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Takin’ A Walk Nashville: Whey Jennings Discusses His Journey and New Album Baptized by Fire in Music City · Takin’ A Walk Nashville

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  Speaker 1: Taking a Walk Nashville.
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  Speaker 2: Hey everyone, it's Sarah Harrelson, your host of Taking a
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  Speaker 2: Walk Nashville, and today here with me is country artist
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  Speaker 2: and songwriter Way Jennings. Way was born into one of
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  Speaker 2: country music's most iconic family names, and fans can instantly
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  Speaker 2: hear the resemblance of his music to his grandfather, Waylan Jennings.
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  Speaker 2: In the summer of twenty twenty four, Way released his
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  Speaker 2: critically acclaimed, highly anticipated first full length album, Jacquelin Hyde,
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  Speaker 2: which premiered at number ten on Apple Itunes's Top forty
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  Speaker 2: Country Albums chart.
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  Speaker 3: His sophomore album, Baptized by Fire, It's.
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  Speaker 2: Out now and I'm here with him at Couters for
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  Speaker 2: his album release party in Nashville. So, for those who
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  Speaker 2: don't know, Cooters is Nashville's one and only Dukes of
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  Speaker 2: Hazard museum and shops, operated by none other than Old
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  Speaker 2: Cooter himself from Dukes of Hazzard Ben Jones. This expanded
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  Speaker 2: museum features pictures, props, costumes, memorabilia from the beloved hit
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  Speaker 2: television show, and it's located right near the Grand Ole Opry,
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  Speaker 2: so definitely check it out. I'm here with Way Jennings
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  Speaker 2: at his album release party at Cooters today. Join me
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  Speaker 2: in my conversation with him. Welcome to taking a Walk
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  Speaker 2: Nashville with your hosts, singer songwriter Sarah Harrelson. I'm sitting
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  Speaker 2: here at Cooters in Nashville and their museum near the
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  Speaker 2: Grand O Opry with Way Jennings. He's celebrating his album release.
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  Speaker 2: So your new album is coming out this Friday, Baptized
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  Speaker 2: by Fire. Tell me about this new album. You've had
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  Speaker 2: a lot of collaborations. You wrote the track title with the.
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  Speaker 3: Jim Moose Brown and David Wade.
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  Speaker 2: What songs are you most looking for forward for people
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  Speaker 2: to hearing.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm looking for to everybody hearing the whole thing.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't really know it before I put the album together.
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  Speaker 1: Actually we did. All the songs got and recorded. But
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  Speaker 1: you start from track one and run all the way
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  Speaker 1: down to track twelve. It's like one big human condition.
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  Speaker 1: So it turned out pretty good. Uh, it's kind of
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  Speaker 1: a story of the human condition, you know, from the
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  Speaker 1: point where I started my life to where I'm at today.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, when you live your life according to
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  Speaker 1: the way God's plan, won't you, Yeah, it gets a
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  Speaker 1: lot better for you.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: In between your album Jacqueline Hyde and this new record,
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  Speaker 2: How do you feel how your sound and these particular
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  Speaker 2: songs have evolved in the different kind of message you're
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  Speaker 2: telling in this album.
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  Speaker 1: Well, these are at a little less routed those on
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  Speaker 1: Jack Jacqueline Hide. I wanted to put out a rocking
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  Speaker 1: album with Jacqueline Hyde, you know, with some meaningful nuggets
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  Speaker 1: on the inside of it, like Sleeves is a really
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  Speaker 1: deep song on that one. But this one right here,
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to go kind of deep into my heart
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  Speaker 1: and put out music that I was truly feeling inside here,
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  Speaker 1: you know, because I've been sober now for seven years,
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  Speaker 1: and I've really got of gained clarity through the time
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  Speaker 1: I've spent on stage and the seven years, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and I realized I asked someone wanted to say. So
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  Speaker 1: I put this album together with a bunch of good
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  Speaker 1: friends of mine, and you know, it's been a blessing.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm really excited to hear the new music. You
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  Speaker 3: also co wrote.
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  Speaker 2: Some songs on it with Tyler Booth, who is running
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  Speaker 2: with Josh Turner. You also have collaborated with artist Karen
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  Speaker 2: Waldrop and with this album, you're currently on the Baptized
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  Speaker 2: by Fire tour, touring in more than forty five.
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  Speaker 3: Cities in eighteen states.
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  Speaker 2: How are you balancing your family and the tour at
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  Speaker 2: the same time right now?
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  Speaker 1: What ain't easy? My wife just gave birth to our
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  Speaker 1: seventh child.
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  Speaker 3: Oh well, congrats.
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  Speaker 1: He's about five weeks old now, named Jesse Ray. So
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  Speaker 1: I've spent a lot of time at the beginning of
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  Speaker 1: this year at home with her, and I've got a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of time coming off coming up pretty soon
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  Speaker 1: to be off. But I try to keep a good
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  Speaker 1: balance between career and family. But you know, it ain't
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  Speaker 1: always the easiest thing to do. So I just got
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  Speaker 1: to go out there and do shows and make it
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  Speaker 1: back home in time.
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  Speaker 3: Do you ever bring your kids on the road?
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  Speaker 1: I do. I do right now, they're not able to because,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, we have a baby at the house.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, well I brought my kids are out there
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  Speaker 1: when we would like to call them up and do
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  Speaker 1: how to lue you together and all that stuff, and
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  Speaker 1: surely fun time. It's kind of family oriented hill these days.
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  Speaker 2: Wonderful you people can find tickets to your upcoming show
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  Speaker 2: on your website. You have so many this year. You
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  Speaker 2: know your outlaw brand. It's essentially been your family's DNA.
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  Speaker 2: But your music today does focus on redemption and faith.
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  Speaker 2: So how do you balance honoring the you know, sort
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  Speaker 2: of rebellious legacy while staying true to the man of
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  Speaker 2: faith you are now?
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  Speaker 1: Well, honestly, if you look around, you'll see that being
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  Speaker 1: staying true to the man of faith I am today
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  Speaker 1: is kind of rebellious, and so if you know, I
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  Speaker 1: just try to be myself. I mean, my family got
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  Speaker 1: branded a bunch of outlaws a bunch of years ago.
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  Speaker 1: But even my grandfather didn't like it because you know,
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  Speaker 1: he wasn't not that Robin Banks for nothing, right, He
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  Speaker 1: was just trying to do some rowdy music and have
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  Speaker 1: a good time. You know. I like to have a
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  Speaker 1: good time too. If you come to my show, we
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  Speaker 1: have a kind of a rowdy time. Plus you know
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  Speaker 1: there's some things you can learn on the inside of
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  Speaker 1: my show too.
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  Speaker 2: So absolutely very excited for your upcoming shows and new album.
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  Speaker 3: Way Jennings, My last question for you.
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  Speaker 2: We're on taking a walk in Nashville, and I know
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  Speaker 2: you spend a lot of your time outside of Nashville now,
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  Speaker 2: but do you have a favorite place that you have
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  Speaker 2: just loved taking a walk in Nashville.
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  Speaker 1: Oh man, there's so many places you can take a
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  Speaker 1: walk in Nashville. We just I'm trying to think what
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  Speaker 1: the name of that park was. We just shot out
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  Speaker 1: in videos that that was a beautiful place to walk.
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  Speaker 1: We went for the little high k over.
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  Speaker 3: There, probably Percy Warner Park.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe it might have been. Yeah, but that was a
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  Speaker 1: beautiful walk there. But I like walking around this area, honestly,
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  Speaker 1: having meet Music Valley, you know, I like to hang
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  Speaker 1: out over there near this board and down there at
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  Speaker 1: the Music City Bar and Grill. Matter of fact, I
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  Speaker 1: shot one of my last videos in the Music City
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  Speaker 1: Bar and Grill with West Ship, a buddy of mine.
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  Speaker 1: It's called old Country Song. Very cool. And speaking of
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  Speaker 1: this area, I'll be doing a show down there May
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  Speaker 1: thirty first at the Troubertory if anybody wants to come
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  Speaker 1: out there. We're gonna be doing an album celebration there.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, this area right here is a good place
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  Speaker 1: to walk, uh, just about anywhere in Nashville.
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  Speaker 3: Lounston wonderful.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we're looking up forward to your upcoming show at
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  Speaker 2: the Troubadour and your new album Baptized by Fire Way Jennings.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you so much for being on Taking a Walk
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  Speaker 3: Nashville today.
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  Speaker 1: You're welcome. Thanks for doing it in front of Big
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  Speaker 1: Poast sings this truck over here.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, perfect setting to do it and along with the
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  Speaker 2: Waila Jennings exhibit and here too at the museum.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's a perfect setting.
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  Speaker 1: It is. It's good meet too, nice men, you too, Meigan.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks for listening to Taking a Walk Nashville with Sarah Harrelson.
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