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3.21.25 · Country Weekly

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Speaker 1: Now it's time to catch up with Country Weekly, where
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we dive into news and gossip from the world of
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country music. I'm your host, Ken Dawkins, and I will
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be reading from various sources found online. As a reminder,
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RADIOI is a reading service intended for people who are
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blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult to
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read printed material. We'll become of The first article dated
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March seventeenth, from countrynow dot com. Blake Shelton's Friends and
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Heroes Tour delivers a one of a kind show in Greenville,
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South Carolina. Blake Shelton brought his Friends and Heroes Tour
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to Bon Saccor's Wellness Arena in Greenville on Thursday evening,
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and it was clear from the start it would be
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a night to remember. Let me tell you something, everybody,
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you've never been to a concert like we're going to
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see here tonight, Shelton teased. The country superstar followed through
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on that promise, delivering a truly one of a kind
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concert that incorporated his biggest hits as well as those
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from his friends and heroes Craig Morgan, Deanna Carter, and
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Tray Satkins. This show offered a unique format that kept
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the audience on their toes throughout the entire evening. Shelton
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would take the stage for a few songs, then step
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aside to Lena let one of his genre heroes perform,
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before returning to keep the momentum going. It gave the
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show an all star jam session vibe rather than a
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typical concert, making it feel fresh and exciting. The show
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kicked off with rising star Emily Anne Roberts, who captivated
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the crowd with a heartfelt set of originals, including the
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tender love ballad easy Does It, The uplifting the building,
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and the bluegrass infused a.
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Speaker 2: Whole lot a little.
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Speaker 1: She's got the talent, charm, and star quality to make
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it big. It's only a matter of time before her
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moment arrives. Fans got their first glimp of Shelton when
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he hit the stage singing his latest chart topping hit,
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poor Me a Drink San's post Malone, setting the tone
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for the night ahead. Is this Thursday? The Oklahoma native
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the crowd There's no Thursdays in country music. This is Friday.
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The superstar went on to encourage fans to let loose
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and enjoy the night ahead, admitting It's Thursday and I'm
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really in a weird mood. He went on to sing
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hits like I'll Name the Dogs, all About Tonight and
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Neon Light before welcoming Craig Morgan to the stage. Morgan,
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joined by Shelton's band, then delivered performances of Redneck Yacht Club,
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That's what I Love About Sunday, and International Harvester, before
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Shelton returned with a major surprise after singing a Guy
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with a Girl. Fans were shocked when Shelton welcomed his
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wife Gwen Stefani to the stage for two of their duets,
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Nobody But You and Happy Anywhere. The smile on his
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face said it all as he proudly shouted Gwen Steffani,
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Everybody Steffani, sweetly blue Kisses, and smiled as the packed
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house welcomed her with a roar of applause. Diana Carter
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was up next, taking fans back to her iconic nineteen
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ninety five debut album with performances have We Danced Anyway,
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how Do I Get There? And her signature hit Strawberry Wine.
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The audience welcomed her with open arms, lighting up the
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arena with their cell phone lights. And singing along to
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every word. In the next part of the show, Shelton
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revisited some of his earliest hits, including the playful sum Beach,
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the fan favorite Old Red, and his career launching debut
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single Austin. After performing his oldest song, Shelton told the
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crowd it was only fitting to follow up with his
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newest track. He then launched into Texas, his latest chart
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climbing hit for relatively new release. The audience's response to
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the song was incredible. Look for this one soon to
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be number one. The next artist to take the stage
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was Trace Atkins, who entered the room singing Hockey TONK,
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Badonna KHNK, prompting the entire arena to sway.
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Speaker 2: Along with the addictive's beat.
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Speaker 1: After performances Were You Going to Miss This and Ladies
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Love Country Boys, Atkins teamed up with Shelton for back
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to back renditions of their hit duets hell Right and
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hill Billy Bone. Their hilarious banter added an extra layer
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of fun to the performance, making it a highlight that
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the fans absolutely loved things took it to learn. When
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Shelton invited Atkins, Morgan and Carter to join him for
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an acoustic segment, shining a spotlight on the heart of
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Nashville songwriting. Each artist took their turn performing a song
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they'd written, either for themselves or for others, creating a
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special intimate moment during the show. In true Blake Shelton fashion,
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he made this into a hilarious competition, which he dubbed
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the who has the best Song Left to Play? Competition
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of the Friends and Heroes Tour twenty twenty five, Shelton
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picked the energy back up with covers of George Strait
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and Alabama, before closing out the show with fan favorites
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God's Country Boys Round Here and an encore of God
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Gave Me You. Despite being a household name with sold
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out arenas and TV shows under his belt, Shelton never
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forgets his roots. Throughout the show, he shared stories from
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the early days of his career, reflecting on the times
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he performed in Greenville, reminding fans of the journey that
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brought him to where he is now. I've been coming
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here for a long time. I love Greenville. I played
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with Damn Blind Horse Saloon like twice a year, he recalled.
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Blake Shelton's Friends and Heroes Tour is one of the
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most unique concert experiences out there right now. Even after
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twenty three years in the industry, Shelton continues to deliver
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a stellar performance, combining his musical talents with his signature humor.
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His ability to connect with fans is unmatched, and the
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show in Greenville was a perfect example of that. Next,
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Luke Brian hilariously responds to being mistaken for Blake Shelton.
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Luke Brian and Blake Shelton have been known to take
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friendly jabs at each other any chance they get, which
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made it that much funnier when Brian revealed he was
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recently mistaken for his fellow country superstar while out on
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a fishing trip with his son, Tate. Brian filmed a
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video for social media that found him recapping the hilarious
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moment that had just taken place between him and a
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stranger at a gas station. So story of the day,
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Me and Tate were fishing and stopped by to get
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some snacks from a gas station. This kind of big
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guy tied it up, daring me down. I'm like, oh yeah,
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he recognizes me, he began, while the Georgia native obviously
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was under the impression that the man had recognized him
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as himself, Luke Bryant. It turns out he was confusing
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him with Blake Shelton. I walk up to the counter.
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He goes, man, god, dude, you look just like Blake Shelton.
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You're not Blake Shelton, are you? And I said, I'm
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not Blake Shelton. He goes, You've got to get that
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all the time. I was like, every now and then,
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I get it. But he goes, well, you're his doppelganger,
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and I mean, you know who he is. He's on
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that TV show. I said, yeah, I know who he is.
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Brian definitely got a kick out of playing along with
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the situation, But the best part came at the end
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when the man finished off their conversation by saying, could
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you imagine what it would be like to have Blake
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Shelton's money? The mind of a country Boy's singer let
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out a laugh before ending the video. His caption poked
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further fun at the mistake, as he wrote, identity theft
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is not a joke. Moving along. Miranda Lambert celebrates twenty
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years of Kerosene with two thousand and fives, I Don't
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Love Him Anymore and announces long awaited vinyl release. Miranda
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Lambert is marking the twentieth anniversary of her career changing
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major label debut Kerosene in a very special way. She
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released this week I Don't Love Here Anymore, and never
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before heard track recorded during the original album sessions. Additionally,
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the songsters announced that on April twenty fifth, fans will
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be able to get their hands on Kerosene on vinyl
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for the first time ever. As she said in a
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new Instagram post, it's about damn time for this, y'all.
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Kerosene debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country
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Albums chart upon its March fifteenth, two thousand and five release,
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and eventually earned a platinum certification.
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Speaker 2: By the RIAA.
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Speaker 1: These songs laid the foundation of her iconic career, leading
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all the way up to her latest project, Postcards from Texas,
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which also serves as Lambert's tenth consecutive top ten album.
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This album changed everything for me, Lambert shares of the project,
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It's where my journey truly began, and I can hardly
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believe it's been twenty years. Releasing Kerosene on vinyl for
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the first time and sharing a never before heard song
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from that era feels incredibly special. I can't wait for
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you all to hear it and relive the fire that
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started at all. This is an incredibly important project for
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the Texas native to celebrate, as it will forever be
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on her for the impact it had on her twenty
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year career. It's safe to say that the artist she
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was at the time would be incredibly proud of how
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far she's come and the path she's paid for her
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to be a female act that others can follow. Miranda
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Lambert offers a dose of pure nostalgia for her Day
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One fans through I Don't Love Here Anymore. She wrote
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and recorded the song back in five, proving her belief
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that country music never gets old. Her youthful vocals came
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through clear as day amid the slow tempo tune as
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the powerful storytelling depicts a woman who feels unsettled in
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a relationship. While she's actually and technically content with the
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way things are, she also knows that there's better out
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there and that love filled memories she and her other
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were half once have made have been replaced by sadness.
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What good are these wings if you don't want to fly?
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Why share these two rings? If the sorrow's only mine.
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I don't know about you, but I've lost what I
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came for. It's an all right place to live, but
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I don't live here anymore, she sings in the emotive chorus.
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The anniversarial release of I Don't Love Her or I
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Don't Love Here Anymore follows Miranda Lambert's latest single, Run,
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which arrived at Country radio February twenty fourth with seventy
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three first week ads. The three time Grammy Award winners
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gearing up for a busy year on the road, She
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has been tapped to join Morgan Wallen for several stadium
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dates for the upcoming I'm the Problem to Her, in
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addition to headlining sets at festivals throughout the summer. Next
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John Parties, she Drives Away captures the bittersweet journey of
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fatherhood now that he's proud dad of two little girls.
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John Party is taking a break from his rowdy party
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anthems and tapping into his softer side with the heartwarming
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new song she Drives Away. The fresh release is set
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to appear on his upcoming fifth studio album, Honky Tok Hollywood,
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dropping April eleventh. Written by zach A Ben, Jimmy Bell
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Seth Ennis and Jordan Mitten and produced by Jay Joyce.
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She Drives Away powerfully portrays the emotional turmoil of father
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faces as he watches his daughter grow up. Party opens
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by sharing the moment he watches his little girl go
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off on her first date, although she might see him
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as overprotective, when he sits the boy down for a
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talk about treating his daughter right, he reveals his true
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feelings in the chorus, she drives away, and he's scared
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to death. You hold the wheel, he holds his breath.
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You ain't thinking about him, thinking it how it feels.
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Yesterday he drove her home. Now she drives away, he sings.
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The song goes on. The further emphasize how fast life
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truly goes, especially through.
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Speaker 2: The eyes of parents.
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Speaker 1: One day, they're holding their newborn in their arms, feeling
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like they have all the time in the world, and
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in the blink of an eye, sixteen years have passed
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and suddenly their kids are ready to take on.
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Speaker 2: The world all by themselves.
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Speaker 1: John Party admits he instantly felt a close connection to
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the story while reflecting on his own journey with his
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wife's summer and their two girls, Presley, Fawn, and Siana Grace.
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She Drives Away as a song that I knew I
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was going to record immediately, said Party. I think most
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of Dad's daughters will relate to it, but it reminded
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me so much of summer and my journey from when
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we started dating to ask her dad for her hand
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in marriage, and then having our daughters. Now I'll go
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through it from the other side with my daughters. It's
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a special song and I'm really excited for people to
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hear it. Adding to the sentimental nature of the song,
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Party also released a black and white music video that
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features a new adorable family moments in between performance clips.
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While John Party has true knack for creating late night anthems,
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this song is a great example of the tenderness that
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also lies within his artistry. This tear jerking song is
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one of the seventeen tracks that found their way onto
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the multi platinum Country Stars Next project. The country singer
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spent three weeks in the studio carefully bringing each track
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to life alongsideers, touring band and renowned producer Jay Joyce.
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She Drives Away joins previously released tunes Love the Lights
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Out and the project's lead single, Friday Night heartbreaker John
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Party will kick off his Honckey Talk Hollywood Tour on
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April twenty fifth, making stops and arenas and amphitheaters across
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the US with support from Caussie Ashton as well as
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Corey Kent on select dates. Back to Blake Shelton news,
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he announced his first solo album in nearly four years,
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for Recreational Use Only. Shelton returns after almost four years
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since his last studio album with for recreational Use Only.
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His highly anticipated debut under BBR music group BMG Nashville,
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slated for release on May ninth. Over the past few days,
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the Grand Old Operay member has sent fans into a
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frenzy with a series of cryptic posts on social media.
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On Tuesday, March twelfth, he posted a blank orange square
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with no context. Some fans wondered if he was sharing
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his pride for the Tennessee Volunteers, as it appears to
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closely match the team's color, while others wondered if there
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was a collaboration in the works, as they pointed out
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that it's nearly identical to the cover of Frank Ocean's
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twenty twelve hit album Channel Orange. He followed up with
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two more posts, both featuring the same orange background, except
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this time they had words. One simply read fruoh or fruo,
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and the second reveal that the letters stood for for
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recreational use only. While he certainly had fans scratching their heads,
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it's now clear that it was all leading up to
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the announcement of his new album. The project is poised
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to be deeply personal collection of twelve tracks that explore
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life's ups and downs through genuine storytelling, heartfelt emotion, and
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melodies that fans can't get enough of. Blake Shelton is
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also teamed up with a few of his fellow singer
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songwriters for collaborations across the project, offering guest appearances by
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his wife in superstar Gwen Stefani, country legend John Anderson,
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and his life longtime friend and tour mate Craig Morgan.
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It's been a long time since we had a new
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album out, and I want to thank the songwriters and
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musicians who help bring this record to life, said Shelton.
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Scott Hendricks and I have been working on this music
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for years and I'm beyond excited to finally share it
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with fans. The track list from for recreational use. Only
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stay country or die, trying Texas, hanging on strangers, let
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him in any way, having sweet home. Life's been coming
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too fast, don't Mississippi, all of my love, Cold can
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the keys and years. Now we slide on down to
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saving country music for news and commentary. With the first
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article dated March seventeenth, The Iron Hills Music Festival announces
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impressive inaugurial lineup.
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Speaker 2: You might be.
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Speaker 1: Surprised to learn that Birmingham, Alabama, right in the heart
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of country music homeland, does not have an annual country
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music festival. Well it does now It's called the Iron
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Hills Music Festival. One of the folks putting it on
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clearly have a good taste in country, from the Independent
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to legends to some of the better names in the mainstream.
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The Iron Hills Music Festival has announced its inaugural line
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up for October eleventh and twelfth, Happening at the historic
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Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark in downtown Birmingham. The two
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stage festival features the Turnpike Troubadours, Ryan Bingham and The
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Texas Gentleman Midland Travis trit Chase, Rice and Joe Dee,
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Messina as the top headliners with an undercar that also
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includes fast rising Mountain Grass Unit, American Aquarium, Cassius Culpeper Channing, Wilson,
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and others. Sloss Furnishes National Historic Landmark, Besides being tough
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to say, is a fifteen acre retired iron plant first
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founded in eighteen eighty seven. Birmingham, Alabama, is also proudly
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referred to as the Steel City and was once an
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iron or mecha, noteworthy for being one of the only
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geological sites on Earth where the four central elements in
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iron can ow be found. The location has hosted big
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music concerts in the past. The current climate of the
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music festival experience tells us that the fans expectations are
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at the highest level. Co founders Johnny Grimes and Chad
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Johnson say fans want what they pay for. Every principle
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involved in this event started out as a music fan
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long before we were with the ones producing the events.
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How do we extend beyond what money can buy and
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produce not just a concert or a festival, but a
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world class experience that will provide memories that will last
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a lifetime. We welcome the idea of such a challenge,
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and again the dates of the Iron Hills Music Festival
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in Birmingham, Alabama, October eleventh and twelfth. Well, if you're
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a regular listener, you must guess by now that Saving
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Country Music loves Zach Topp. So here's another story. Zachtops
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surges on charts sets Rodeo Record promises new album neo
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traditionalist Zach Tupp is the biggest new thing in country music,
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and he's only getting bigger. Albums do one of two
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things on the arts. They either go up or down.
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If they go down, they fall from their debut position,
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usually never to return to the prominence of their debut week.
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And if they keep going up, they tend to stick
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at the very top of the charts for a long time,
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often for years. Well that's the current trajectory, says Saving
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Country Music. For Zach tops twenty twenty four album Cold
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Beer in country music. The album has been doing well
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ever since its debut on April fifth of last year,
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but here in twenty twenty five, it's done better week
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over week, breaking into the top five on the country charts,
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surpassing Zach Bryan's recent albums and now competing with Morgan Wallen,
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Post Malone and jelly Roll for charts.
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Speaker 2: Supremacy.
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Speaker 1: Tops also broke into the top forty in the Billboard
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two hundred, meaning yes, he's now a top forty all
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genre artist. Check out the sales numbers you can realize
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that cold beer in country music for the first weeks
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of twenty twenty five and see how they're rising week
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to week. If they continue on this trend, he's likely
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to be in the top three in country music soon.
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The same popular larity is translated into the live space
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for the reigning saving Country Music Artist of the Year.
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Not only is Zach Top selling out any venue he
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posts on his calendar immediately, he recently set the twenty
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twenty five attendance record at Rodeo Houston by selling seventy
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eight hundred and sixty five tickets. That was on a
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Tuesday night. No less, he beat out Reba McIntyre and
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Brad Paisley among others to achieve that feat before Journey
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finally topped Zach on Friday at seventy two thy one
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hundred and nine. And for those hoping for more of
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where that came from, Zach Top might deliver sooner rather
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than later. During a Spotify Q and a at Rodeo Houston,
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Top shared, I just went in and tracked a few
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more songs to finish out the second record, So we
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got that finished up and are getting it mixed now.
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It'll come out at some point in the summer. I'm
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not sure exactly when yet, but there will be a
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new record coming this summer. A new album from Zach
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Top might shoot straight to number one and might knock
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cold beer and country music out of the way to
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get there. Meanwhile, Top is also so doing well on
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radio with his viral hit I Never Lie, currently sitting
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at number seven on the media based chart and is
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likely to get to number one before the summer. We've
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witnessed major chart surges by non radio country artists over
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the last many years, including multiple albums from Zack Bryan
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in Purgatory by Tyler Childers, but Zaktop is the first
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purely country artist to accomplish this, and it's probably a
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sure Betty's breaking down barriers for other throwback country performers
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in the process. Now on the menu, It's Tastes of Country.
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With the first article from TOC dated March nineteenth. Lollapalooza
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just announced its first ever country music headliner. Lollapalooza is
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going country in a way the Chicago music festival has
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never done before. The twenty twenty five lineup was just
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announced that it includes one of country music's biggest artists.
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Lollapalooza twenty twenty five takes place at Grant Park in Chicago,
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of course, from July thirty first to August third. Olivia Rodrigo,
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Tyler the Creator and Sabrina Carpenter are three of the
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most well known stars books to perform. Luke Combs is
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set to headline one of the stages, which is historic
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because no country artist has ever done that. In fact,
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the list of country artists to play the festival is
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so small that when Dirk S Bentley did so in
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two thousand and eight, he joked that he was Lalla's
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token country performer. Eric Church and Casey Musgraves are two
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more who played early in their careers there. Combs is
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the first to do so with a long list of
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certified country radio hits, and he's the first to close
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the stage down. Interestingly, it's not the only iconic music
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festival he'll play in twenty twenty five. Colmes is announced
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or not announced a headlining tour for the year. Instead,
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he's slated to play festivals including Tortuga and Stage Coach
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in April, Bonneroo and June, and his own bootleggers Bonfire
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in October. It's a relatively quiet time for an artist
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who has seemingly had at least one song on the
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radio airplay charts each week since he debuted with Hurricane
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back in twenty sixteen. Rufus Dusol twice as a p
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Rocky Corn, Gracy Adams, and dout Jay are some of
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the other headliners. As is usually the case, there is
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minimal country music to support Combs. There are one hundred
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and seventy acts on this year's Lolla Palooza lineup card. Next,
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Cody Johnson teases his next big superstar duet, and it's
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a big one. It's tough to follow up previous duet
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partners like Carrie Underwood and Jelly Roll, but as he
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works on his next musical chapter, Cody Johnson is teasing
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a new collaborator who might be.
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Speaker 2: One of the biggest yet.
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Speaker 1: During a conversation with Odyssey's Katie Neal this month, Johnson
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was asked if he'd ever think about dueting with Luke Combs,
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and well, he certainly didn't say no. I mean it
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could be in the works, Johnson hit it. I can
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either confirm nor deny. The two country powerhouses appeared together
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on stage during Johnson's Nashville show in mid February. Colmbs
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came out of the very end of the night during
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the second encore, and they sang a barn burning version
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of Colmbs's Beer Never Broke My Heart to close down
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the show. He wasn't the only unannounced guest during that show,
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but he was the most out of left field artist
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to join Johnson on stage, since he was the only
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one that night who hadn't yet released a duet with Johnson.
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But Johnson's conversation with Odyssey sure makes it sound like
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a Luke Colmb's collab is strong possibility. Maybe I'm going
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in this year to record a new album, the singer said,
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And there's a certain song that I'm pretty certain. We're
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just we're kind of playing with it. We're going back
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and forth. Johnson had nothing but praise for Comb's live presence,
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especially his signature trick of shotgunning a beer on stage during.
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Speaker 2: Beer Never Broke My Heart.
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Speaker 1: When he shots guns beer. It's like defy science and physics.
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To me, I'm like, where does the liquid go? Johnson joked.
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Johnson's most recent album is the deluxe version of Leather,
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which he released in November. That follows the original Leather Project,
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which came out in twenty twenty three. He typically gets
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back in the studio after an album at a pretty
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rapid clip. Normally, he averages an album release and sometimes
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a double album every two years, So if Johnson continues
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that pace, fans could certainly expect to see the fruits
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of his newest studio sessions, including a potential Comb's duet,
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within a year or so. Moving on, Kelly Clarkson returns
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to her talk show, gives no explanation for long absence.
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Kelly Clarkson has finally returned to the set of The
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Kelly Clarkson Show. The host was absent from her Emmy
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winning daytime talk show for the better part of March,
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missing nearly ten episodes. However, she returned to her couch
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on Tuesday, March eighteenth to chat with guests Adam Scott
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and Mark Reverlott. Despite missing several episodes, the pop singer
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offered up no explanation for her absence. Instead, she launched
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the show as she normally does with her Kelly Yoake segment,
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and then brought out her first guest entertainment. Tonight gave
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some insight on the reason for her absence on March sixteenth,
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citing an unnamed so who said Clarkson had a sudden
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family emergency that kept.
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Speaker 2: Her away from the show.
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Speaker 1: The nature of the event was so private, in fact,
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that even her guests were unaware she would not be
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there until the show's taping. Each guest host was notified
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upon arriving on set that they would not be appearing
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on the show to talk with their respective projects, but
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could instead host the show if they wanted to. Clarkson's
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first absence from The Kylie Clarkson Show was March third,
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when actor simmylub filled in for her. She returned for
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the following two episodes, leading many to believe it was
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just a wide off event. Now, the singer neglected to
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inform the art and say as to why she was
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not president at that time too. Once again, Clarkson was
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missing from her chair on March sixth, and it will
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be several days before she returned The show featured a
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list of guest hosts instead. Finally, from the Taste of
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Country of fifteen songs that made us all fall in
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love with country music. And that's according to the staff
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of Taste of Country. When you think back to your
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earliest memories of country music, songs come to mind, and
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this staff compile list the folks that Taste of Country
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share their stories that made us fall in love with
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this one of a kind genre. Well, we'll read through
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this list. See what you think. Garth Brooks, I've Got
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Friends in Low Places. One staff member says, I fell
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in love with this song when I was ten, and
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it was my first exposure to country music. I have
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fond memories of being on the school bus going to
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elementary school and coming home with a whole bus singing
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the chorus in Unison Shania Twain man I Feel Like
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a Woman. Two staff members voted for this one, remembering
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that their mom driving their best friend and her to
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school every morning. My mom was a cool mom, and
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each morning without fail, she'd play she Nia Twain's Come
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On Over album. My friend and I would beg her
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to play man I Feel Like a Woman. The Chicks
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Traveling Soldier staff member says, my first day is a
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country radio DJ was March tenth, two thousand and three,
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the same day that Natalie Maine said she was ashamed.
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Speaker 2: Of the president.
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Speaker 1: Before that, I never bothered with country, but I couldn't
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ignore the power of traveling soldier. How about Jason Aldeen's
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big Green Tractor. One employee says, I just gotten my
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license in a car. I thought I was so cool.
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The first thing I did was burn a CD full
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of my favorite songs, as one did back in the
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days before smart speakers. It was packed full of Taylor
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Swift and the Jonas Brothers, but Jason Aldeen's Big Green
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Tractor made my cut. Another staffer says, Hank Williams Junior,
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All my rowdy friends are coming over tonight. Yes, this
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is probably cheating, but in the stafford's opinion, there is
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no better song on all of the sports than the
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old Monday night football theme. Blue Clear Sky from George
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Strait one of the staffer's favorites of getting into country
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music from Taste of Country. Although this song made it
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to my playlist years after its release date, it solidified
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my love, she says for country music. First of all,
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it's from the King of country music. Second of all,
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this song instantly takes me back to being sixteen. Other
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staffers picked why Haven't I Heard from You? From Reba
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McIntyre growing up to the Houston Rodeo, and they saw
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Reba there in the early nineties. Dang, what a queen.
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Nineteen ninety four rolls around and this staffer is in
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elementary school and the talent show is fast approaching. My
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best friend and I decided to audition, and what better
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song to sing than Reba's hit That year, another staffer
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picked Leon Womack's I Hope You Dance, remembering listening to
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this with her friends as a kid, and it's one
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of the earliest memories they have of listening to country music.
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Glenn Campbell Jennel on My Mind. The Ban Perry's tremendous
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cover of Jennal on My Mind inspired another stafford to
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look more seriously at not only Glenn Campbell's catalog, but
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the catalogs of so many legends they'd appreciate later on
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Tim McGraw's Something Like That. Another employee says, working at
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a pop radio station, that I had a country station
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in the same building over the intercommon stations would switch
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out every fifteen minutes. One time I heard something like
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that come on, and I thought it was the catch
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and most melodic song ever. The remaining list from the
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staff of the Taste of Country about falling in love
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with country music. Kenny Rogers, The Gambler, the Oakridge Boys,
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I'll be true to you, Keith Urban, You'll think of
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me and somebody like you can't choose between them, Patsy
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Kleins Crazy of Course, and Travis Tritt It's a great
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day to be alive. To one person, this is the
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best country song ever. Well. This concludes the reading of
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Country Weekly for this week. If you have any comments
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or suggestions about our program, please call us at eight
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five nine four two two sixty three ninety. Thank you
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for joining me and on behalf of everyone here at RADIOI.
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This is Ken Dawkins, wishing you a great day.