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3.20.26 · Country Weekly

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Speaker 1: Hey, now, it's time to catch up with Country Weekly,
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where we dive into news and gossip from the world
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of country music. I'm your host, Ken Dawkins, and I
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will be reading from various sources found online now. As
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a reminder, RADIOI is a reading service intended for people
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who are blind or have other disabilities that make it
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difficult to read printed material. We'll begin with the first article,
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dated March sixteenth, and that's from countrynow dot com. Rileygreen
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left bleeding after fan throws phone at him during a
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concert in Australia. Riley Green was left bleeding and forced
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to seek medical attention after a concert goer through a
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phone at him during a recent concert in Australia. A
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video posted to social media over the weekend captures the
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moment the incident occurred while Green was performing at Margaret
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Corderina in Melbourne. In the clip, a cell phone can
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be seen flying toward the stage from the crowd and
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striking the singer on the side of his head. Seemingly
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stunned by what had just happened, the Change My Mind
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singer stopped the show as the crowd began booing the perpetrator.
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Green asked for the house lights to be turned on
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and had security remove the individual from the venue. This
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one right here, get his fat ass out of here,
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go on, Green shouted, Blood was dripping down the side
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of his face as he thanked everyone for coming out
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to the show and joked with a crowd about what
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had just happened. I'd like to take a moment while
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I've got everybody's attention to thank it, each and every
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one of you for coming out tonight, the Alabama native said,
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hang on, am I bleeding? See how tough I am?
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Thank god he didn't have an iPhone twelve that really
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would have hurt. After the show, Green sought out medical
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attention and wound up getting a few stitches in his ear.
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Five stitches later sewed up, he shared on Instagram Stories
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alongside a photo of his injury. Later, he seemed to
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laugh off the incident by sharing a mean featuring phone
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belt holding passing these out at the door tonight, Green
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wrote over the image, Unfortunately, incidents involving fans throwing objects
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at artists have become increasingly common. In twenty twenty four,
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an unruly fan through a hat at Megan Maroney while
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she was performing. Before that Kelsey Ballerini was struck in
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the eye by a beaded bracelet during a show. She
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paused the performance as her crew checked on her, before
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addressing the situation and then continuing the concert. Moments like
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these servers a reminder throwing objects on stage can be
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dangerous for performers and crew. My opinion is just stupid.
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Riley Green kept the show going and will continue his
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run of headlining dates across Australia before returning to the
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US for his highly anticipated Cowboy As It Gets to Her,
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Featuring special guests Justin Moore in a rotating lineup of
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opening acts. The tour is set to kick off in
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April next. Laney Wilson unlesiha's untamed energy on new track
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Can't Sit Still. Laney Wilson is back with a high
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energy new track that dives straight in to the restless,
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rebellious spirit of life. Out this week via BBR Music
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Group BMG Nashville, Can't Sit Still offers fans of front
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row seat to her unfiltered thoughts and emotions, showcasing a
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wild or untamed side of the sixteen time ACM, twelve
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time CMA and Grammy Award winner. The new song, co
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written by Wilson and Trannie Anderson, Ashland, Freeland, and Dallas.
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Wilson pairs the country star's signature country grit with a driving,
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upbeat production that matches the song's untamed energy. Can't Sit
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Still captures the feeling of someone who is unable to
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sit still, refuses to be held back, and is living
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a life on their own terms. Wilson notes how even
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when she was a little kid in school, she had
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to sit on her hands to keep herself from getting
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up and dancing. Further honing in on her wild side,
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she describes herself as being an outside dog on an
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inside leash and a rain drop running down a cracked windshield.
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I ain't caught my breath since I took my first,
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so I'll guess I'll rest when I'm in the dirt.
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It's a sweet relief. It's a bitter pill. I'm an addict.
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It's a habit. I can't kill. I can't sit still.
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I can't sit still. She sings on the chorus, with
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vocals as bold as the song itself. Her signature tone
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offers both confidence and vulnerability, while conveying the restless energy
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and defiant spirit that lives within her. Every note of
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the track features a driving beat that never slows down,
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drawing listeners into a whirlwind of emotions. Along with the song,
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the Somewhere Over, Laredo' singer also introduced an edgy new look,
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which finds her dressed in a series of all black
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leather ensembles and an accompanying music video. Can't Sit Still
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perfectly mirrors Landy Wilson's own momentum in life right Now.
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Just like the song's restless energy, she constantly's on move.
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She recently made her film acting debut in Universal's adaptation
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of Colleen Hoover's Reminders of Him, and is the subject
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of a new in depth documentary titled Landy Wilson Keeping
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Country Cool, which is set to arrive April twenty second
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on Netflix. Bands can also catch Wilson taking the stage
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at the iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday in March twenty sixth,
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where she's nominated for Country Artists of the Year and
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Favorite Tour Tradition. Next, Tucker wet More captures the thrill
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of a secret summer romance in Sunburn, Tucker wet more
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sizzling new tracks. Sunburn captures the Heat of a beach
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side romance from sun Soak Days to Late Night Romance
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to Tune Out Now via Black Blocks Music m c
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A Mercury Records immerses listeners in the Thrill and Intimacy
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of a Secret Summer flaing co written by Ryan Hurd,
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Jackson Free, and Daniel Ross and produced by Chrysler Court.
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Sunbeam tells the story of someone who embarks on a
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spontaneous solo getaway with a goal of enjoying some down
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time and playing some songs on the beach. It was
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supposed to be a quick trip, but the man ends
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up staying all week after meeting someone who was worth
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sticking around for. As he illustrates in the chorus, a
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few drinks eventually turns into an all consuming heat of
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the moment rendezvous between him and a mystery girl. Though
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the pair only spend a few nights together, he had
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a midst that they're able to tune out the rest
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of the world, making it feel like we had our
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own island. The Washington Natives vocals glide effortlessly over the breezy,
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laid back instrumentation, perfectly capturing the warmth and intensity of
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a fleeting summer romance. With its mix of playful storytelling
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and heartfelt desire. Sunburn can easily be described as a carefree,
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sun soaked anthem that leaves listeners longing to feel the
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sand between their toes and the rush of a connection
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that burns with the hot summer sun. Sunburn follows the
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success of Tucker Wetmore's fan favorite track Brunette, which recently
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topped the UK Radio Country Airplay chart for three consecutive
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weeks and earned a top spot in the top fifteen
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at country radio in the US, Spawning from his debut
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album What Not To They hit also racked up more
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than two hundred and twenty five million US streams. Wetmore
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is currently heating up stages with his growing list of
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hits on the Brunette World Tour, presented by Neutral Vodka Seltzer.
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He kicked off things in February with sold out shows
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and Boss and New York, as well as his first
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ever arena headlining show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Seventeen new dates
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have since been added to the run, including shows in
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major markets such as LA Chicago and elsewhere. What Moore
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will be joined by Mattox Batsan William Beckman, George Burge,
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Jacob Hackworth, Braxton Keith and Stella Lefty for select dates. Additionally,
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he sets a head down for dates in Australia, perform
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across the UK and EU as well, including three sold
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out nights in London, and joins Jordan Davis, Hardy and
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Brooks and Dunna on tour for selected dates as well.
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Now we move over to a matt Wickstrom column called
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Sound Strategy in the March edition of Kentucky's own The
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Lane Report, how Kentucky is turning its deep musical roots
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into a powerful tourism and economic engine. Kentucky music has
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been hitting all the right notes in recent years, combining
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a rich history and abundance of present day talent with
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a variety of venues, festivals, and other stages for creators
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of all types to cut their teeth and thrive. The
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success has led various state tourism related entities, from city
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and countywide enterprises to the Kentucky Department of Tourism and
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the music venues themselves to take notice and further emphasize
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the art form as a means for attracting visitors and
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capital to the Commonwealth. One of those leaning even further
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into music by highlighting its own history. Of course, is
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Renfro Valley, arguably the state's oldest active venue and the
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former home of the Renfro Valley Barn Dance, a popular
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country music radio program, an early competitor to the Grand
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Old Opry from nineteen thirty nine until the late nineteen fifties.
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While the Dance is long gone from its old Barn theatre,
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Renfro Valley today hosts sixty to seventy shows annually inside
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its appropriately named new Barn theaterre selling over sixty thousand
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tickets last year. Marketing Renfro Valley's nine decades of history,
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familiarity and proximity to the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame
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its paramount in guiding the venue to centennial and beyond.
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According to marketing director Ashley Enniking Rouse, I've noticed a
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big movement toward a greater sense of home and nostalgia,
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and I think that's where Renfro comes in. Since we
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have eighty seven years of history to lean on here,
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Rouse said, Since we're off the beaten path, having the
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Hall of Fame next door as an advantage too. Oftentimes
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visitors will visit both of us when they're here, in
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addition to grabbing a bike to eat nearby, and in
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some cases booking a room for the night or staying
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in our RV campground on site. Another local digging into
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Kentucky musical history to draw visitors in is Owensboro, the
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western Kentucky rivertown is located less than an hour north
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of the home place of Bill Monroe, known as the
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father of the bluegrass music and calls itself the bluegrass
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music capital of the World. Owensboro is not only home
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to the genre's Hall of Fame and museum, but events
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like the Kentucky State Fiddle Championships, Kentucky Fried Picken Free
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to attend, Bluegrass Music Jam inside local holiday inn, and
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the hall's annual Rompfest, which brings more than twenty five
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thousand patrons to Yellow Creek Park on the outskirts of
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town every June. Romp, however, is not the city's most
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attended event. That mark belongs to the BBQ and Bourbon Festival,
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which lures over thirty thousand to downtown in mid May
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with a lineup of good eats over forty five distilleries
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present in live music headline this year by Chase Matthew.
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Adding to the downtown's lively rhythms our venues like Brasher's
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Little Nashville and Friday After Five, a free summertime concert
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series along the riverfront. According to the Visit O Owensboro
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president Mark Kellytree, tourism generates two hundred and forty million
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dollars for the city each year, with much of it
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in some way tapping into the region's music industry. Kellytree's
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goal is to capitalize on those connections through things like
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free shuttle service from Rompfest to the Hall of Fame
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and back during the festival to get people downtown and
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spending money there. Lexington also is tapping into the as
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while forging ahead to the future. Similar to Owensboro, the
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bustling hub of creativity not only is home to bluegrass
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music with free concert series like the Southland Jamboree, but
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also showcases the art and stories behind the music with
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syndicated programs like wood Soong's Old Time Radio Hour and
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Red Barn Radio. Additionally, festivals like Railbird, the Lexington Pride Festival, Festival,
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Latino to Lexington, and Picnic with the Pops draw tens
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of thousands of out of state visitors. A new downtown venue,
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Gatton Park, of forty five hundred person capacity outdoor Amphitheater
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adjoining the Central Bank Rupp Arena complex, is poised to
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attract even more. There are also ongoing entertainment sector projects
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like the Mixed Juice venue, the rail coming to the
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Commons this fall west of downtown, and the recent one
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hundred and fifty million dollar donation from the Bill Gatton
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Foundation to the University of Kentucky will build a state
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of the arts district for the College of Fine Arts
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on South Broadway. If Lexington is a festival hub, then
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Louisville is an epicenter leading the pack or the Danny
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Wimmer Presents produced multi day Bourbon and Beyond and Louder
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than Life events whose dozens of rock acts bring in throngs.
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Last year, Whim Presents reached an agreement to remain in
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the city through two thousand thirty five. Together, they take
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over two weeks in September and cumulatively have more attendees
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than Louisville's marquee event, the Kentucky Derby, amping up a
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combined economic impact of more than thirty eight million dollars annually.
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Between the two there is eight days of music, with
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each being award winning in their own rights. At Roseanne Maston,
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Louisville Tourisms, Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Bourbon and Beyond
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combines three of our tourism pillars, Music, Bourbon and Food
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and was recently named Pollstars to twenty twenty five Music
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Festival of the Year, Whereas Louder Than Life is projected
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to have in attendance of over two hundred and sixty
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five thousand across its four days, but Louisville's Roots Music
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Roots That Is run much deeper than those two mega festivals.
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The Kentucky Derby Festival has daily music performances, as does
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food gathering Chow Wagon at Waterfront Park, the Sky Sooul Festival,
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and the Lougrass and Waterfront Wednesday's Concert Series, the latter
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of which has hosted everyone from in state performers like
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Ben Solee and My Morning Jacket to rootsy power players
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Todd Snyder, The Avid Brothers and Old Crow Medicine Show
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over in Matt's Kentucky Music News and Notes columns, Sleeping
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in the Woods Songwriter Festival has announced the lineup for
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its fourth annual gathering in Montcello, scheduled from May fifteenth
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through the sixteenth, set to perform of the local Honeys,
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Aaron Raider, Ben Chapman and Nicholas Jamerson, among others. The
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Lexington Music Awards has unveiled the nominees for its twelfth
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annual celebration. Highlights for the March eighth ceremony at the
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Singletary included Abbey Hamilton, The Creakers and Bte Taylor up
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for Song of the Year, Bedfords, Cole Cheney and Nicholas
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Jamerson was in the running for Album of the Year.
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We don't have the results here. Laurel Cove Music Festival
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has announced its twenty twenty six lineup set to headline
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the Picturesque event from the June eleventh through thirteenth our
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Evan Honer, The Creakers and Cassius Culpepper, with over twenty
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five others joining them. The Doughnut Dungeon in All Ages
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concert venue in Lexington was shut down by the city
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back in January for not being up to code. Since then,
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the upstart venue is raised over eleven thousand dollars to
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fund the necessary repairs In the meantime, it's also continuing
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to produce shows at the Jukebox Bar and Lounge until
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they get the go ahead to reopen. Tyler Childers earned
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as long awaited first Grammy as We Know at the
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sixty eighth edition of the awards on February first, for
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his song biten List, and he wasn't the only one
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to come away victorious. As we may remember, Chris Stapleton
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also came away on top, netting his twelfth trophy for
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Best Country Solo Performance as Bad As I Used to Be.
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Tyler Booth has signed a joint venture agreement with Jamie
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Johnson's label Big Guest Records and Average Joe's Entertainment, and Richmond,
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Kentucky based singer Eric Bolander has signed on with The
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Farm Music Management, which is also home to fellow Kentuckians
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Bill Taylor, Emily Jamerson, and Tim Gooden. Now we move
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on over to Lehigh Valleylive dot com. Country music star
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has quit touring at forty and has no idea how
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he will make money. This stated March fourteenth. Chase Rice
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made headlines when he announced earlier that he was walking
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away from touring at forty and the country music star
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has since opened up more about the situation, and Ryce
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said he has big time fears he goes on hiatus
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the fear while he told Rolling Stone that he has
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no idea how he's going to make money. It's scary
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not knowing where your money's going to come from. But
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it's a fun thing to be in a place where
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you're not making what you usually make and you're still
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content with it. Rice said that just assures you that
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it's the right move. I have zero plans of going
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going back to any of the more pop stuff. I'm
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going to keep making the style of music that I
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make now on guitar and pray for the best. Well.
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He's unsure of what the future may look like. Rice
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is clear that he doesn't expect it to look anything
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like the past. It was earlier this year, probably around September,
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he told Rolling Stone about when he began leaning toward
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the decision. I was l hunting, and I just really
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didn't want to go back. I wanted to stay out
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in Montana. Throughout the fall. I kept doing shows, but
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I was like, this is not right. I'm not excited
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to get on stage anymore. Everything felt wrong. So I
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had a conversation with management and my agent and was like, Wow,
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we're really going to do this. I'm going to step
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away until I feel like i want to do it again. Well.
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He announced the move away from touring. He told Rolling
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Stone that none of his scheduled shows are being canceled
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and in fact, he is not taking a break from music.
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It's just a break from touring. He said, I'll probably
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never tour like I did again, and financially, this is
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not your best decision because if you're doing eighty shows
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over one year, you're not doing it because you're making
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a million dollars a night for me. Anyway, You're doing
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it because it's a business. You've got to cover your expenses.
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So I'll never do that again. But creatively, I'm planning
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on writing my ass off. There won't be any album
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this year, I know that, but I'm really looking forward
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to slowing down seeing what we can create. Chase Rice
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announced that he was stepping away from touring on social
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media back in January. Now we take a peek at
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Pennlivepatriotnews dot com. Country music and television icon dead at
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eighty one. Blake Emmons, a country music icon in television
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personality has died. According to multiple reports, he was eighty one. Emmons,
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whose real name was Bruce Mackenzie, was a native of Toronto,
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and he made his name in Canada beginning in the
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nineteen seventies. It's difficult to find the right words this morning,
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John Tessione wrote on Facebook. I was deeply sad to
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learn our friend Blake Emmons had passed. Blake was one
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of those rare people whose presence lifted others up. Many
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of us in the veteran community knew him as a mentor,
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a supporter, and a steady voice of encouragement. He had
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a way of reaching out exacts actly the right moment,
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reminding you that you weren't alone and that someone had
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your back. Tession said he met Emmons through the Wounded
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Warrior's Weekend community. I was struck by his generosity of
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spirit and his genuine care for people around him. The
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number of veterans and first responders he helped over the
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years as impossible to count, but the impact he made
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will live on in every one of us. Men like
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Blake leave a mark that doesn't fade. He was an
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amazing storyteller, a great singer, and someone who could always
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make you laugh when you needed it most. His kindness
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and the impact he had on so many lives will
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never be forgotten, according to Jessica Marco, who wrote in Facebook,
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he will make the world or he did make the
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world a better place. Emmons hosted the CTV series Funny Farm,
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which was billed as Canada's answer to heathaw Back in
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nineteen seventy four. He also hosted The Country Place in
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the nineteen seventies, and he hosted the game show Chain
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Reaction in nineteen eighty five. Emmons was known for his
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charitable contributions too. He hosted the Act telethon for Camp
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he ho Oh for disabled children in the nineteen seventies,
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and late in the decade he helped develop the Tell
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Miracle telethon. Now we take a look at a March
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fifteenth story from Saving Country Music, Miranda Lambert, Casey Musgraves
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and Long Feud via New Song. For years, rumors swirled
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about a smoldering feud between Miranda Lambert and Casey Musgraves,
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though there was never any hard and fast confirmations. Both
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women are from small town East Texas, with Musgraves hailing
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from Mineola and Miranda from Lyndale, which are only about
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twelve miles and twelve minutes apart. Lamberta happens to be
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about five years Casey's senior. They also shared a close
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musical connection early on. Casey's grandmother was one of her
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biggest fans when Musgraves was growing up and worked as
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her booking agent. Missus Barber, as she was known, also
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helped out Miranda Lambert early on and specifically told Lambert's
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parents about auditions in Dallas for the New Nashville Stars
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Show where Miranda appeared in two thousand and three. That
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audition eventually led to Miranda Lambert's career taking off, but
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it was in some Texas rivalry where Miranda Lambert and
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Casey Musgraves found friction. It actually had to do with
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the song Mama's Broken Heart, a song Miranda Lambert recorded
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for her twenty eleven album for the Record and released
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as a single in twenty thirteen. The song reached number
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two on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It also
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happens to be written by Casey Musgraves along with Brandy
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Clark and Shane Mcinally, when Casey Musgraves wrote the song,
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she was a professional songwriter signed to publishing deals, but
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was not yet trying to become a professional singer. She
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saw Mama's Broken Heart as her potential breakout single, but
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unbeknownst to her, the song got pitched to Miranda, who
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fell in love with it and wanted to cut it
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because Lambert was the big star and Musgraves were just
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a writer. Miranda ended up getting her way, and Musgraves
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ended up making a grudge. Musgraves recently spoke to Julie
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Height of NPR about her upcoming album Middle of No Wah,
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and for the first time spoke in depth about the feud.
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It was two singers from two nearby, small Texas towns.
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There's a lot that comes with that, and we each
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take our own different paths, both leading us to Nashville
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at different times. There was all this excitement behind mom
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Has Broken Heart. For me, it was going to be
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my first single, and I loved the song so much.
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I had been a staff writer for years at that point,
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writing for other people, and it finally felt like I
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was collecting songs that felt like me that I didn't
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want to pitch to anyone else. Musgraves also said that
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she had to consider her co writers Brandy Clark and
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Shane mcinally when conceding to the single to Miranda. The
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success of the song really helped launch all three of
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their careers, and as Musgraves explains, losing Mama's Broken Heart
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opened up another song to her breakout and it helped
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distinguish Musgraves as not just another country singer from Texas.
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I knew I would have to go back to the
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drawing board, Musgraves said, and ultimately I'm really glad that
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I did, because it forced me to write Merry Go Round,
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which ended up making making me more sense, way more
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sense for me anyway, esthetically and lyrically, to kick my
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whole thing off. So in the end everyone won because
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I was able to let go of something. This all
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leads to the fact that on the new Casey Musgraves
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album there is a song called Horses and Divorces featuring
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Miranda Lambert. According to Musgraves, one day she was scrolling
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through Instagram and saw Miranda riding a horse. Well, we
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ain't friends, but I guess we have two things in common.
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Horses and divorces, that's for sure. Wait, that could be
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just really a funny song. What if it's a duet
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with her? What if I got her to write on it. See,
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Casey said to herself, I just randomly reached out to
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her and I was like, I know we've had our
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stuff over the years, but listen, we've got at least
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two things in common. Miranda Lambert, of course divorced fellow
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country star Blake Shelton in twenty fifteen, and Casey Musgraves
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was once married a songwriter Rustin Kelly, who she divorced
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in twenty twenty. Musk Graves and Lambert then decided to
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get Shane McAnally involved in the writing of the song
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to create a full circle moment, and Horses and Divorces
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was born. I think it could be also a micro
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representation of what I wish the world would do sometimes
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just sit down and poke fun at each other, have
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a beer and call it a day, Musgraves says. And
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finally we head over to the boot dot com with
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the first article dated March eighteenth, Luke Combs has one
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promise for his kids, accept them no matter what. Luke
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Comb's on one of his most personal songs to mean
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something to parents everywhere. The country superstar recently reflected on
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his track Whoever You turn Out to Be, explaining that
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the message behind it is simple, a parent's love shouldn't
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come with conditions. In a chat with g Q Hype,
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Coombs opened up about the inspiration behind the song and
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why he hopes it resonates with families navigating all kinds
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of life paths. Coombs wrote Whoever You turn Out to
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Be for his children as power of his Fathers and
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Sons album. The song serves as a promise that his
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love won't depend on who they become or what direction
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their lives take. Look, I'd love my kids to be
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super into deer hunting and go with me all the time,
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Combs said, But if my kid wants to live in
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Soho and be an abstract painter, then hey, that sounds
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great too. Can't wait to come up and go to
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the gallery for Colms. The point is simple. He doesn't
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expect his kids to follow in his footsteps. I don't
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need my kids to be anything, he explained. I'm not
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trying to fill some hole in myself with them. The
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emotional weight of the song has even caught Comb's off
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guard during live performances. During a set at the Newport
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Folk Festival last summer. The singer became visibly emotional while
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performing the track. Fan shot video shows Combs pausing after
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singing the lyric but you ain't going to change the
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world to make your daddy proud. He wiped his face
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with a towel before finishing the song as the crowd
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cheered him on. Sorry, he told the audience, that got
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me a little bit. A moment later, he added with
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a laugh, I remember why we don't play that one
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very much. The message behind the song carries even more
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weight these days. Colmbs and his wife Nicole recently welcomed
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their third son, Chet Willie. That's probably Chet Wiley. The
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couple is also parents to Text Lawrence and bow Lee. Next,
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Kelly Clarkson channels Tanya Tucker with surprise Rodeo Houston cover.
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Kelly Clarkson reminded country fans exactly where she came from
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during a standout moment at Rodeo Houston. The Texas native
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took the stage as part of the Rodeo Star Pack
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concert lineup and delivered a performance that leaned into her
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country roots, including a powerful cover of Tanya Tucker's It's
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a Little Too Late. The crowd didn't need much convincing.
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Clarkson's take on the classic hit quickly became one of
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the most talked about moments of the night. Rodeo Houston
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has been packed with big names this year, including Cody Johnson,
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Chris Stapleton, Riley Green, and Megan Maroney, but Clarkson carved
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out her own moment by reaching back into country music history.
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Originally recorded by Tanya Tucker, It's a Little Too Late
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became one of a singer's signature songs, climbing to number
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two on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. The track tells
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the story of someone stuck in a relationship they know
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they should leave, only to realize it's already gone too far.
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Clarkson didn't just cover the song, she brought a fresh
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edge to it, blending her powerhouse vocals with the grit
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that made the original a country staple. While Carlson has
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spent years dominating pop and daytime television, moments like this
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are reminder her deep connection to country music before her
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crossover success. She grew up in Texas surrounded by country sounds,
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something that still shows up in performances like this one,
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and with a major life shift on the horizon, fans
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may be seeing more of that side of her again.
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Clarkson recently announced she'll be stepping away from The Kelly
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Clarkson Show after its current season. The decision, she said,
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comes down to family. I want to prioritize my kids
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which feels necessary and write for this next chapter of
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our lives. The keeping score singer shared at the time,
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clarks and his mom to daughter River eleven and son
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Remington nine, whom she shared with her former husband and
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manager Brandon Blackstock. He died last year after a battle
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with melanoma. If her Rodeo Houston performance is any indication
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back from daytime TV doesn't mean stepping away from the stage. Next,
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Comedian Burt Kreischer's tour bus destroyed by interstate fire. Burt Kreiser,
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popular comedian with connections to country music, suffered the total
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loss of his tour bus on the interstate in Minnesota
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over the weekend. Fortunately, everyone on board the bus made
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it off safely, but the vehicle went up in flames
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along the highway, burning down to the frame. Crusher showed
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the shocking extent of the damage, and a photo shared
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to social media, writing We're all safe, but my bus
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is gone. According to North Dakota station kvor R, Crusher
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departed his most recent tour, stop and Fargo, North Dakota
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on Saturday night. Somewhere in Minnesota. Just after midnight on Sunday,
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the bus blew a tire. Krusher documented that on social media,
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saying the incident was pretty scary and that they were
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stranded on the side of the highway in a snowstorm.
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The blown tire felt like bad luck at the time,
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but it actually might have saved everyone's lives. The Eventually
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it led to or decided to leave and split the
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crew into two other buses in order to keep traveling
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to Crusher's next show and cedar Rapids. That meant only
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the driver was on board when at about eleven a m.
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On Sunday morning, the bus caught fire and started filling
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with smoke. He was able to depart safely. Bert Krusher's
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a popular stand up comedian and podcaster. He has recorded
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several Netflix specials In television comedies, he has strong ties
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to country music. Recently, he co hosted twenty twenty five
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New Year's Eve special Nashville's Big Bash with Hardy. He's
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also good friends with Jelly Rowland helped encourage the singer's
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weight loss journey. Well, this concludes the reading of Country
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Weekly for this week. If you have any comments or
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joining me on behalf of everyone here at RADIOI. This
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is Ken Dawkins, wishing you a great day.