be revealed. Nominations
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are currently unknown. The awards show will go down at
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the MGM Grand Garden Arena that'll be in Las Vegas,
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of course, at eight o'clock Eastern on Sunday May seventeenth,
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and stream live on Prime Video. Viewers can also watch
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via the Amazon Music channel, on Twitch and the Amazon
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Music app. Tickets to attend the twenty six ACM Awards
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are available now to purchase via axs Well. We opened
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the program with the story on Justin Moore, but here's
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an update. On April eighth from the boot. Justin Moore
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suffers severe knee injury after skiing accident. Justin Moore has
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a full slate of shows lined up around the country
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as we know, but fans have been noticing that he
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is performing with a brace on his leg and walking
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with a bad lamp. The Times Ticking singer was a
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guest on Country Countdown USA, where he detailed what happened
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to him. He incurred an injury while out on the
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slopes with his family on vacation. We just got back
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from skiing in Aspen where I tore my mcl like
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an idiot. It didn't require surgery, More explained, so that's
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the good news. Fans at Moore's concerts have noticed the
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giant brace on his legs, so he's had to address
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the injury both on stage and online for his fans. More,
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his wife and their four kids are avid skiers, and
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he actually considers himself pretty skilled on the slopes, but
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this time things didn't go as planned. We've been taking
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the kids skiing for spring break for about ten years.
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I was skiing the best I have in years. I
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was skiing with good skiers. I kept up with him
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for four or five runs. He describes, we went through
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this trick art, then my knee went in one direction
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and the rest of my leg went in the other.
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I knew from playing sports that it wasn't good. According
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to the Cleveland Clinic, a torn MCL is damaged to
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the medial collateral ligament, which is a major ligament that's
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located on the inner side of your knee. The tear
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can be partial or complete. Moore's was a complete tear.
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Doesn't seem like his calendar is going to be affected, though.
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Justin Moore's busy touring schedule will not stop while he
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rehabs from his injury. He has shows books solid all
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the way through September of the year and likely beyond.
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Just expect a little less movement from the Superstar while
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on stage, but the singing and guitars will still be
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on point. Next signs point to Morgan Wallen releasing a
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double album next As many are anxiously awaiting the next
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season of Morgan Wallen Music, the superstar has already started
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to tease the fact that he will share new music
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real soon. According to Billboard, Wallin said, I don't know
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exactly when I'm going to do or what I'm going
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to do as far as this album, I think I'm
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on seven or eight singles right now, so it's probably
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nearing the end of the album. I'm trying to figure
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that out. There seems to be a hidden message in
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that statement, and that's all signs are pointing to another
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double album from Wallin. In country music, there is a
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basic cycle that most, if not all, artists use for
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each album. When the album comes out, there are usually
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three to four songs off each full length record that
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are released on their own as singles in order to
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push album streams and sales. You can think of it
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as a small billboard for the full length record. Each
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single takes approximately three to six months to climb the charts,
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so if you release four singles, that would take about
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two years to complete their chart cycle. By then the
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artist will have all of it out and is ready
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to release a new record. Volunteering this next project already
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has seven to eight singles chosen, would lend itself to
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thinking there's another double album in store for fans. The
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I'm a Problem hitmaker released his first double album back
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in twenty twenty one with Dangerous the double album. The
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following project twenty three's One Thing at a Time was
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also a lengthy album with thirty six tracks. It would
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seem these double collections are now the norm for Wallin.
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Now for a couple of semi connected lists from the Boot,
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cheers it says tip one back for the thirteen best
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Country Songs about beer. Country music and beer are certainly
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no strangers to one another. In fact, beer drinking songs
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play a very central role in the genre, as this
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list of the best country songs from The Boot about
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beer demonstrates. You'll find plenty of legendary country stars on
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Taste of Countries roundup of the country songs about beer.
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Taste of Country and The Boot are really the same company.
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Look for the iconic names, including Willie Nelson, George Jones,
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Garth Brooks, Toby Keith and Moore. Among the Sudsey titles
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that made the cut. Country's younger generation is also well represented.
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Not all of the biggest country songs about beer are
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party anthems, however. Sure there are expected summer songs about
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downing a few cold ones with your friends over the weekend,
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but in the list you'll also find songs about heartbreak, pain,
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and even the loss of loved ones all centered around
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country music's favorite pain killer. So here are thirteen great
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country songs from the boot slash Taste of Country. First
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of all, Billy Currington Pretty Good at Drinking Beer scored
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his fifth number one hit in twenty ten with Pretty
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Good at Drinking Beer. Hank Williams Junior tier in My Beer.
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Few performances are associated with good time drinking songs as
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much as Hank Williams Junior. This isn't a hell raising
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drinking song like some of his others, though the mournful
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lyrics from him drinking away lost love lamenting, There's a
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tear in my beer because I'm crying for you, Dear,
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you are on my lonely mind. How about Kenny Chesney
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Beer in Mexico. This is one of my favorites. Kenny
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Chesney took inspiration for Beer in Mexico from a birthday
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party for Sammy Hager that he attended to back in
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Cabo San Lucas. He's got a great horn section in it.
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Kip Moore Beer Money. Kip Moore scored one of his
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biggest early hits with Beer Money, the third single from
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his debut at album Up All Night in twenty twelve
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Luke Brian Drink a Beer. Brian is one of country
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artists most associated with fun, high energy partying songs, but
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Drink a Beer is far from that. Written by Jim
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Beavers and little known singer songwriter named Chris Stapleton, Drink
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a Beer is a somber reflection on living through the
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loss of a loved one, and Brian brought an especially
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vulnerable element to his vocal performance. Brooks and Dun's Beer Thirty.
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Brooks and Dunn captured a universal truth with their top
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twenty hit Beer thirty in nineteen ninety nine. Billy's Got
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His Beer Goggles On from Neil McCoy. McCoy has a
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deaf touch with humorous material that might fall flat in
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the hands of another artist, Chris Young's Save Water Drink Beer.
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It's really difficult to find a country drinking song with
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an original slant, but Chris Young managed it when he
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recorded Save Water Drink Beer for his Neon album in
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twenty eleven. Tom T Hall's I Like Beer. Tom T.
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Hall was one of country mist greatest songwriters of all time,
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but it was not above a fun drinking song. Meanwhile,
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the boot taste of Country has come up with a
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list of the country stars who've been arrested on DUI charges.
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Country music has always had a little bit too close
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of a relationship with drinking, I guess, so it's no
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surprise that some of the biggest stars in country music
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have been arrested for DUI. George Jones faced it arrest
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for drinking and driving not once, but twice, and some
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of the other country singers you'll find on this list
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include famously troubled stars. Others are more registered with blood
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alcohol content well over the legal limit when they were
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arrested for drunk driving. And it's no surprise that most
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of the country stars who've been charged with DUI later
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pleaded guilty, though none of them faced any real significant
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jail time. That's not true of everyone, however. Two of
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the country singers who've been charged with DUI later beat
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the charges against them. So this is a gallery of
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stars who've been charged with DUI from the boot slash
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Taste of Country. Of All, George Jones was one of
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the most legendary drinkers in country music history, and he
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was arrested on two different occasions for duy. First instance
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took place in nineteen eighty two, and the second one
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was in nineteen ninety nine. Sam Hunt. Hunt's blood alcohol
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level was more than twice the legal limit when Nashville
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police arrested him for DUI in November of twenty nineteen
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after drivers reported him going the wrong way on street
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in East Nashville. Morgan Wallen Wallen has been in and
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out of the headlines over the years for a series
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of legal infractions in which alcohol played a role, but
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his DUI arrest in twenty sixteen went largely unreported. On
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January eighteenth of that year, he faced charges of misdemeanor
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driving under the influence after that arrest, which prosecutors later dropped.
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Glenn Campbell was arrested and charged with DUI and hit
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and run after he slammed his BMW into another car
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and fled the scene in Arizona back in November of
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two thousand and three, when known to Judd. Judd was
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arrested and charged with DUI in November of two thousand
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and two when police observed her speeding near Music Row
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in Nashville. She pleaded guilty to DUI in December of
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twenty thirteen and received a suspended sentence and a year
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of probation. Joe Don Rooney Rascal Flats guitarist and singer
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Joe Don Rooney was arrested for DUI in September of
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twenty one after crashing his car into a tree in
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the early morning hours in an affluent Nashville suburb. Randy
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Travis Police in Texas arrested Randy Travis for d WI
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in August of twenty twelve after he was involved in
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a one car accident. His blood alcohol was nearly three
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times the legal limit, and he reportedly resisted arrest and
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threatened arresting officers. Mindy McCready was one of the most
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troubled singers in country music history, and she was arrested
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and charged with DUI in May of two thousand and five.
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Michael Ray was arrested and charged with DUI in Florida
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after bumping another car in a fast food driveway in
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December of twenty seventeen, and Tanner Usury, Texas country singer
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was arrested just a week ago in Collin County, Texas.
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He faces charges for his second DWY, which is a
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Class A misdemeanor in Texas and can carry jail time.
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This concludes the reading of Country Weekly for this week.
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behalf of everyone here at RADIOI. This is Ken Dawkins,
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wishing you a great day