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3.6.26 · Country Weekly

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Speaker 1: Now it's time to catch up with Country Weekly, where
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we check out 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 now. 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 begin with the first article, dated
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March second, from Parade dot Com. Meghanmrony and Ella Langley
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become first female country artists to achieve music charts milestone.
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Megan Maroney and Ella Langley have officially gone where no
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pair of female country music stars in history have ever
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been before. Billboard reported on Monday that Maroney twenty eight,
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and Langley twenty six are the first two women in
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country music to ever top the Billboard two hundred Albums
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chart and the Billboard Hot one hundred charts simultaneously. Per
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charts dated March seventh, Maroni's new album Cloud nine debuted
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atop the Billboard two hundred, while Langley's song Choosing Texas
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returned to the number one spot on the Hot one
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hundred after first achieving the lead three weeks prior. This
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marks the first time two female country music artists have
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top Billboards All genre album and song charts simultaneously since
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the latter began collecting data back in nineteen fifty eight. Additionally,
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Marony and Langley are only the fifth country music combo
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to hit number one on both charts in the same week.
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Past artists who achieve the feat include The Eagles for
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Hotel California and Glen Campbell for Southern Nights in April
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of seventy seven, Taylor Swift for Speak Now and Morgan
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Wallen for Last Night in July of twenty twenty three,
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Post Malone for f one trillion, and Shaboozie for a
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Bar Song a Tipsy This Is in August of twenty
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twenty four, and Jelly Roll for Beautifully Broken and Chaboozy
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for a Bar Song Tipsy also in twenty four that
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in October. Beyond their shared achievement, Maroney and Langley chart
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toppers also signify personal career milestones for each as Cloud
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nine and Choosing Texas are their first number ones on
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the Billboard two hundred and Hot one hundred charts, respectively.
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Langley initiatedly reacted to the news of her Hot one
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hundred feet In February, we did it. Choosing Texas is
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the number one song on the Billboard Hot one hundred.
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She wrote via Instagram at the time, I can't thank
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you all enough for what you've done with this song.
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It blows my mind every single day. Here's to women
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and country music. Weeks later, Langley celebrated her song's return
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to number one, sharing a Billboard post about it via
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her Instagram story on Monday, alongside three emojis, a crying face,
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a white hart, and a mind blown face. Released in October,
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Choosing Texas as the lead single from Langley's upcoming second album.
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As we've talked about before, that's Standalion, which is set
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to drop on April tenth. As for Maroney, she expressed
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her excitement over Cloud nine's Billboard two hundred acomplishment via
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Instagram on Monday. Cloud nine is number one. Thank you
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so much, she captured her post, writing at all caps
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best fans in the world. Thank you for streaming and
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listening and connecting and caring. I can't wait to scream
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these songs with you on tour. Marony previously marked the
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February twentieth release of Cloud nine with a personal note
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to fans, I just want to say thank you to
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every single one of you, she shared via Instagram. At
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the time, I had the most fun I've ever had
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writing these songs and dreaming up this world, and a
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majority of this album was created right in the midst
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of MIOK tour. The pure joy you all brought me
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night after night resulted in so many of these songs
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and ideas, so I can't thank you all enough for
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inspiring me. She continued. There's a newfound confidence woven throughout
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Cloud nine, along with humor, honesty, heartbreak, duh, softness and
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Love's got everything I love about country music. Never in
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a million years would I have guessed I'd have songs
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with Ed Sheeran and Casey Musgraves. But I hope it
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inspires any and all dreamers out there to keep going.
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Your wildest dreams are not out of reach. Now we
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move on to Countrycentral dot Com with the first article
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dated March third. Charlie Crockett announces age of the RAMS
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Summer Tour. Charlie Crockett this week announced his age of
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the RAMS Summer Tour, with shows scheduled from April through October.
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The tour includes headlining dates across the US and Canada,
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along with several festival and fair appearances. A rotating lineup
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of supporting artists will join Krockett on select dates, including
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Duran Jones and The Indications, Sierra Hull, Margol Price, Cash's Culpepper,
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Nat Meyer's Pony, Bradshaw, Leaffield's Jake Penrod, Twin Temple, The
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Weary Boys, Wild Horses and Others, and Charlie Crockett. We'll
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be in Louisville on September twenty sixth. Meanwhile, Tucker Wetmore
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extends his Brunette World Tour. Tucker has announced a seventeen
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date extension of his Brunette World Tour, adding additional North
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American shows later this year. Announced dates include stops in
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large markets such as La Chicago, Detroit, and Las Vegas.
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Support on select dates will include Mattox, Batson, William Beckman,
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George Burge, Braxton, Keith, Jacob Hackworth, and Stella Lefty. The
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tour extension coincides with the upcoming release of Wetmore's new
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single Sunburn, scheduled from March thirteenth. Its current radio single
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Brunette from his debut album What Not To is currently
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inside the top fifteen at country Radio and has surpassed
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two hundred and twenty five million streams in the US alone.
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Artist pre sale tickets will be available beginning March fourth,
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at ten o'clock local time. City card holders will have
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access to pre sale beginning the day before. The tour
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launched in February with performances in Boston and New York
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and Wetmore's first arena headlining show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The
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run continues this spring with previously announced European and UK dates,
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including three shows in London. Wetmore is also scheduled to
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perform at CMA Fest this summer, and will appear on
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select dates with Jordan Davis, Hardy, and Brooks and Dunn.
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The closest location to US will be in Knoxville on
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September fifteenth at the Homer Hamilton Amphitheater. Next, Jason Aldean
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announces Songs About Us tour and releases new tracks. Jason
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Aldean announced this week plans for his twenty two date
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Songs About Us tour. Schedules are run through July or
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from July through September. The Live Nation promoted trek follows
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Aldean's thirty first career number one single at Country radio,
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how Far Does a Goodbye Go, and will support his
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upcoming album, Songs About Us, due out April twenty four.
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The tour begins July sixteenth at the Main Savings Amphitheater
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in begor Main and will make stops across arenas in
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North America. Support on most dates will come from Chase Matthew,
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Mackenzie Carpenter and DJ Silver, with select appearances by Elizabeth Nichols.
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In conjunction with the tour announcement, Aldan released three tracks
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from Songs about Us, Drinking About You, Dust on the Bottle,
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and Don't Tell On Me, the latter of which is
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slated to impact country radio this week. The new album
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arrives the day before Aldana is scheduled a headline a
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stadium concert at the University of Georgia alongside Luke Bryant.
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The show marks a return to Sandford Stadium, where Aldeine
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became the first artist to headline the venue back in
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twenty thirteen. Next the twenty twenty six CMA Fest lineup
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has been announced. The Country Music Association has announced the
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CMA Fest, presented by SOFI, will return to downtown Nashville
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from June fourth through the seventh. Described as the world's
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longest running country music festival, the event will feature nightly
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headline concerts at Nissan Stadium as its main attraction. The
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initial lineup for the four night event includes the following
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artists Bailey Zimmerman, Blake Shelton, Carley Pierce, Cody Johnson, Deana Carter,
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Ella Langley, Gretchen Wilson, Hardy, Jason Aldie, Jordan Davis, Keith Urban,
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Luke Bryan, The Red Clay Strays, Riley Green, and Russell Dickerson.
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And on top of that, down here it says Shaboozy,
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Tim McGraw, Tucker Wetmore Zac top that's a lineup. Midfield
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performances will be delivered by the Ban Perry and Stephen
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Wilson Junior. Additional Nissan Stadium performers, platform stage acts, opening performers,
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and the national Anthem singer will be announced in the
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coming weeks, along with any surprise guest appearances outside of
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the stadium. Cmafest will occupy downtown Nashville with hundreds of
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performances across multiple daytime stages, along with fan experiences and
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related activities. Details on performers and schedules for these stages
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and events will be released soon. Four Night Stadium passes,
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granting all access to all evening events at Nissan Stadium,
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are on sale now now we scoot on over to
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countrynow dot com with the first article, also dated March second.
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Bailey'szimmerman shines on the Different Night, Same Rodeo, showing his
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growth and unstoppable energy. Bailey Zimmerman proves he's exactly where
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he belongs on his headlining Different Night, Same Rodeo tour,
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delivering a high energy show with all the bells and whistles.
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Last Friday, Zimmerman brought the heat to Knoxville's Thompson Bowling
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Arena at Food City Center for the fourth stop on
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the tour. After rising stars Blake Whitten and Hudson Westbrook
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warmed up the crowd, Zimmerman made one of the most
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insane stage entrances in country music today. Shot from a
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riser below the stage, as flames erupted around him, he
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grabbed a rope from the rafters and swung onto the stage.
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He immediately launched into hit after hit, performing back Up Plan,
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Never Coming Home, Lost Change, and fan favorite fall in Love,
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moving across every inch of the arena and keeping energy electric.
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A few minutes and Zimmerman paused to take the crowd
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and reflect on his journey from his tiny home in Louisville, Illinois.
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A lot of words are coming into my head, but
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I'm about to cry, he admitted, Because this is the
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fourth arena show in the different nights, same rodeo tour,
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and we have nine thousand, five hundred people here right now.
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I'd say that's pretty good for the white boy from
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a trailer park. He went on to thank his fans
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and his team. Well, Knoxville, my name is Bailey's Immermann.
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I'm from a small town in southern Illinois called Louisville,
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and I'm sure I grew up just like a lot
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of you all. This may be just a Friday night,
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but to us, man, it's a whole lot more than
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just one night. I started singing in twenty twenty one.
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I'd never sang before in my life, and from that
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day forward, when I quit my job and I decided
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I'm going to be a country music singer. All the
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people that you don't see right now that are behind
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that stage jumped in to help me get right here,
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right now, and without every single one of those people,
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I would not be where I am today. So Knoxville,
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if you guys would make the loudest noise for my
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people in the back, his gratitude felt genuine, as he added,
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we love you guys so much. Without you, we would
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not be able to make this happen. I'd also like
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to thank every single person that bought a ticket tonight
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that this does not go unnoticed. I know that you
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spend your heart earned money to come see me in
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my band, and you guys could be anywhere else right now,
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but you chose to be right here. So thank you,
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Thank you. Zimmerman promised to deliver the best show possible,
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and he did. Over the two hours he was on stage.
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He kept the energy high with coming in Cold, delivered
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emotional performances with Before You and Your for the Breaking,
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and went intimate with fans on the B stage performing
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a cover of The Climb to inspire the audience to
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chase their dreams. He transformed the arena into a clublike
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atmosphere with All the Way his collaboration with Big exta
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Plug before returning to the main stage for selfies. High
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fives and a rowdy performance of New to Country with
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Hudson Westbrook. The show wrapped up with surprise appearances from
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University of Tennessee mascot Smokey and Davy, and Triumphant Clothes.
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With Zimmerman's biggest hits, Religiously Where It Ends and Rock
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and a Hard Place. It seems his name is off
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and overlooked when it comes to award shows, but seeing
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Zimmerman command and to sold out arena makes it clear
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he doesn't need validation. He's earned this moment. Bailey Zimmermann
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belongs as a headliner in country music. This journey has
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had its ups and downs, as we know, but watching
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him live on this tour feels like a redemption story
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in real time. He's grown not only as an entertainer,
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but as a singer and a man, proving that hard work, authenticity,
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and connecting with fans is the true measure of success.
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The Different Nights Saint Rodeo Tour is a can't miss show.
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If you're on the fence, just buy the tickets. You
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won't be disappointed, says Country Now. Next, Harper Grace talks
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faking her engagement and the hard choice behind if Daddy
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Says No. Love stories don't always come with a fairytale ending,
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and unfortunately that's a reality Harper Grace had to learn
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through a firsthand experience. In her new song if Daddy
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Says No, the Rising Star finds herself torn between choosing
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forever with someone and waiting for her dad's approval. During
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the process of writing the general Eras tune alongside Kyle
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Schlinger and Scott Stepakov, Grace believed she was in love
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with the man who would own one day be her husband.
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The only problem her father would not give his blessing,
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and growing up in Texas, his approval was very important
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to her. She eventually took a bird's eye view of
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the situation and realized that if she went against her
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father's wishes and ran off with the supposed man of
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her dreams, she might be setting herself up for a
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very unhappy life. I've always been really close with my dad,
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and this certain relationship just did not honor me, and
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it really didn't honor my dad. They had zero respect
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for my father and his upbringing with me and him
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literally just let alone being my dad. He was a
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wonderful dad, and this guy just was so disrespectful, and
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I was caught up in all of it. Luckily, I'm
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so grateful that my dad really did say no, she
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told Country Now. Those real life emotions that she experienced
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while trying to make the decision for herself unfold throughout
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this song in a very raw way. Even though the
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story doesn't directly reveal how things ultimately turned out with
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her dad, she lets the audience inside the interternal battle
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she was facing in that moment. The Texas native delivers
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lines about her other half being kind, stubborn, and wise,
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and then states that he actually reminds her of her dad,
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making the conflict at hand even harder. She gathers the
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facts from both sides and then runs through two possible
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scenarios in her head, running off into the sunset with
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the person she loves, or trusting her dad's opinion and
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waiting until approval comes with the right person. That emotional
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tension hits hardest in the chorus, where she admits she
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feels damned if I do, damned if I don't. We
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could run away in the sunset. He don't even need
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to know, but I want him to walk with me
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in a white dress, give my hand for you to hold.
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I see forever for worse or for better. But I
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can't say I will or if I won't. So I'm
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damned if I do, damned if I don't. If Daddy
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says no, she sings. By the second verse, the song
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adds another layer of depth as Grace tries to understand
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of her father's resistance comes from pride or fear she'll
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repeat his mistakes. As her soft edged vocals float over
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the intimate and heavy narrative of heart torn between love
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and approval, she leaves the story and that unresolved space,
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making it feel even more relatable. While listening to the
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lyrics closely, some might notice similarities between If Daddy Says
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No and Taylor Swift's classic love story, but Grace offers
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a different take on the modern day fairy tale theme.
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Instead of running away from the man despite her family's
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wishes as the story unfolds, in Swift's tale, she steps
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back from the relationship out of respect for the people
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she loves. That ful approach makes it clear she's not rebelling.
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She's trying to understand both sides of her heart. Grace
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acknowledged that the comparisons between the two tracks did come
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to mind back when she performed the song live while
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opening for Josh Turner. I had sat on stage one day.
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I said, it's like a version of love story. Instead
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of the romance of like he's going to get down
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on one knee and all the stuff that's going to happen.
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It's like a different perspective of it. If what he
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says no that matters so much, rather than this big
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old love story all happening right in front of your eyes.
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It's like the traumatic, sad side. But yeah, it definitely
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played in my head a little bit once I had
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written the song and had played it out a couple
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of times in order to promote if Daddy Says No,
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Harper Grayshock, fans would news that she was engaged. She
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teased the mystery man, sported a stunning diamond on her finger,
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and even dressed in white while discussing wedding preparations. The
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truth is it was all fake. Grace cleverly planned the
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promo ts so fans would be transported into the exact
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mindset as as she had when she wrote the tune.
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I think some people are probably going to think I'm
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crazy for faking my own engagement, but honestly, I got
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so into the artistic take on it because the song
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means so much to me. I wanted to put myself
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in the position of how I thought I would have
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played out if I went that route. I had this
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reoccurring nightmare in the midst of the relationship with this
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guy where he would be down on one knee asking
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me to marry him, and I would freeze up and
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I wouldn't know what to say. And that should have
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been my telltale sign a long time ago to peace
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out and leave. The Lord was probably speaking prophetically in
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my dreams, saying get out. It all led up to
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the just released music video, which features her real dad
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as well as a really close friend playing the role
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of her love interest and the man fans out fans
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thought she was engaged to. Anyone who paid close attention
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to the teasers across social media may have noticed that
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she has been dropping little puzzle pieces that tie the
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whole story together. I don't want to downplay anybody's real engagement,
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or anybody's real call off of an engagement, or anyone's
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real wedding. I want to be married. I want to
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be a wife. I want to be mom. I really
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really desire a spouse one day. But with this song
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in particular, I was like, I want to play into
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this creative, vulnerable, artistic side as much as I possibly can,
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and what better way than to fake my engagement. So
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that's what I did. She jokingly added that the next
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time anyone sees a ring on her finger, it will
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be real, because while she too has dreams of getting
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married becoming a wife one day, she's holding out until
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the right person comes along, who both she and her
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father approve of. Now we skip over to people dot
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Com when the first article dated March second, as well,
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Old Brother Where Art Thou Celebrate twenty five years at
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Grand Old Opry. Constance Sorrow was far from the emotion
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as the Grand Old Opry celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary
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of O Brother Where Art Thou and its history making soundtrack.
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The Star Stuttered event, which took place at the Grand
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Old Opry House in Nashville on Saturday, perfectly encapsulated the
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roots laden energy of the eight times platinum soundtrack, which
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starred the likes of George Clooney and originally released in
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two thousand and one, Honoring a quarter century of the
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film on country music's most legendary stage was a truly
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one of a kind ensemble of artists. Those tapped for
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the celebration included the likes of the Alaskan Sunnyside Sisters,
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Alison Krauss, Billy Strings, Chris Thomas King, Colin Lyndon, Dan Taminsky,
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Del McCurry, Emilu, Harris, Fisk Jubilee Singers, Jerry Douglas, Molly Tuttle,
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Old Crow Medicine Show, Sarah Jahaz, The Fairfield Four, The Whites,
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and Tim Blake Nelson. Kraus led off the show with
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a soulful rendition of every Time I Feel the Spirit,
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a segue into the unique vocal meshing of the wonderful
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Fairfield Four. The Old Brother energy continued as Old Crow
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Medicine Show stunned with Big Rock, Candy Mountain and Sarah
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Gerraz brought All the Fields Down with You or My Sunshine,
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interspersed with some of the most iconic scenes from Old
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Brother where Art Thou projected on the big screen over
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the opry stage. Krause commanded this sage as she did
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the original soundtrack, joined by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, arousing
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performance of down in the River to Pray brought the
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entire opry to their feet for a standing ovation. Film
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star Thomas King joined Lindon for a rendition of their
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iconic campfire song from the film The Whites Sands their Father.
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Opry member Buck White, who at ninety four last year,
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performed Keep on the Sunny Side, and in an eclectic moment, Tuttle,
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Kraus and Harris joined together for Didn't Leave Nobody but
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the Baby Listening, another standing ovation. Other highlights included Strings
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performing his rendition of Wild Bill Jones, and Blake Nelson
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taking to the stage to enchant attendees with the inn
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The Jail House Now, which he sang vocals on for
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the original film. To round out a legacy or legendary evening,
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brother Timnsky performed the most iconic song associated with the film,
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I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow, and the del
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mcquarie Band's iconic bluegrass vocals had the crowd in stunned
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amazement with their performance of Get down on your knees
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and pray. If you want to know what's good about
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the United States, listen to our music. T Bone Burnett,
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who produced the soundtrack told fans in attendance at the
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Opry during a brief appearance on stage towards the end
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of the performance, I am grateful to see you all
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here tonight. To close the show, every performer who was
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in attendance that evening came together to sing I'll Fly Away,
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a perfect homage to the film and a tribute to
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its staying power and maintained relevancy a quarter century after
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initially being shared with fans. Upon its release, the Old
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brother ware Arthous Soundtrack was a smash success that brought
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American or music to the forefront in the twenty first century.
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Burnett and the collaborating musicians garnered the number one position
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on the Billboard two hundred, as well as multiple Grammy Awards,
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including Album of the Year for the record. Additionally, the
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soundtrack earned the title of Album of the Year at
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the Country Music Association Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards,
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and the ib M A Bluegrass Music Awards. Next, Jelly
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Rolls says he flipped his ATV and broke his collar
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bone before the twenty twenty six Grammys. Jelly roll is
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opening up about an injury that he sustained shortly before
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the Grammy Awards, but chose to keep a secret from fans.
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On Sunday, the Save Me singer now forty one spoke
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candidly in an Instagram video about being hesitant to ride
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an ATV again, as rolling his earlier this year left
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him with a broken collarbone. In the clip, Jelly Roll
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was seen walking around the repaired ATV before sharing a
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photo of his X ray, a snap of him on
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stage at the Grammy Awards, and the damaged vehicle before
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it was fixed. He all just took this thing out
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for the first time and I flipped it, said Jelly Roll.
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I broke my collar bone. I was so scared to
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get back on this thing. I just knew if I
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didn't get back on it sooner than later, I was
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just going to be more and more afraid of it.
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He continued. I'll tell you what, though, my brother got
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it fixed, dude, and he killed it. It's brand new.
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I figured I had totaled it Inita favorite singer revealed
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that he wanted to share the accident because the congratulatory
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Hugsy received after his Grammy wins came to his mind
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while riding the ATV. I'm just thinking I was out
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there running all over the Grammys with a broken collarbone,
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said Jelly Roll. Every time I hugged somebody that week,
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I wanted to scream. I just didn't say it. But
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every time somebody squeezed me, dude, I thought I was
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gonna cry. Times. The machine can do more than the
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user thinks it can. This was all user error, he said,
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of coping with the pain. Anyways, moral of the story,
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get back on that pony, baby, Love you all, he concluded.
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Wife Bunny XO also shared on her own video, which
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featured Jelly born Jason to Ford as we all know,
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in a hospital bed wearing a gown and neck brace.
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This happened to January. Worst phone call to ever get
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but we got through it, thank goodness, and these healed completely.
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Now we head on over to Taste of Country. Also,
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the first article had the same date of March second.
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Morgan Wallen's Don't We is more than just a hometown
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pride song. Morgan Wallen has a number of songs about
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how proud he is to be from a small town,
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but Don't We is special because it's direct conversation with
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his fans. Wallin's talking directly to his fellow country born
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listeners about a secret that the city slickers just don't understand.
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How special it is to have your own quiet spot
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on your properties back forty and how comforting it feels
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the cruise around a downtown strip that hasn't changed since
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the day you were born. The song features bittersweet prayer
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for towns like Wallin's to never fade Away, as well
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as a patriotic salute to US soldiers stationed overseas. Those
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inclusions make don't We more emotional than your standard hometown
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party anthem. The latter point also created opportunity for a
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special patriotic moment in Wallin's I'm the Problem to Her.
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During his set, when Wallin got to the part of
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the song where he sang, not everybody takes off their
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hat stands for the flag that them boys overseas God
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on their sleeves, an American flag unfurled on a backdrop
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on the screen behind him. Concert goers also watched a
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clip of some US fighter aircraft fleets soaring across the sky. So,
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despite catchy rhythms and hip hop inflected beats, don't We
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as a little more sobering than some of Wallen's other
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hometown pride songs, and it captures a full snapshot of
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rural life. Don't We comes from Wallin's twenty twenty five
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I'm The Problem album. It's one of a whopping thirty
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seven tracks on the project per Us Radio Updater's ex profile.
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Don't We will head to country radio this week. It's
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his eighth single off I'm the Problem. Previous singles include Lies, Lies, Lives,
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Love Somebody, I'm the Problem, Just in Case, What I
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Want with Tate McCrae, I Got Better, and twenty Cigarettes.
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All of those have hit number one on the Billboard
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Country Airplate charts, with the exception of what I Want,
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which was sent to pop radio and placed at number
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six on the Pop Airplate chart next. Last week, we
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mentioned about Alan Jackson hanging up the guitar. Jackson performed
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an all time country classic during his Grand Old Opry debut.
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Jackson was just a country newcomer with a promising new
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single when he made his debut on the Grand Old Opry.
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The future superstar performed his then current single here in
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the Real World. When he debuted on the hollowed stage
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back on March third, nineteen ninety, Jackson had actually seen
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his debut single, Blue Blooded Woman, stiff at country radio
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or leased in nineteen eighty nine in advance of his
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debut album, Here in the Real World. Blue Blooded Woman
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stalled at number forty five. Arista followed up by releasing
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the album's title song as its second single in January
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of ninety, and it was already gaining significant steam by
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the time Jackson performed it at the Opry after an
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introduction from Jimmy C. Newman. It was a highlight for
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the aspiring country star, whose previous day job had included
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delivering mail to the Opry. Here in the Real World
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would peak at number three on Billboard's Hot Country Songs
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chart just over a month later, on April twentieth. In
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nineteen ninety, launching Jackson as a major new artist in
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country music. He continued his winning streak with Wanted and
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Chasin That neon Rainbow before scoring his first number one
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hit with I'd Love You All Over Again, his fifth
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and final single from the debut album. Jackson helped usher
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in a new wave of country music traditionalists in nineteen ninety,
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and he was inducted into the Opry as a full
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member on June seventh, nineteen ninety one, just over a
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year after making his debut on the Historic stage. The
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ultimate dream when you're in country music is to be
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asked to join the grand old Opera. Jackson says, you
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think about people like Hank Williams and mister Acoff and
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George Jones who stood on that spot of wood. That's
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what makes you so nervous to think about the historical
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part of the opry and how it's played such an
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important part in country music. Over his three decade plus career,
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Alan Jackson has released some of the most essential country
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music songs ever. His catalog includes classic barnburners like Chattahoochee,
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tender ballads like Remember When, and everything in between. No
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matter which songs is your favorite, it's hard to dispute
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that Jackson's music changed the country music genre forever. So
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Taste of Countries listed the top twenty songs in their
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Mind from Alan Jackson Number twenty, Who's Cheating, Who Pop
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a top number nineteen, Summertime Blues number eighteen, the number seventeen,
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Alan Jackson song I Don't Even Know Your Name, Sissy
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Song sixteen, number fifteen, Where I Come From? Number fourteen
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Where were you when the world stopped turning? Number thirteen,
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Small Town Southern Man Freight Train comes in at number twelve.
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Don't Rock the Jukebox number eleven, Top ten, Gone Country
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number nine, Living on Love, It's five o'clock Somewhere with
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Jimmy Buffett for number eight, Good Time number seven, number six,
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Here in the real World, Little Bitty number five, number four,
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Drive for Daddy Jean, number three, Chattahoochee number two, Remember
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When in the top Alan Jackson song according to Taste
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of Country, Chasing the Neon Rainbow. This concludes the reading
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of Country Weekly for this week. If you have any
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comments or suggestions about our program, kindly call us at
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eight five nine four two two sixty three ninety. Thank
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you for joining me and on behalf of everyone here
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at RADIOI. This is Ken Dawkins, wishing you a great day.