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7.31.26 · Country Weekly

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Speaker 1: Once again, it's time to catch up with Country Weekly.
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Speaker 1: When we check out news and gossip from the world
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Speaker 1: of country music. I'm your host Ken Dawkins, and I
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Speaker 1: will be reading from various sources found online. As a reminder,
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Speaker 1: RADIOI is a reading service intended for people who are
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Speaker 1: blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult to
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Speaker 1: read printed material. We'll begin with the first article date
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Speaker 1: of the twenty eighth of July from Countrycentral dot Com.
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Speaker 1: Wyatt Flores Teas's four album release shows. Wyatt Flores has
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Speaker 1: announced a run of pop up shows to celebrate the
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Speaker 1: release of his sophomore albums Scared of Heights do out
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Speaker 1: the thirty first of July, and those shows include Tulsa, Oklahoma, Nashville, Tennessee, Denver, Colorado,
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Speaker 1: and Chicago. Due to limited capacity, tickets for the Nashville
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Speaker 1: and Chicago shows will be distributed through a limited lottery
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Speaker 1: rather than general sale. Flores will also hold albums in
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Speaker 1: each of the four cities, along with an additional signing
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Speaker 1: a top or stop in Oklahoma City. The pop up
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Speaker 1: run coincides with the release of Scared of Heights, Flora's
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Speaker 1: thirteen track sophomore album and his first projects in signing
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Speaker 1: with Island Records MCA. Ahead of the release, Flores shared
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Speaker 1: four tracks from the record, Scared of Heights, Half the Man,
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Speaker 1: Drive All Night, and Running on E. The intimate release
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Speaker 1: weeks shows follow a run of larger stages for Flores
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Speaker 1: this year, including sets at Bonaoo and Stagecoach, plus dates
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Speaker 1: alongside George Strait and Cody Johnson. He'll continue touring behind
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Speaker 1: the new album this fall with his Drive All Night tour. Next.
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Speaker 1: Tucker Wetmore reveals new Sunburn mixtape. Tucker Wetmore has announced Sunburn,
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Speaker 1: a six song mixtape arriving this weekend, assembling the three
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Speaker 1: singles he's released this year, along with three others. The
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Speaker 1: mixtape's full track list is who told You that Crazy
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Speaker 1: to Yourself? Ninety eight percent Yours Sunburn Proving Me Right.
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Speaker 1: The mixtape arrives on the heels of Wetmore's third consecutive
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Speaker 1: number one Brunette, along with recognitions including Billboard's Country Rising
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Speaker 1: Star Distinction and New Male Artist of the Year at
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Speaker 1: the sixty first ACM Awards. His debut album, What Not
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Speaker 1: To became the biggest country album from a new artist
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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty five. Debuting at number fifteen on the
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Speaker 1: Billboard two hundred. Wet More recently wrapped up the sold
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Speaker 1: out first leg of the Brunette World Tour in London
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Speaker 1: and has since joined Hardy's Country Country Tour. He'll resume
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Speaker 1: the second leg of his headline run this summer and fall,
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Speaker 1: including a run of dates alongside Brooks and Dunn in September,
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Speaker 1: with a stop at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on September twelve.
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Speaker 1: Moving on, Zach Top to release two new singles next month.
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Speaker 1: After teasing the song Good Girls and Cowgirls. As we
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Speaker 1: mentioned last week, Zach Top will release a two song
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Speaker 1: pack on August twenty first and Other Side of Hurton,
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Speaker 1: expanding on the standalone single announcement from earlier this month.
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Speaker 1: The pack will also arrive on seven inch vinyls September
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Speaker 1: twenty fifth. Top previously confirmed the release of Good Girls
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Speaker 1: and Cowgirls days earlier, which he debuted to much fanfare
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Speaker 1: at the Live Under the Big Sky festival. This release
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Speaker 1: arrives in the middle of Top's Cold Beer and Country
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Speaker 1: Music Tour, presented by Corps Banquet, which will include headlining
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Speaker 1: stops across the country. Topp will also join Chris Stapleton
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Speaker 1: for a run of stadium dates this summer. The new
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Speaker 1: music caps a career defining year for Top, who won
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Speaker 1: Best Traditional Country Album at the sixty eighth Annual Grammy
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Speaker 1: Awards for his sophomore record Ain't In It for My Health,
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Speaker 1: becoming the inaugural recipient of that newly introduced category. Now
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Speaker 1: e mosey on over to people dot com Country with
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Speaker 1: the first article dated the twenty fifth of July. Casey
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Speaker 1: Musgraves cancels three concert dates on upcoming tour, including opening
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Speaker 1: night with no explanation, Casey Musgraves has canceled three shows
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Speaker 1: in her own coming Middle of Nowhere tour, including what
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Speaker 1: would have been the country star's kickoff show in Chicago.
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Speaker 1: The canceled shows include the Chicago opening night performance scheduled
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Speaker 1: for August twentieth, along with a Boston show schedule for
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Speaker 1: the twenty ninth in Brooklyn schedule for September two, per
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Speaker 1: The Daily Mail, a Reddit user shared a screenshot of
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Speaker 1: one of the emails announcing the cancelation for the Boston show,
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Speaker 1: which said that refunds would be automatically issued to ticket holders.
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Speaker 1: The cities affected by the cancelations had concerts schedule for
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Speaker 1: multiple nights, and each still has tickets available for the
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Speaker 1: alternative dates, per the singer's official website. Musk Graves, whose
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Speaker 1: thirty seven has not yet addressed the cancelations. A representative
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Speaker 1: for the singer declined to comment when reached by People.
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Speaker 1: The Grammy Winner first announced the upcoming North American tour
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Speaker 1: back in April, with playing stops and cities including Toronto, Boston,
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Speaker 1: New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Nashville, Austin, Atlanta, Salt Lake City,
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Speaker 1: Los Angeles, and Moore, before wrapping up up on October
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Speaker 1: twenty seventh at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Midland
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Speaker 1: Flatland Cavalry, Carter, Faith Steavy, Charles Wesley Godwin, William Beckman,
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Speaker 1: Gabriella Rose and The Broodie Brothers were also announced as
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Speaker 1: opening acts throughout the run at the time. The tour
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Speaker 1: is in support of Musgrave's sixth studio album, Middle of Nowhere,
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Speaker 1: which was released back on May first. The project features
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Speaker 1: collaborations with Gregory Allen, Isakov, Billy Strings, Moranta Lambert, and
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Speaker 1: Willie Nelson. The bulk of this record was made during
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Speaker 1: the longest single period of my life, Musgrave said in
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Speaker 1: a statement back at that time. She added, I found
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Speaker 1: that the first time were for the first time it
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Speaker 1: actually felt incredible being alone and existing in a space
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Speaker 1: not defined by anybody else. I became fascinated with the
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Speaker 1: concept of limited space, both geographical and emotional. We don't
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Speaker 1: linger in these transitional empty spaces long enough and rush
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Speaker 1: to define where or whatever is Next, Musgraves continued, I
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Speaker 1: became so at ease with being in the middle of
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Speaker 1: nowhere in many senses, and sitting in the uncomfort of undefined.
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Speaker 1: I had a lot of time for creating, ambling and
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Speaker 1: leaning into myself in different ways, horses, humor, riding with
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Speaker 1: my early collaborations again, and living out my very simple
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Speaker 1: inspired life between Texas, Tennessee, and Mexico. Next, Trace Atkins
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Speaker 1: says he forgives ex wife for shooting him after an
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Speaker 1: argument back in nineteen ninety four. I don't think she
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Speaker 1: meant it. Country star Trace Atkins is opening up about
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Speaker 1: the time he was shot by his ex wife during
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Speaker 1: a domestic dispute more than thirty years ago. The You're
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Speaker 1: Gonna Miss This singer, now sixty four, suffered near fatal
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Speaker 1: injuries to his heart and lungs after his then wife,
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Speaker 1: Julie Curtis, shot him as he tried to disarm her.
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Speaker 1: This was during an argument over his drinking back in
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Speaker 1: ninety four. During an appearance on This Past Weekend with
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Speaker 1: THEO Vaughn Podcast Tuesday, the twenty eighth of July, Atkins
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Speaker 1: quipped that Curtis took it a little far. I thought
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Speaker 1: that was uncalled for. Was totally uncalled for, he said,
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Speaker 1: of the shooting, just leave, Let's just call it quits,
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Speaker 1: and we don't have to go that far. Adkins, who
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Speaker 1: did not press charges, said that he did not think
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Speaker 1: Curis meant to shoot him, noting that he believed she
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Speaker 1: didn't have any idea with what to do with that gun.
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Speaker 1: I'd never seen her hold to gun. I've never seen
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Speaker 1: her shoot a gun. I knew she had one, but
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Speaker 1: I'd never seen her use it, he said. I don't
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Speaker 1: think she knew what was about to happen when she
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Speaker 1: pulled that trigger. She thought it was a toy. Because
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Speaker 1: of that, Adkins said he's come to forgive her, noting
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Speaker 1: she thought I was indestructible. The singer explained that in
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Speaker 1: lead up to the shooting, Curtis was mad and wanted
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Speaker 1: him to leave, which he refused to do. As they argued,
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Speaker 1: she put the gun under his left arm, and when
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Speaker 1: she fired, the bullet went straight through and came out
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Speaker 1: under his right arm, having gone straight through his heart
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Speaker 1: and his Lungsdadkins was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Speaker 1: and underwent emergency open heart surgery. It was a kill shot,
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Speaker 1: the doctor said. The only reason I survived was because
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Speaker 1: the bullet went through at point blank velocity. Velocity so
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Speaker 1: it didn't have time to mushroom. He explained, if it
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Speaker 1: hadn't been for that life flight in Vanderbilt Medical Center,
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Speaker 1: I wouldn't be here Atkins and Curtis divorced later that year.
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Speaker 1: There's a Surprise, and the singer released his debut album,
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Speaker 1: Dreaming Out Loud back in nineteen ninety six. The singer,
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Speaker 1: who shares five daughters with two other ex wives, married
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Speaker 1: actress Victoria Pratt in twenty nineteen, ceremony officiated by Blake Shelton.
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Speaker 1: He still sees a heart doctor for regular checkups and
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Speaker 1: open up about the incident to people Back in twenty
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Speaker 1: twenty two, it wasn't my time to go he said
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Speaker 1: it was painful, but it didn't see my memory. The
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Speaker 1: physical pain broken bones and surgeries and bullets and getting
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Speaker 1: beat up and cut has never really bothered me. I
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Speaker 1: have a high tolerance for it. It's the broken hearts
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Speaker 1: that leave the deepest scars. Now we hits a ride
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Speaker 1: on over to saving country music with the first article
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Speaker 1: date of July twenty sixth, Waylon Jennings to be honored
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Speaker 1: in Hollywood. It's the civic duty of any true country
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Speaker 1: music fan to support the careers of deserving artists who
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Speaker 1: are keeping the flame of country music alive while working
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Speaker 1: to help preserve the legacies of the greats that came before.
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Speaker 1: Waylon Jennings has one of those legacies, and that's easy
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Speaker 1: to preserve since he put together a career that hasn't
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Speaker 1: only withstood the test of time, but arguably has only
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Speaker 1: grown in stature over the years and continues to significantly
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Speaker 1: influence the country artists of today. Recently, the music of
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Speaker 1: legacy of Whalen Jennings has been renewed attention after his
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Speaker 1: son's shooter. Jennings helped release a very well received archive
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Speaker 1: album called Songbird last year that is also prepped the
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Speaker 1: second of three archive albums to be released on November sixteenth,
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Speaker 1: called Diamonds Now. Whalen Jennings is receiving an honor he
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Speaker 1: probably should have received many years ago. Though Let's face it,
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Speaker 1: Kaitlyn never liked being honored that much in life, skipping
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Speaker 1: out on award shows and not even attending his Country
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Speaker 1: Music Hall of Fame induction. But that didn't mean he
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Speaker 1: didn't deserve those honors. He just rarely, if ever, labored
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Speaker 1: at all to receive them. That's one of the things
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Speaker 1: that made him so cool, says Saving Country Music. Last week,
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Speaker 1: it was announced that Whale and Jennings will be part
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Speaker 1: of a twenty twenty seven class receiving stars on the
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Speaker 1: Hollywood Walk of Fame. Weyne will be a rare posthumous recipient.
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Speaker 1: He will go in with other musical performers Carol g
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Speaker 1: David Guetta, The Ramones, Joseph Sadler, Mark Shaman, Sea, Smashing Pumpkins,
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Speaker 1: Lincoln Park, and Lil Wayne. Thanks to the amazing Hollywood
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Speaker 1: Chamber of Commerce, to our great friend John Arakaki, and
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Speaker 1: the persistence and follow through of my wife, Whalen is
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Speaker 1: getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Shooter
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Speaker 1: Jennings said about the honor, I could not be more
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Speaker 1: proud to permanently honor him among the stars who have
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Speaker 1: come before. A country artist receiving Walk of Fame star
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Speaker 1: is not entirely unprecedented, but not a given either. Roy Acoff,
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Speaker 1: Eddie Arnold, and Gene Autry were all inducted on the
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Speaker 1: Walks Hall of Fame back in the Night eineighteen sixty one.
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Speaker 1: Hank Williams has a Walk of Famed star. Johnny Cash,
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Speaker 1: Loretta Lynn, Kenny Rodgers, Patsy Kline, Randy Travis, and Vince
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Speaker 1: Gill are others who received the honor. Dolly Parton has
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Speaker 1: two stars, one for herself and one for the trio
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Speaker 1: with Linda Ronstadt and Emmy Lou Harris. Interestingly, Wayne's old
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Speaker 1: running buddy Willie Nelson, does not have a star on
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Speaker 1: the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It probably helped that Sun
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Speaker 1: Shooter is based in la and he and his wife
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Speaker 1: could lobby for the honor. There are bigger honors entertainers
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Speaker 1: can receive, and some curmudgeonally outlawed country fans are sure
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Speaker 1: to say Whale and woodn't care or scoff at it's
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Speaker 1: happening in Hollywood, but preserving the legacy of these country
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Speaker 1: artists wherever possible is the way to keep their memories alive. Next,
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Speaker 1: traditional country artists, now is the time to submit to
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Speaker 1: the Grammys. In twenty twenty five, the Grammy Awards finally
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Speaker 1: added a new Best Traditional Country Album category to the
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty six roster and renamed the existing Best Country
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Speaker 1: Album category Best Contemporary Country Album for traditional country artists
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Speaker 1: in their fans. This was a huge victory, finally traditional
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Speaker 1: countries being allowed to exist on its own, as opposed
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Speaker 1: to having to compete with the big, pop oriented names
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Speaker 1: of country or being relegated to Americana. In the new
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Speaker 1: category's first year, Charlie Crockett, Lucas Nelson, Margot Price, and
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Speaker 1: Willie Nelson all received nominations in the category that they
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Speaker 1: otherwise may not have received them, and Zak Top won
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Speaker 1: the award for his album Ain't In It for My Health.
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Speaker 1: Securing this new Grammy category was the beginning of the process,
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Speaker 1: but now traditional country music performers need to submit their
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Speaker 1: albums to the Grammy Awards for consideration. The Grammys don't
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Speaker 1: just choose out the thin air who gets to be considered,
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Speaker 1: you have to submit your work. Submissions are open now
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Speaker 1: until August twenty first. The eligibility period for the twenty
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Speaker 1: twenty seven Grammy Awards is August thirty first, twenty twenty
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Speaker 1: five through August twenty eighth, twenty twenty six. That means
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Speaker 1: if you or your favorite artist released a country album
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Speaker 1: within that period or will in the next month or so,
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Speaker 1: they are eligible and the Grammy state. We encourage everyone
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Speaker 1: to submit their entries as early as possible so that
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Speaker 1: the Recording Academies Awards team can assist with any questions
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Speaker 1: in a timely manner. If you want to know the
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Speaker 1: complete ins and outs of Grammy submission process, you can
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Speaker 1: read the Grammys How to Submit Music Guide. We'd love
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Speaker 1: to say it's quick and painless, says Saving Country Music,
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Speaker 1: but unless the album was released on a label that
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Speaker 1: is set up as a media company with the Grammys,
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Speaker 1: or you're a Grammy member, it might take some effort,
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Speaker 1: but it's an effort worth taking. Long story short, Grammy
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Speaker 1: members can submit their work along with the works of others,
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Speaker 1: and so can media companies, including labels, management groups, or,
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Speaker 1: as the Grammys define, a legitimate business entity whose core
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Speaker 1: business function is to create, aggregate, and promote audio and
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Speaker 1: or video content for commercial purposes. If you're an artist
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Speaker 1: on a label, make sure your label is submitting your
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Speaker 1: album to the Grammys and if you think it belongs
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Speaker 1: to the Best Traditional Country Album category insists that is
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Speaker 1: where you gets submitted. If for individual artists but have
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Speaker 1: made your own label, then register as a media company
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Speaker 1: and yes there are fees to do this, but then
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Speaker 1: you can submit up to five entries for free, along
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Speaker 1: with paying additional fees for additional entries. Beyond that, Saving
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Speaker 1: Country Music is here to help you as well as
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Speaker 1: If you've released a traditional country album and want to
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Speaker 1: submit it to the Grammys, reach out to Saving Country
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Speaker 1: Music and they can help the Grammy's Best Traditional Country
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Speaker 1: Album definition states traditional country includes country recordings that adhere
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Speaker 1: to the more traditional sound structures of the country genre,
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Speaker 1: including rhythm and singing style, lyrical content, as well as
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Speaker 1: traditional country instrumentation such as acoustic guitar, steel guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, piano,
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Speaker 1: electric guitar, and live drums. It also includes subgenres such
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Speaker 1: as Western, Western swing, and outlaw country. What if you
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Speaker 1: feel like an album might not quite fit into a
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Speaker 1: traditional album category, or that it sits on the bubble
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Speaker 1: between traditional and contemporary. Well that's okay, says Saving Country Music.
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Speaker 1: Make sure to submit it to the Grammys anyway, not
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Speaker 1: only might it get nominated to win. The more entries
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Speaker 1: the Grammys get, the healthier all countries categories are, and
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Speaker 1: the more likely the Best Traditional Country Album category will
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Speaker 1: stick around in definitely, then, who knows, maybe we can
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Speaker 1: also get a Best Traditional Country Song category in the
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Speaker 1: future too. An Artists don't just have to submit only
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Speaker 1: an album. If they believe they have a Grammy winning song,
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Speaker 1: they can submit it to the existing Best Country Song,
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Speaker 1: Best Country Performance, or Best Country Duo or Group Performance
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Speaker 1: categories for consideration two. As traditional country, this new Grammy
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Speaker 1: Best Traditional Country Album category is a very big moment
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Speaker 1: for artists and performers who believe in preserving the roots
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Speaker 1: of country music. But only if we continue to support it.
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Speaker 1: For too long, traditional country artists have been treated like others.
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Speaker 1: Now it's time to step up and make sure they
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Speaker 1: have a home. Now it's country noow dot com with
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Speaker 1: the article first article later July twenty seventh, Ashley McBride
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Speaker 1: creates full circle moment by inviting eleven year old singer
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Speaker 1: Sawyer June to make her Grand Old Opry debut. What
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Speaker 1: started as a memorable backstage meeting months ago is come
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Speaker 1: full circle with Ashley McBride now helping eleven year old
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Speaker 1: Sawyer June achieve her dream of making her Grand Old
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Speaker 1: Opry debut. The country star first met Sawyer back in
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Speaker 1: February during a chance encounter backstage at the Opry. The
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Speaker 1: young girl and her family were visiting town and decided
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Speaker 1: to attend to show at the iconic venue, followed by
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Speaker 1: a group tour backstage. McBride, who was performing that day,
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Speaker 1: noticed Sawyer in the crowd, singing along to every word
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Speaker 1: of light On in the kitchen. Later on, the two
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Speaker 1: crossed paths backstage, where McBride learned that the young fan
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Speaker 1: was also a singer herself, leading to a special moment
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Speaker 1: neither of them would forget. I stopped and said hello
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Speaker 1: to everybody, and in the front of the tour was
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Speaker 1: the young girl and her mom and her dad. I
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Speaker 1: went over and shook her hand and I found out
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Speaker 1: her name. They gave me some pecans from the farm,
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Speaker 1: which I love pecans and her mom said she sings
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Speaker 1: Bible forty four really well. The Arkansas native instinctively grabbed
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Speaker 1: her guitar and invited Sawyer to sing a few lines
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Speaker 1: of the song with her. The two sat together, effortlessly
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Speaker 1: harmonizing and creating a special moment that McBride's had left
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Speaker 1: her amazed by Sawyer's talent and passion at such a
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Speaker 1: young age. She later followed Sawyer on social media and
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Speaker 1: promised to keep up with her musical journey. McBride kept
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Speaker 1: her promise and was recently given the opportunity to share
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Speaker 1: some very special news with Sawyer. During her recent visit
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Speaker 1: to WSM studio. The young girl was on air with
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Speaker 1: one of her show's hosts, Aaron Cooper, who explained that
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Speaker 1: there was someone calling in to speak with her. McBride's
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Speaker 1: voice appeared on the other end of the line as
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Speaker 1: she asked Sawyer how her week was going. She also
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Speaker 1: called attention to the fact that the talent had singer
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Speaker 1: recently performed in her Redemption Bar on Nashville's Lower Broadway.
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Speaker 1: Oh that was aw that was amazing, Sawyer said, while
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Speaker 1: still getting over the shock of realizing she was talking
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Speaker 1: to the country store again. Us becoming friends is one
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Speaker 1: of the best things that's happened to me in a
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Speaker 1: long time, McBride said, Soyer echoed the sentiment by saying,
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Speaker 1: it's one of the best things that's happened to me
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Speaker 1: in a really long time. The One Night Standards singer
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Speaker 1: went on to say that she had a very important
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Speaker 1: question for the young artist. She said, as a proud
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Speaker 1: member of myself and on behalf of the folks of
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Speaker 1: the Grand Old Opry, we'd love to invite you to
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Speaker 1: stand in the circle and make your Opry debut. What
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Speaker 1: do you say? Well? Overwhelmed by surprise, Sawyer took a
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Speaker 1: moment to process the invitation before enthusiastically accepting. The emotional
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Speaker 1: moment quickly turned into tears of joy, with Sawyer telling
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Speaker 1: McBride she was the best friend I've ever had. I
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Speaker 1: told you I'm going to watch you walk across the stage,
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Speaker 1: and here we are. You're a star, Sawyer. June, thank
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Speaker 1: you so much. This is the biggest honor I've had
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Speaker 1: in my life, she responded. The Grand Old Opry is
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Speaker 1: yet to share a date for Sawyer June's big moment
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Speaker 1: in the circle. Next Bailey de Zimmerman speaks out after
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Speaker 1: Delaware State Fair concert canceled due to power outage. Billy
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Speaker 1: Zimmerman has apologized to fans after his July twenty sixth
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Speaker 1: concert that the Delaware State Fair was abruptly canceled that
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Speaker 1: was due to a power outage, leaving attendees frustrated and
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Speaker 1: searching for answers. According to those in attendance, the Country
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Speaker 1: Act was just three songs into his high energy set
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Speaker 1: when power suddenly went out throughout the entire venue and grounds.
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Speaker 1: Zimmerman attempted to make the most of it and keep
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Speaker 1: things lighthearted until more information was shared. He passed around snacks,
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Speaker 1: spoke and took selfies with fans, and even tried to
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Speaker 1: sing and play guitar without speakers or a mic to
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Speaker 1: amplify his voice. Unfortunately, moments later, his voice came over
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Speaker 1: the speakers, announcing that the remainder of the show would
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Speaker 1: be canceled as it would likely be a while before
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Speaker 1: power was restored. We are waiting on crews to come
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Speaker 1: and fix the electric At this point in time, it
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Speaker 1: will take some time to get the power up and running. Unfortunately,
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Speaker 1: we will need to cancel the show. Please evacuate the
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Speaker 1: Grand stand at this point in time. Videos capturing the
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Speaker 1: moment showed the crowd erupting in a collective string of
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Speaker 1: booze as Zimmerman stood on stage giving thumbs down and
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Speaker 1: visibly expressing his disappointment. The Chevy Silverado singer made his
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Speaker 1: way on to the M and T Bank grandstand at
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Speaker 1: seven thirty pm, and by eight PM, a power outage
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Speaker 1: update was posted on the official Instagram page of the
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Speaker 1: Delaware State Fair. We are aware of the power outage
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Speaker 1: currently affecting the Delaware State Fair. Our team is actively
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Speaker 1: working to resolve the issue as quickly and safely as possible.
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Speaker 1: Zimmerman later shared a statement apologizing to everyone who came
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Speaker 1: out expecting a full concert, only for the show to
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Speaker 1: be cut short. He explained city lost power and there
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Speaker 1: was nothing we could do. He assured fans. He is
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Speaker 1: looking into being able to come back as he was
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Speaker 1: just getting started and knows that his supporters deserve a show.
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Speaker 1: Love you all, hope to see you soon, he concluded. Next,
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Speaker 1: Megan Maroney says being single is given her a clear
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Speaker 1: head during her biggest two hours yet. Megan Maroney is
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Speaker 1: enjoying one of the biggest moments of her career as
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Speaker 1: she headlines her first arena tour. While the sold out
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Speaker 1: crowds have made the experience unforgettable, the singer admits there's
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Speaker 1: another reason this chapter has been especially rewarding. In her
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Speaker 1: new interview with Cosmopolitan, the country star revealed that the
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Speaker 1: Cloud nine tour is one of the first times she's
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Speaker 1: hit the road while single, giving her freedom to fully
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Speaker 1: embrace the experience without outside distractions. There have been a
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Speaker 1: lot of big moments and fun times that I had
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Speaker 1: been ruined by a guy. For me, it's nice to
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Speaker 1: just have a clear head. I'm learning what I like
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Speaker 1: and what I don't like, and what my goals are,
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Speaker 1: she shared. Moroni also shared that this chapter has brought
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Speaker 1: a new level of focus and discipline to her life,
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Speaker 1: giving her the chance to establish healthy routines. However, once
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Speaker 1: the tour ends in the fall and she returns from
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Speaker 1: her Europe dates, the medicine singer admits she's not opposed
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Speaker 1: to being on the prowl again. Yeah, it'll be fall,
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Speaker 1: it'll be coughing season. But right now, it's been so
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Speaker 1: nice to have my friends and family out with me
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Speaker 1: and that not have an aspect of my life it's
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Speaker 1: any sort of problem for me. Looking back on a
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Speaker 1: past tour, Moroni remembered quietly dealing with a heartbreak, even
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Speaker 1: crying before taking the stage because of a boy who
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Speaker 1: stopped her from enjoying what was supposed to be an
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Speaker 1: exciting moment in her life. That difficult chapter later inspired
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Speaker 1: her song hell of a Show. Now, she says, she's
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Speaker 1: in much happier place, spending this tour surrounded by her
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Speaker 1: close friends and of course her new dog, Boots. Life
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Speaker 1: is peaceful. I got a dog in February, and that's
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Speaker 1: when I needed all along no man a dog, she
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Speaker 1: stated confidently the best part about being a songwriter is
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Speaker 1: that when Maroni does experience difficult moments like that, she
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Speaker 1: can turn them into a song and hopefully help someone
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Speaker 1: else who might have gone through something similar. In fact,
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Speaker 1: she has built an entire catalog of relatable songs that
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Speaker 1: her fans now scream back to her, making her concerts
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Speaker 1: feel like one big therapy session. Knowing that she's helped
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Speaker 1: so many fans gives the Georgian and aid of the
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Speaker 1: confidence to continue being vulnerable. When I get scared of
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Speaker 1: putting out a song because it's too personal, I think
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Speaker 1: about how it might help somebody, Because every time I've
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Speaker 1: done it and I've taken that risk, people have come
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Speaker 1: up to me and they're like, this song made me
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Speaker 1: dump this guy, and this song is making me want
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Speaker 1: to go back with him. It's just one of those
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Speaker 1: things that you have to be like, the heck with it.
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Speaker 1: What's the worst that could happen. Fans got a heavy
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Speaker 1: dose of both vulnerability and empowerment in her latest Cloud
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Speaker 1: nine album, which arrived in February. The Cloud nine Tour
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Speaker 1: continues tonight with this week rather with a stop in
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Speaker 1: Iowa before heading to Minnesota. She will close out her
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Speaker 1: run of US states in mid August and then head
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Speaker 1: overseas for shows across Norway, Denmark, France, the UK and more.
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Speaker 1: Now we move on to huller dot com with the
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Speaker 1: first article date of the twenty eighth of July. Carly
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Speaker 1: Piers shares the story behind writing I Hope You're Happy
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Speaker 1: Now with Luke Combs. Carly Piers shares the process of
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Speaker 1: writing I Hope You're Happy Now with Luke Colmbs, a
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Speaker 1: country classic we still have on repeat and one of
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Speaker 1: Pierce's biggest hits to date. Although Pierce recorded It with
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Speaker 1: Lee Bryce as part of her self titled twenty twenty record.
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Speaker 1: She penned the track with Combs, Ray Montante, Randy Montana,
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Speaker 1: and Jonathan Singleton. In an interview with Absolute Radio Country,
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Speaker 1: Pierce told of the vision she had for the track
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Speaker 1: and how Combs and Bryce fit perfectly in the thresholds
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Speaker 1: of writing and recording process. Reflective on coming up in
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Speaker 1: the same country era as When It Rains It Pours
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Speaker 1: hit Maker, Pierce shared years ago, when we were on
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Speaker 1: what's called radio tour in the States, this guy had
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Speaker 1: a song out called Hurricane. I thought he was really good.
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Speaker 1: He was sitting like two down for me on one
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Speaker 1: of those radio shows, So I just asked him after
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Speaker 1: the show, Hey, I really like your voice. Would you
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Speaker 1: ever write a song with me? It was Luke, though
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Speaker 1: having played a vital role in bringing the hit to life,
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Speaker 1: acting as a trusted voice for Pierce's deep vulnerabilities within
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Speaker 1: the song and co writer on the track's ever flowing melody.
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Speaker 1: At the time promotional scheduling for the When It Rains
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Speaker 1: When It Pours hit Maker took the lead and much
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Speaker 1: of him attention. This ultimately caused Colmns to step down
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Speaker 1: before a studio polished version of the song with his
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Speaker 1: feature would ever see the light of day. However, when
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Speaker 1: one door closes, another one opens, and that second door
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Speaker 1: led to a version of the song, it almost feels
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Speaker 1: like destiny when Bryce stepped in to put the duet
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Speaker 1: in motion. Instead, Pierce had reached out to Bryce, figuring
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Speaker 1: he would be a perfect fit for the male perspective
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Speaker 1: of the duet because of his gruff yet vulnerable vocal style,
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Speaker 1: and honestly, this writer couldn't agree more with Pierce's female
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Speaker 1: lead that represents her certainty behind ending the long term
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Speaker 1: relationship and the acceptance of the pain she must cause
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Speaker 1: to do so. Bryce's counterpart moves against the tide of heartbreak,
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Speaker 1: where his verse of the duet reflects hurting, longing, and
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Speaker 1: a broken heart that's far from healing. Ultimately, the song
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Speaker 1: wouldn't be what it is today without all three of
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Speaker 1: these stars and the roles that they played. Pulling from
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Speaker 1: a trying time in Pierce's real life, Bryce's emotional vocals
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Speaker 1: spanned perfectly to the vision she had for the female perspective. Meanwhile,
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Speaker 1: Comb's writing, along with his loyalty to helping Pierce make
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Speaker 1: her vision come to life as best as he could,
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Speaker 1: combined to create the country radio and chart soaring hit.
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Speaker 1: The track reached number one on the Billboard Country Airplay
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Speaker 1: Charts in June twenty twenty, a full circle moment for
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Speaker 1: the stars and a bitter sweet call to the time
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Speaker 1: that they had spent together creating it. Pierce and Combs
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Speaker 1: did get to perform the song together for the first
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Speaker 1: time at London's Royal Albert Hall as part of the
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Speaker 1: Grand Old Opry's international debut back in the fall of
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, six years after the song's release. Next,
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Speaker 1: Kenny Chesney unveils Silver Sands Marina track list with Megan
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Speaker 1: Morony and Moore. Kenny Chesney has unveiled the track list
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Speaker 1: for his eagerly anticipated new album, Silver Sands Marina, with
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Speaker 1: Meghan Maroni, Colby Calay and Lyley That's Lily Meola, all
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Speaker 1: set to feature Moronio linked up with Chesney for the
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Speaker 1: CMA nominated He Had to Be There in twenty twenty five,
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Speaker 1: combines once again with the I Go Back, Hit Me
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Speaker 1: Are for It Just Got Weird called the Calais Guests
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Speaker 1: on what we Got going on? While Lili Miola appears
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Speaker 1: on Goldfish. In addition, fans will be able to enjoy
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Speaker 1: the already released singles carry On in Silver Sands Marina
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Speaker 1: as part of the forthcoming album, which arrives Friday, September
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Speaker 1: twenty fifth. The project, which serves as Chesney's twenty first
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Speaker 1: studio album, will also include brand new offerings such as Shotglass,
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Speaker 1: Burned My Boat, Sad Casino, and Shot a Car into Space,
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Speaker 1: and a new statement. Chesney shares how the record came about.
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Speaker 1: It's funny how records show you who they are, and
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Speaker 1: Silver Sands Marina came together in a whole other way
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Speaker 1: when we found this title track and a couple of others.
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Speaker 1: When we went in and cut those last three tracks,
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Speaker 1: I realized it's like rock on your shoe. It'll bother
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Speaker 1: you until it's right when you're dealing in songs, but
27:48
Speaker 1: when it's right, well you know it. The Knoxville native,
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Speaker 1: who recently opened a new living in the Fast Forward
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Speaker 1: exhibition at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame goes on,
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Speaker 1: some of these songs are unlike anything people heard or
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Speaker 1: haven't heard in a long time. Some of them go deep,
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Speaker 1: some of them will make people turn it up. A
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Speaker 1: few will make them laugh, but together I think they'll
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Speaker 1: remind them of how great it is to be alive,
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Speaker 1: even on days when you need a song like carry On.
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Speaker 1: We're making the best of what we got. He adds,
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Speaker 1: I love talking about heart life music on Talk Shop
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Speaker 1: Live because it'll let me get inside what we were
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Speaker 1: trying to do and the process. It was a chance
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Speaker 1: to show people how much telling my story meant to me,
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Speaker 1: and I feel the same way about this record. Well.
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Speaker 1: This concludes the reading of Country Weekly for this week.
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Speaker 1: behalf of everyone here at RADIOI. This is Ken Dawkins,
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