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Exploring Brandy Clark's Creative Process: The Flight Themes and Her New Album and Upcoming Tour · Takin’ A Walk Nashville

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  Speaker 1: Taking a Walk Nashville.
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  Speaker 2: We have a lot to talk about.
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  Speaker 1: She just announced her new album, The Bird, is releasing
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  Speaker 1: January 15th of next year. And she is going on
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  Speaker 1: the Take Flight World Tour, which you can get tickets
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  Speaker 1: to on her website. She has been named one of
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  Speaker 1: New York Times' 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters Award. And
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  Speaker 1: no doubt she has penning songs such as Casey Musgraves'
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  Speaker 1: Follow Your Arrow, Miranda Lambert's Mama's Broken Heart, and even
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  Speaker 1: winning a Tony Award for composing the music for the
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  Speaker 1: musical Shocked. Join me today as I sit down with
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  Speaker 1: singer-songwriter Brandi Clark. Welcome to Takin' a Walk Nashville with
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  Speaker 1: your host, singer-songwriter, Sarah Harrelson. Hi, listeners. This is Sarah Harrelson,
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  Speaker 1: your host of the iHeartMedia podcast, Takin' a Walk Nashville.
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  Speaker 1: And this week has been crazy in Nashville with Americana
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  Speaker 1: Fest happening. And sitting here with me today is Brandi Clark.
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  Speaker 2: Brandi, how are you today? I'm so great. And I
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  Speaker 2: have to tell you, I'm even better than I thought
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  Speaker 2: I was going to be because I thought we were
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  Speaker 2: literally taking a walk on this podcast. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's 100 and something degrees outside, and I don't have
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  Speaker 2: a lot of clothes that are cool. And so I
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  Speaker 2: was like, okay, well, I'm just going to sweat. And
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  Speaker 2: then on the way here, I found out, no, we're
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  Speaker 2: actually in studio.
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  Speaker 1: Listen, sometimes I do take an actual walk with guests,
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  Speaker 1: but so many people say that. We don't actually take
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  Speaker 1: the walk, so I feel like I have to preface that.
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  Speaker 1: But I am with you. I do not want to
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  Speaker 1: walk outside today. It is miserable here.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, thank you for joining me today. You have been
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  Speaker 1: very busy this week at Americana Fest. You performed the
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  Speaker 1: Martin Guitar Kickoff Party last night. Before this, you were
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  Speaker 1: just performing at SiriusXM's studio. And tomorrow, you have a
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  Speaker 1: sold-out show at the Bluebird Cafe. Now, this Bluebird Cafe
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  Speaker 1: performance is very special because you are previewing your upcoming album,
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  Speaker 1: The Bird. It releases January 15th. What can you tell
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  Speaker 1: us about this new album? Wow.
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  Speaker 2: So, And I just have to shout out, it wasn't
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  Speaker 2: my idea, but the idea of the bird at the
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  Speaker 2: Bluebird was such a genius idea. I wish I could
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  Speaker 2: take credit for it. It was not me. This album,
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  Speaker 2: the reason why I called it The Bird is not
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  Speaker 2: just because there's a song on it called The Bird,
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  Speaker 2: but there are a lot of songs on this record
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  Speaker 2: that are from an up-above point of view. And the
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  Speaker 2: other thing in researching Birds, when I decided that that
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  Speaker 2: was a front-runner title, is birds, they see two sides
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  Speaker 2: of something. Their eyes, they don't work together. And I
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  Speaker 2: think there are songs on this record, like there's a
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  Speaker 2: song called The Loner and the Lonely, about two very
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  Speaker 2: different perspectives of two different people in a relationship. And
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  Speaker 2: so that was, as we started to make the record
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  Speaker 2: and there are songs on there, like a song called Astronaut.
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  Speaker 2: There's a song called The Sunset to the Moon, Stranger
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  Speaker 2: on a Plane. Flight really started to become a theme,
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  Speaker 2: not on purpose, just the songs that started to rise
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  Speaker 2: up to the top as we were recording. Flight was
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  Speaker 2: in all of them.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so many of the song titles mentioned being from above,
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  Speaker 1: as you mentioned. I got to preview it. It's a
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  Speaker 1: beautiful album. I love Astronaut.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Where did you record the album and who did you
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  Speaker 1: work with?
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  Speaker 2: So we recorded the album at Sunset Sound in the
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  Speaker 2: heart of Hollywood with Shooter Jennings producing it. And it's
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  Speaker 2: kind of crazy how it happened. My last record, Brandi
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  Speaker 2: Carlile produced. And when we first started talking about it,
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  Speaker 2: Shooter was in the mix to co-produce it. And then
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  Speaker 2: he was going to play on it. And then schedules
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  Speaker 2: didn't match up. And so.
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  Speaker 2: It happened the way it was supposed to happen with
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  Speaker 2: just Brandy and myself. But after the record came out
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  Speaker 2: and had been out for a while, Shooter texted me.
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  Speaker 2: And I didn't know Shooter very well. I've always been
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  Speaker 2: a fan. And he said, hey, you know, I'd really
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  Speaker 2: love a second chance. Like if we could work together,
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  Speaker 2: I would co-produce. I would produce. I would play. If
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  Speaker 2: you just need a cheerleader, I'd love to be there. Long,
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  Speaker 2: really heartfelt, beautiful text. And I texted him back and
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  Speaker 2: I said, well, first things first, there's no second chance.
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  Speaker 2: There hasn't even been a first. So, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: think he thought maybe I had gotten upset that he
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  Speaker 2: wasn't involved in that other record. But we started talking
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  Speaker 2: about making a record and he's just one of the
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  Speaker 2: most creative people I've ever been around and just a
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  Speaker 2: beautiful human being. And this record would not be what
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  Speaker 2: it is without him because early on in the process,
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  Speaker 2: there was a song that's the first single off this
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  Speaker 2: record called American Roots. And we were playing it live
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  Speaker 2: and it was getting a response like I've never gotten
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  Speaker 2: from a song. And then Shooter and I went in
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  Speaker 2: and recorded it. And it sort of fell flat after that.
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  Speaker 2: And so it really freaked me out. And I reached
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  Speaker 2: out to him and said, I think we need to
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  Speaker 2: go back in and rerecord that. And I think we
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  Speaker 2: should use my road band, which, you know, is not
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  Speaker 2: always popular with producers. And he said, yeah, let's do that,
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  Speaker 2: and let's do like two or three songs because it'll
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  Speaker 2: make more sense budget-wise. So we went in, and that
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  Speaker 2: first session we recorded six songs, and then we just
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  Speaker 2: made the whole record together. And I don't know many
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  Speaker 2: people who have the sort of openness that Shooter does
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  Speaker 2: to make people comfortable because it's intimidating to be in
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  Speaker 2: the studio alone. And especially if you're not a studio
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  Speaker 2: musician who's playing two or three sessions a day for
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  Speaker 2: years and you're stepping into this environment. And everybody that
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  Speaker 2: I have on the road, they've played on records and
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  Speaker 2: been in the studio, but that's not been their main gig.
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  Speaker 2: And he just made everyone feel like a rock star.
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  Speaker 2: And that's so much of it. And I think everybody
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  Speaker 2: brought their best and he has a lot to do
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  Speaker 2: with that.
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  Speaker 1: That's so important. It's such a beautifully produced album. I
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  Speaker 1: can't wait for everyone to hear it. The first single
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  Speaker 1: off the album, American Roots, as you mentioned, you put
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  Speaker 1: a live video of it out on YouTube.
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  Speaker 2: It took off.
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  Speaker 1: What can you tell us about the inspiration behind that song?
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  Speaker 2: We wrote that song right after I had just seen
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  Speaker 2: myself and then the co-writers on that, Michael Pollack and
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  Speaker 2: Griff Claussen. We had all just seen that movie, A
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  Speaker 2: Complete Unknown, about Bob Dylan. And This Land Is Your
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  Speaker 2: Land was in that movie because of Woody Guthrie. And
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  Speaker 2: I grew up knowing that song my whole life. You
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  Speaker 2: learn it in kindergarten. And I never think of songs
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  Speaker 2: like that as having actually been written by people. I
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  Speaker 2: just always think, oh, God made the planet. And on
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  Speaker 2: one of those first seven days, just put certain songs out.
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  Speaker 2: And This Land is Your Land is one of those.
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  Speaker 2: And so we were all talking about that and just
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  Speaker 2: how none of us thought of that as a song
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  Speaker 2: that a person had written. And we started talking about
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  Speaker 2: where we're at in the country and just how divided
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  Speaker 2: things are. And we started talking about, well, let's write
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  Speaker 2: a song about what makes us more alike than different.
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  Speaker 2: And American Roots came from that. And I just thought
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  Speaker 2: it was just another song until we played it live.
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  Speaker 2: And First night we played it live, it got a
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  Speaker 2: standing ovation. And I thought, oh, wow, I've never had
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  Speaker 2: that happen. And so I knew that it was something
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  Speaker 2: that was resonating in a different way than anything I
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  Speaker 2: had done.
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  Speaker 1: It's such a beautiful song.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Going back, we talked about your artistry and your new album.
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  Speaker 1: But before launching yourself as an artist in 2013, you
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  Speaker 1: penned so many songs for other artists, such as Follow
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  Speaker 1: Your Arrow by Kacey Musgraves. Mama's Broken Heart by Miranda Lambert.
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  Speaker 1: The list goes on. You've landed multiple Grammy nominations. And
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  Speaker 1: I was introduced to your music when I picked up
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  Speaker 1: a copy of 12 Stories right here, this CD, still
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  Speaker 1: one of my favorite albums to date.
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  Speaker 2: I love that.
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  Speaker 1: What was the turning point for you that made you
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  Speaker 1: want to release your own songs as an artist?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, I came to town, um, town being Nashville,
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  Speaker 2: wanting to be an artist. But when I got here,
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  Speaker 2: there were just a lot of things that told me
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  Speaker 2: I wasn't an artist, you know, and a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people told me that. And so, but the thing that
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  Speaker 2: I knew I was at the heart of myself was
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  Speaker 2: a songwriter. And so I really just doubled down on
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  Speaker 2: that and thought I let go of that dream of
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  Speaker 2: being an artist until the opportunity to make 12 stories
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  Speaker 2: was presented to me. And that record, really, it's crazy.
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  Speaker 2: I always will say that there are a lot of
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  Speaker 2: successful songwriters that were failed artists. I feel like I
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  Speaker 2: was a failed songwriter who became an artist out of it.
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  Speaker 2: Because so many of the songs on that record, I
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  Speaker 2: was frustrated that they weren't recorded, that they weren't hits.
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  Speaker 2: And so that was really where the majority of that
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  Speaker 2: material came from. Songs like Hold My Hand. you know
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  Speaker 2: it would it did get recorded by a young artist
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  Speaker 2: Joanna Smith I don't even know if her album came
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  Speaker 2: out though on that label and I always had the
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  Speaker 2: dream that Leanne Womack would record that song and she
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  Speaker 2: never did and just so many of those songs that
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  Speaker 2: was that was you know, why those songs made that record.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, a couple of them did get cut by artists,
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  Speaker 1: like The Day She Got Divorced by Reba. So there's
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  Speaker 1: definitely some on there that have been gems by other artists, too. Yeah. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, I think one of the really big
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  Speaker 2: blessings in that, because Reba had recorded that. It had
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  Speaker 2: been on an album. Leigh-Anne Rimes had recorded Crazy Women.
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  Speaker 2: But I never felt like I never felt like I
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  Speaker 2: couldn't record those songs as my own artist. And I
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  Speaker 2: do think it was, even though they were all recorded,
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  Speaker 2: none of them had been big hits. And I think
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  Speaker 2: I was just sort of in that place where I
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  Speaker 2: was really full of myself and thought those should be
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  Speaker 2: hit songs.
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  Speaker 1: And they were meant to be your own songs. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You know, and honestly, Hold My Hand is a really
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  Speaker 2: great example because When I made 12 Stories, I really
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  Speaker 2: quit writing for the commercial country market. I decided, okay,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I'm going to be my own artist now.
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  Speaker 2: And I took that fork in the road. And there
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  Speaker 2: were times where I would think, did I take the
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  Speaker 2: right fork? Because I watched all of my friends who
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  Speaker 2: were my peers become massive hit songwriters and And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when you're out there, like, really slugging it out as
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  Speaker 2: an artist, as much as people think it looks like
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  Speaker 2: a really cush job, it's not. And there were times
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  Speaker 2: where I thought, did I take the wrong fork? Until
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  Speaker 2: Hold My Hand got nominated for a Grammy. And I
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  Speaker 2: remember that was such, it was really a surprise to
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  Speaker 2: me because the album wasn't in cycle. I had performed
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  Speaker 2: it on the show with Dwight Yoakam the year before.
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  Speaker 2: And When that happened, I thought, you know, I'm exactly
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  Speaker 2: where I'm supposed to be. Because that song has gotten
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  Speaker 2: out in the world enough that it's now being recognized
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  Speaker 2: with this beautiful nomination. And it wouldn't have otherwise.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, timing is everything. You are originally from Washington State.
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  Speaker 1: You moved to Nashville in 98 to join the music
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  Speaker 1: business program at Belmont University. I remember you were a
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  Speaker 1: frequent guest when I went to Belmont doing panels with
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  Speaker 1: Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally. Has it been important for you
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  Speaker 1: to go back to your alma mater and spend time
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  Speaker 1: with students who want to pursue songwriting themselves?
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  Speaker 2: You know, it has been important to me. And I
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  Speaker 2: haven't really sat down like one-on-one with anybody.
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  Speaker 1: I would.
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  Speaker 2: I've been a judge for a few of the songwriting competitions. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: and done some panels, but I'm really proud that I
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  Speaker 2: went to Belmont and, and I went there because I just,
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  Speaker 2: I'd spent so much money at that point on my
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  Speaker 2: education that I thought I have to finish it. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: and I was watching, um, oh, TNN one night and
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  Speaker 2: they did a special on, on Belmont or a segment and, uh,
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  Speaker 2: Tricia Yearwood had graduated from Belmont. And so I thought
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  Speaker 2: I've got to get into that school. And, um, So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I'm really proud I got in. I'm proud I graduated.
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  Speaker 2: I'm always proud to go back.
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  Speaker 1: There's a path that led you to Nashville, and that
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  Speaker 1: path led you to being named as one of the
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  Speaker 1: top 30 greatest living American songwriters by the New York Times.
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  Speaker 1: When you get in a room with an artist who
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  Speaker 1: has cut a song written by you maybe 10 years ago,
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  Speaker 1: do you ever consider... 10 years or however many years later,
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  Speaker 1: how their sound has evolved when you sit down to
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  Speaker 1: write a song with them again?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that's such a great question. Yes. You know, and
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  Speaker 2: I think the biggest example of that that I've written
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  Speaker 2: with in the last couple of years is Miranda Lambert.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I mean, she recorded a song, Mama's Broken Heart,
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  Speaker 2: that that She wasn't a writer on, and then I
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  Speaker 2: got the chance to write with her, and we wrote
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  Speaker 2: a couple songs, and she recorded one of them. But recently,
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  Speaker 2: I wrote with her and Lainey Wilson for a song
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  Speaker 2: for them in Reba called Trailblazer. And yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: even though we were writing that for all three of them,
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  Speaker 2: but Miranda, you notice people's growth as not only an artist,
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  Speaker 2: but as a songwriter. And it feels weird for me
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  Speaker 2: to say that about Miranda Lambert, because She was always
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  Speaker 2: a great songwriter, but I definitely felt a growth with her.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, every artist, even yourself as an artist, evolves
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  Speaker 1: with their sound throughout the years. Yeah. So you just
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  Speaker 1: have to see what they're going through. And you mentioned Trailblazer.
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  Speaker 1: You released your own version of that song this year,
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  Speaker 1: the Dream Chaser version. It features yourself, Reba, Lucas Nelson.
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  Speaker 1: Who are some of the women that paved the way
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  Speaker 1: for you, and how do you hope to be a
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  Speaker 1: trailblazer for other women in country music?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, definitely Reba, you know, and having her...
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  Speaker 2: asked me to be a part of that was huge.
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  Speaker 2: And then when she asked me to be a part
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  Speaker 2: of what became the Dream Chaser version, which was what
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  Speaker 2: we performed on the Grammys, that was mind-blowing. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I think, you know, the first two women for me
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  Speaker 2: are Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn. And that's because, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when I was a little girl, they both had biopics,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that were, you know, movies, Coal Miner's Daughter
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  Speaker 2: and Sweet Dreams. And those two movies influenced me more
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  Speaker 2: than the radio at the time. I was so taken
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  Speaker 2: with both of those movies. And, you know, I wanted
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  Speaker 2: to sing like Patsy and write songs like Loretta. So
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  Speaker 2: those were the first. And then, you know, I grew
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  Speaker 2: up in a time where the women in country music
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  Speaker 2: were so great. The Judds, that was early. I remember
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  Speaker 2: I wanted to learn to play guitar because I wanted
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  Speaker 2: to play Have Mercy. And then Patti Loveless. she might
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  Speaker 2: be my favorite ever. Um, I just got, I would
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  Speaker 2: devour everything by Patti Loveless and all the women in
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  Speaker 2: that time, you know, uh, Patti, Pam Tillis, Roseanne Cash,
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  Speaker 2: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kathy Matea, Wynonna, you know, after the Judds,
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  Speaker 2: when Wynonna went solo, um, Tricia Yearwood, you know, and
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  Speaker 2: then I think, you know, I think Miranda, I've mentioned her,
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  Speaker 2: but I think she's blazed a trail for a lot
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  Speaker 2: of women. She has, you know, women older, even women
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  Speaker 2: who are older than her or younger than her, um,
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  Speaker 2: because she's embraced women so much. I, I, I've always
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  Speaker 2: been blown away. Um, I don't know what she's done
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  Speaker 2: touring in the last couple of years, but I remember, um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, back a few tours ago, she was, she
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  Speaker 2: was taking all women was an all women tour. And she,
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  Speaker 2: selling tickets. And, you know, so I think she's blazed
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  Speaker 2: a lot of trails. Yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Definitely great women to look up to. In addition to
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  Speaker 1: writing country music, you are also writing music for musicals.
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  Speaker 1: You and your collaborator, Shane McAnally, wrote the music for
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  Speaker 1: the musical Schacht in 2022. It's a Tony Award-winning musical.
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  Speaker 1: How did you and Shane decide to land in the
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  Speaker 1: world of musicals?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I've loved musical theater my whole life. And Shane
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  Speaker 2: came to it a little later. You know, like, I
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  Speaker 2: was loving the movie musicals like, you know, The Music
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  Speaker 2: Man and Grease and, you know, all those. I grew
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  Speaker 2: up on those shows. And Shane discovered musicals through The
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  Speaker 2: Book of Mormon. Yeah. But what happened was Gaylord owned
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  Speaker 2: Hee Haw, the television show, and they wanted to musicalize it.
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  Speaker 2: And so they hired Robert Horn, who wrote the book,
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  Speaker 2: and he had been working on an outline for about
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  Speaker 2: a year. And he was the one who said, I
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  Speaker 2: think we should get Nashville songwriters as opposed to Broadway
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  Speaker 2: composers because it will feel more authentic. And so he
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  Speaker 2: came to town and he interviewed several teams of writers
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  Speaker 2: and he chose Shane and I. And, you know, we
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  Speaker 2: just dove into it. And I have to say, it's
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  Speaker 2: one of, it's one of my favorite things I've done,
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  Speaker 2: not only in the music business, but in life. And
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  Speaker 2: because I, it was always a bucket list to write
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  Speaker 2: a musical, but I didn't think it would come along
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  Speaker 2: when it did. I'm glad that it did because these
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  Speaker 2: things take a lot of time and hopefully I have
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: enough life left to write another one or two, I hope.
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: But yeah, just in such a cool world.
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  Speaker 1: It's amazing. And it's going back on the North America
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: tour for 2027. People can find tickets, shuckedmusical.com. You also
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: have more upcoming dates for the remainder of 2026 for
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: your own shows. I see you're going to Switzerland. And
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: then in 2027, you just announced you're embarking on the
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: Take Flight World tour. Tickets are on sale at brandyclarkmusic.com.
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  Speaker 1: What are you looking forward to the most with this
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  Speaker 1: upcoming tour?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, you mentioned Switzerland, the Basel sessions. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: that's something that, um, by my international agent, Keith Nesbitt
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: has worked a couple of years on getting me. And, uh,
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  Speaker 2: I'm really excited to go. I've never been to Switzerland
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  Speaker 2: and to go that time of year. I'm hoping for snow,
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: you know, it'll, it'll be really fun. Um, But I
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: really can't wait to roll this record out and to
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: do it with this tour because the people on stage
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: are the people that played on it. And so that's exciting.
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  Speaker 1: Special.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I've never had that happen. And I look forward
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  Speaker 2: to just building a show that people come away from
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  Speaker 2: and tell their friends, you know, if we played in, say,
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  Speaker 2: Philly one night and then we're playing in D.C. the next,
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  Speaker 2: I hope it's the kind of thing where people will
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  Speaker 2: call their friends in that next city and say, you
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  Speaker 2: got to see this. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. People should take.
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  Speaker 2: A flight to take flight tour. That's good.
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  Speaker 1: So Brandy, it's been so fun having you on Taking
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: a Walk Nashville today, talking about your upcoming tour and album.
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  Speaker 1: We're on Taking a Walk Nashville, and I would like
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  Speaker 1: to know what has been the most memorable walk you
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: have ever taken in Nashville? Oh, wow. Wow.
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  Speaker 2: That's a great question.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: So for me, and I've taken this walk many times,
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: but there is a trail at Percy Warner Park. It's
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: called the Mossy Trail.
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And I used to walk that trail twice a week.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: And I just, I love that trail. In fact, I
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: need to get out there because it just is, it's beautiful. And,
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: you know, it's amazing that we're in this city, but
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: we have, you feel like I wouldn't want to get
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: lost out there. I'll just say that.
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, me either.
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  Speaker 2: That's my most memorable walk. And like I said, I've
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: taken it many times and it's always a little different
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: depending on the time of year, how many leaves are
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: on the trees. I think it's about a five mile.
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  Speaker 2: It's a hike.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's four and a half.
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  Speaker 2: It's the Red Trail. Yes.
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: I've done that many times, and the hills are outrageous.
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: And it starts on a hill. That starts on a hill.
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: That's part of what's hard, you know?
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's funny because that's usually like a frequent
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: answer for people to say, like, going to Percy Warner
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: Trails or going on the Red Trail. I guess, especially
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: with creatives, like it's just a great way to, you know,
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: have everything off of your mind or meditate while you're walking.
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: And as you said, it changes.
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: With the seasons. It's beautiful. It really is.
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: But it's not something I'll be going to until summer
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: is over.
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it wouldn't be a good time to go now.
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: But I used to, because I went with a couple
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: of other women and we would go, we would meet,
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: I think it was Tuesdays and Thursdays. And when it
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: would get like this kind of heat, I remember we
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: would meet there before the sun came up. Yeah, that's smart.
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: And it was still hot.
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, Brandi, thank you so much for being here
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: today on Taking a Walk Nashville. I am looking forward
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: to your upcoming album, The Bird. You're performing The Bird
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: at the Bluebird Cafe this week. Thank you again for
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: being here.
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: Thanks for having me.
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to Taking a Walk Nashville with Sarah Harrelson.
• 22:34
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• 22:39
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• 22:44
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