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9.19.25 · 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'll be
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reading from various sources found online. As a reminder, RADIOI
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is a reading service intended for people who are blind
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or have other disabilities that make it difficult to read
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printed material. We'll begin with the first article, dated September
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fifteenth from countrynow dot com. Hardy, Miranda, Lambert and Moore
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to join forces for American Cancer Societies Country Versus Cancer Concert.
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Country music stars are coming together for a powerful cause
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this Giving Tuesday. On December two, Hardy, Miranda Lambert, Dirk's Bentley,
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Laney Gardner, and McCoy Moore will take the stage at
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Nashville's newest concert venue, The Pinnacle, for the American Cancer
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Society's twenty twenty five Country Versus Cancer con presented by
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Hardy and That's the Hearty Fund and live concert series
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Whiskey Jam. The one night only event is dedicated to
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raising funds for the American Cancer Society to support saving lives.
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According to ACS, every fifteen seconds someone in the US
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is diagnosed with cancer, a disease that impacts one in
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three people. In an effort to help fight this devastating reality,
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these Country Acts will take the stage to deliver a
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night of music and hope. Those who attend can expect
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a night full of unforgettable performances, heartfelt moments within a
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community that is committed to the cause. All net proceeds
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from Country Versus Cancer will go towards ACS's ongoing mission.
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The funds will fuel groundbreaking research, expand access to life
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saving treatments, and provide trusted support services to cancer patients
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and their families no matter where they live. Through these efforts,
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the American Cancer Society continues to make a vital difference
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in the lives of people facing cancer, from the moment
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of diagnosis through every step of treatment and recovery. Hardy,
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one of the acts, taking the time out of his
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busy schedule to help a good cause, expressed his excitement
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to be part of the event and help raise awareness
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and funds for the American Cancer Society. I am beyond
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honored and excited to be part of Country Versus Cancer
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this year. On December second, said, Hardie, cancer is a
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terrible thing. It affects so many people and so many families.
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Anything I can do to give back and make people
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feel better in any type of way, I'm here for.
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Can't wait for the event. I'll see you guys there.
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Country Versus Cancer will offer a platform to those whose
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lives have been impacted by cancer, including survivors, caregivers, and
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patient advocates working to make a difference. Country Versus Cancers
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being hosted in partnership with Hardy Fund and supports community
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programs in Mississippi and Tennessee and Whiskey Jam and produced
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by Track Management and Kevin Meads of WME Next. Anna
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McFarland and Chase Rice team up for playful duet Foolin'
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Hanna McFarland is back with her first release since her
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debut EP, Broken Hearts, arrived in February. She makes her
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highly anticipated return with Foolan, a brand new duet featuring
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her current tour mate Chase Rice. Co written by McFarland
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alongside Madison Kozak and Rivers Rutherford and produced by Oscar
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Charles and Logan Wall. The fresh release further showcases the
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Alabama natives gift for tender hearted storytelling. The track captures
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the emotions of two friends caught in an awkward in
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between space where they're both aware of the lingering attraction
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between them, it can't bring themselves to actually admit it.
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Fool and blends sunny harmonies with a touch of longing,
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leading to a chorus that playfully spills the secret everyone's
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already feeling about the growing crush. McFarland and Rice have
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spent months building anticipation for the new drop among their
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fan bases. They accompany the release with a retro style
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music video directed by Julia Robert and produced by the
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Corps Josh Robert. The visuals find the artists capturing candid
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moments in an old fashioned analog phone booth that builds
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on intimate and authentic energy among the lyrics. The video
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opens with the two trading off snapping individual photos in
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the booth, but eventually they come together in front of
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the camera, taking shots of tequila and letting loose. The
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clip also features a surprise cameo from Rice's adorable black
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lab Jack. Having chased on this song not only gives
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it more life, but it gave me a chance to
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work with one of my close friends on the project,
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and that I was already excited about since the day
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it was written, says McFarland. Can't wait to get fool
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out into the world. Rice also took the opportunity to
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gush over the songstress while explaining that he first heard
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the duet after the pair had written together for the
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first time. Not only does Foolan mark their first time
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teaming up, but as the Way Down Yonder singer revealed,
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it also serves as the very first country song he's
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ever been featured on. The first time Hannah and I
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wrote together, we wrote a really badass song. I knew
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she was talented, but I gained a new level of
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respect for her after that. Notes a little later on,
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when she played me a song that I could tell
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she was really excited about and asked if it's something
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I'd record with her, it was an obvious yes. It's
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the first country song I've ever been featured on, and
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I love that Hannah asked me, of all people, to
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be a part of it. Foolan adds to mc farland's
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recent string of standout collaborations, including her recent feature on
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Riley Green's I Just Need You, which appears on his
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Don't Mind If I Do deluxe album. She performed the
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new song with Rice last month at this year's Boots
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and Heart's Music Festival in Ontario. Anna McFarland has stayed
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busy on the road this year and is showing no
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signs of slowing down. She recently joined Green for his
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UK and European dates and is now hitting the road
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with Chase Rice as part of his current tour. She'll
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finish her run with Rice at the end of the
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month and then reunite with Green in November for a
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stretch of arena shows across the Midwest next. How Far
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Does a Goodbye Go brings back the classic Jason Aldeen
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fans know and love. Jason Aldeen is turning heads with
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his brand new single how Far Does a good Bye Go,
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out now and offering fans the first taste of his
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upcoming album. The track tells the story of a man
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facing heartbreak and confusion after his partner leaves. Unsure whether
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she's stepping out for a short break or walking away
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for good. She says she's headed to see her mom
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to clear her head, but after days without contact, he's
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left drinking, smoking and replaying everything in his mind, wondering
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if she'll ever return. How Far Does a good Boy go?
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Is it down to a corner bar or out of
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town in a getaway car. If it's on a map,
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this cowboy's gotta know. Is it a couple miles away
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coming up the road, or on a midnight train on
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a runaway track? How far does a Goodbye Go till
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it don't come back? He sings. Vocally, Aldine shines, sounding
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the strongest he has in years. The song feels like
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classic Aldine, taking fans back to the sound of the
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Truth and his wide open era. Written by Aldine's longtime
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Collaborator's Curve Allison, John Edwards, Tully Kennedy and John Morgan,
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how Far does a good Boy? How Far Does a
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Good byego follows the Georgia Natives historic thirtieth career number
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one at Country radio. Aldean says the song is for
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anybody who's ever felt the sting of a breakup. The
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release of the song comes amid the reigning ACM Artist
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of the decade's full Throttle tour. Aldean recently surprised fans
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by adding nine new US stops in twenty twenty six,
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with support from Nate Smith, Landy Gardner, and DJ Silver.
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Produced by Live Nation, The new run Trek kicks off
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on January fifteenth at Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Moving on, Kenny Chesney makes surprise appearance at Megan Morony's
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first headlining stadium show. Meghan Maroney hit a major milestone
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this weekend as she headlined a stadium for the first
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time as part of her wildly popular MIOK tour. Just
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minutes before taking the stage of the Credit Won Stadium
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in Charleston, the night became even more memorable thanks to
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a surprise backstage visit from her friend and former tour mate,
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Kenny Chesney. The heartfelt moment was captured on video, showcasing
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Marony standing in front of a bright light, decked out
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in her signature royal blue dress and white cowboy boots,
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clearly unaware of the man walking towards her. Once the
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songstress realized that Chesney had made the trip out to
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celebrate her big show, her face lit up. The six
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months later, singer excitedly screamed his name as the two
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Hug and then asked, what are you doing here? The
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text over the video read po V When Kenny Chesney
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surprises you at the I m IOK tour five minutes
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before you go on stage. Jesney didn't just stop at
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the surprise visit backstage. Later in the night, he also
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joined Marony on stage for a powerful performance of their
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duet you Had to Be There. The pair of artists
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became friends while Maroney served as a special guest on
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Kenny Chesney's twenty twenty four Son Goes Down Stadium tour.
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As a result of that unforgettable chapter in her career,
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the Georgia native later gifted Chesney the heartfelt song as
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a Christmas present. From sharing stages across the country to
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offering genuine support behind the scenes, Jesney and Maroney's friendship
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continues to shine. In an Instagram post recapping the Milestone weekend,
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Maroni included a photo of a handwritten note addressed to
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her from Chesney commenting her on the commending her rather
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on the successful show. He wrote, Megan, you were amazing
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up there. You outshine everyone just by being yourself. I
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love you, Kenny. During the same performance, on Friday, September twelfth,
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Meghan Maroney treated fans to a performance of an unreleased
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song titled Beautiful Things. She previously teased the track across
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social media, but this was the first time she performed
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the full version live. Before diving into the powerful lyrics,
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Marony shared a bit of the story behind the song
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and the reason she wrote it with her young niece
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and mind, I decided that out of all my discography,
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I think I had to pick a song that I
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would write to myself, this would be it because I
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was the girl that in that middle school I didn't
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get invited to the party, and when I got a
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little bit older, I couldn't make the guy love me
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and stay with me, and I just wish I had
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a song that said exactly this, she explained, And so
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I think that's part of the reason why I wrote
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it for my niece, and I think this song is
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just a great reminder that we're all going through something,
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so just be nice to each other. Maroney then noted
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that Beautiful Things is set to appear on her next album.
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A release date has not been set for the upcoming project.
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The Miok Tour, inspired by the title of her latest
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project of the same name, continues this week, or had
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continued this week with a stop in Independence, Missouri. Full
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list of upcoming dates can be found on Maroney's official website. Next,
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Luke Brian brings new life to Dan Seals's classic hit
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Everything That Glitters Is Not Gold. Luke Brian lends his
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voice to a new rendition of Dan seals nineteen eighty
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six chart topper Everything that Glitters Is Not Gold, which
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serves as the lead release from a new duet project
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spearheaded by record label Melody Place. Everything that Glitters Is
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Not Gold was co written by Seals and Bob McDill
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and appears on his album Won't Be Blue Anymore. The
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song is about looking back on a past love who
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became famous in the rodeo world while the Nirator's life
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stayed smaller and quieter, raising a child and playing smaller shows.
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He remembers his ex in rhinestones and sequins, loved by
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the crowd. The line everything that Glitters Is Not Gold
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really sums up the feeling that fame and spotlight don't
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always mean happiness for what you hope for. Brian, a
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longtime fan of Seals, was thrilled to add his voice
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to the iconic song, which arrived sixteen years after Seal's
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untimely passing. When I think of all the all time
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iconic songs. This one's definitely comes to top of mind.
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Brian shared, Dan was an artist I had on repeat
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and actually still do. I sang this song when I
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was back in Georgia, and now to be here and
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paired with him on this new release is just unbelievable.
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Dan Seals, of course, first rose to fame as one
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of half of the pop rock duo England Dan and
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john Ford Coley then moved to Nashville and built a
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hugely successful solo country career with nine straight and eleven
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total number one hits. He became one of the most
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successful artists to cross over into country, thanks in large
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part to his gift for telling stories about rural America
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in a way that resonated with a wide audience. Dan
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Seals was diagnosed with metal cell lymphoma in two thousand
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and seven, and he faced his final days with the
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same grace he brought to his music. He passed away
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March twenty fifth, two thousand and nine, Showtime, as his
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manager put it an additional details surrounding the new Duets
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project will be revealed soon now. He' zigzagged down the
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road a little bit too, saving country music for news
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in some commentary. First article dated September fourteenth, on Zach
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Bryan trying to fight Gavin Adcock. He's an old saying
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that if you find yourself constantly surrounded by jerks, the
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real jerk might be you. In this particular instance, we
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are talking about Zach Bryan or are we talking about
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Gavin Adcock. Answer is yes, says saving country music. Zack
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Brian got drunk and decided he was going to be
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a tough guy. It probably was not the smartest of decisions.
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Gavin Adcock is a troll. In the first rule of
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how to deal with troll is not to feed them.
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Zack Bryan just threw a big hunk of red meat
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Adcock's way. Granted, navigating a triple barbed wire fence, while
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heavy in the sauce, is certainly a feat in itself,
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and with the way Zach was so bound and determined
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to chuck knuckles, he very well might have won any
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physical altercation. Gavin Adcock seemed to think the same, backpedaling
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pretty quickly once Zack Brian made the leap. As is
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commony with trolls, z Adcock has a lot to say,
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but is rarely there to back it. Up, but this
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is in high school. Being a real man is knowing
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when to fight and knowing when not to. So for
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those who haven't seen the or heard about the video,
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Gavin Adcock was set to perform at Born and Raised
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Festival in Prior, Oklahoma, Saturday evening when Zach Bryan showed
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up along the perimeter of the fest to confront Adcock
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with a barbed wire fence in between them. Brian eventually
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hopped the fence before security detained him, while Adcock backpedaled
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and his people held him back. It's pretty obvious Zach
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Brian was drunk. Brian was on location because earlier in
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the day he'd appeared as a surprise guest to sing
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Madeline with Gabriel Rose. That's Gabriella Rose, once again underscoring
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Brian's commitment to helping up and coming artists and women
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in particular, which they needed at this festival where you
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had to go nineteen names deep on the poster before
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getting to the name of a woman in small print.
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While on stage, Zach Bryan said, Gavin Adcock, where are
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you at? Meanwhile, Adcock had no business even being at
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Born and Raised Festival. It's called Born and raised for
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a reason. And perhaps nobody was born and raised closer
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to prior Oklahoma in music than Zack Bryan, who has
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a long history with the f best, both debuting during
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a pre party in twenty twenty one and then returning
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the next year as a headliner. Gavin Adcock is the
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pride of Athens, Georgia. For Zach Bryan, this was about
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defending his dirt, but the suits booking these festivals and
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the folks peddling Adcock's career on Music Row have decided
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to market Gavin as an underground or outlaw artist, though
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his music is decidedly mainstream. That is why we meaning
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saving country music continue to see Gavin Adcock appear at
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festivals like this as if he's the next Whalen Jennings.
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This is the mainstream country music business trying to recapture
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some of the fan base they've lost to actual independent
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country artists and labels, and unfortunately, because folks like Zach
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Bryan and Charlie Krokatt can't help but engage with Adcock's trolling,
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Gavin continues to garner disproportionate attention and become a folk
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hero of sorts and to outclass some of his opponents
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as he gets in their kitchen. Then the mainstream media
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is more than happy to help with Rolling Stone Country,
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platforming Adcock on their Nashville Now podcast and specifically needing
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a needling Gavin about his previous as Zach Bryan tiff
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over fan interaction, pouring fuel on the fire. For those
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that don't remember, Zach Bryan was criticized by some fans
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for not meeting with them after a stadium show earlier
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in the summer. Gavin Adcock then called out Zach Bryan
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directly in the greater contact. Zach Bryan did not deserve
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to be criticized. He's a stadium act that sold out
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three consecutive nights. He can't expect to meet with every
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single fan afterwards. But just like at Barnet Born and Raised,
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Zach decided to engage with his detractors and the worst
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of him came out. That previous interaction with Adcock is
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what fueled this weekend's confrontation. Gavin Adcock should have not
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been booked at Born and Raised Festival or the Texas
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Two Step In Festival in April. That appearance also caused
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disruptions these promoters have no idea what they're doing, says
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Saving Country Music, and even more for us, they all
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cheat off each other's lineup to the point that no
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matter what major festival you go, all across the country,
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the lineup is the same. While artists that never make
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it in these lineups never get an opportunity to break through.
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The whole thing is embarrassing. It feels embarrassing to be
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writing this article right now, says the writer. And the
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big winner here is the guy who is quickly becoming
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country music's wrestling heel, Gavin Adcock, because people are paying
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attention to him, which is exactly what he wants but
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doesn't deserve. In a more relaxed story, Vince Gill releases
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new extended version of legendary song. On August twenty eighth,
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twenty twenty five, Vinskill's legendary eulogy Go Rest High on
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the Mountain celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of its release. Saving
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Country Music mark the occasion with a retrospective on the
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song and the impact that it's had. Though only a
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minor hit upon its release by reaching number fourteen on
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the charts, the song has since become one of the
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most beloved in country music or in the history of
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country music, let alone the history of Vince Gill. Now,
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to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the song, an extended
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version of the song has been released. It includes a
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verse that Vince Gill commonly includes when singing it live.
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He first added the verse when performing the song with
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his wife Amy Grant during a Christmas performance at the
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Riemann Auditorium back in twenty nineteen. The last thirty years,
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I've always felt like something was missing from this song,
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Gill explained recently. With this new third verse, I finally
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feel like the song is complete. You're safely home in
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the arms of Jesus eternal life. My brother's found. The
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day will come. I know I'll see him in that
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sacred place, on that holy ground. Though the words in
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Vince Gill's singing of him are new to the recording,
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they use the original sound bed for the song to
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create the new version, and don't worry if you prefer
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the old version. It can still be found on his
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album When Love Finds You and streaming services. Also as
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part of the thirtieth anniversary and in conjunct with the
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new version, label MCA Nashville went through the process of
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reevaluating the sales and streams of the song, and it's
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now officially certified double Platinum bar by the RIAA as
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of September twelfth, speaking to the songs enduring impact. Also,
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Vince Gal will perform the new extended version of the
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song on Sunday during in the memoriam segment as part
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of the twenty twenty five Emmy Awards. Vince Gill was
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first struck by inspiration to write the song in nineteen
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eighty nine with the tragic death of Keith Whitley, but
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never quite got the song to where he wanted it
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to be. When Gil's older brother Bob died in nineteen
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ninety three, this is what inspired Vince to complete it.
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Neither Keith Whitley nor Gil's brother Bob were named in
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the song directly. Whitley, however, is alluded to though when
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the song I'm No Stranger to the Rain is referenced
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in the first verse. Now we tip our hat to
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Taste of Country, where the first article published on September fifteen,
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Jelly Roll's weight loss Journey's gonna cost him literally. Jelly
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Roll's weight loss journey has led him to an important
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new milestone, but it's not one he could have afforded
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several years ago. The Heart of Stone singer took the
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social media to share his latest photos, proudly showing off
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the progress that he's made. Last month, jelly Roll revealed
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that he'd lost more than one hundred and eighty pounds
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since overhauling his diet and lifestyle. At his heaviest, he
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says he weighed over five hundred pounds. He set his
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goal is to make the cover of Men's Health magazine
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next year. His latest milestone, well, I can fit into
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a Louis Vutan now pray for my bank accounts is
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jelly Roll. Louis Vuton, the iconic French luxury brand lists
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men's shorts and pants at prices comparable to many Americans'
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weekly paychecks and fanny packs that run about twenty six
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hundred dollars. Jelly Roll shared the two images from Europe,
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where he's currently touring with Post Malone. The photos were
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taken at Vatican City, where he actually got to meet
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the Pope. Fans continue to be overwhelmingly supportive of jelly
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Roll's health journey, with hundreds of comments and more than
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one hundred thousand likes on the latest Instagram post, several
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celebrities have chimed in too. The hunkiest hunk of them all,
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wife Bonnie Exo wrote beneath the two photos, Oh he's
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looking good, shouts Carly Pearce. Jelly Roll has two more
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European shows left, but he'll spend a significant amount of
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time in New Zealand and Australia later this year before
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coming home in time for the holidays. Musically, he's between albums,
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but he's found excess with duet partners including Shaboozi Ahmen
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and Brandon Lake. Hard Fought Hallelujah. Next, Old Dominion reveals
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what happened to drummer Wit Sellers. It's been about four
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years since Old Dominion's Witch Sellers walked a red carpet,
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and it sounds like that streak will continue. Yes, the
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group's drummer is still in the band, but singer Matt
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Ramsey admits that they have to reset expectations to make
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sure he remains the band of the five. Ramsey and
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Sellers have known each other longest, having both gone to
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school near Roanoke, Virginia. After some success as solo songwriters.
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Old Dominion's first hit was shut Me Up, which broke
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out on Sirius XM back in twenty fourteen. As a group,
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they've won the last seven CMA Vocal Duo of the
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Year awards and the last eight at the ACM Awards.
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Sellers began to skip red carpet and junket style interviews
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after the pandemic. When the band has visited with Taste
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of Country in recent years, it's been Ramsey, brad Tersey,
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Trevor Rosen, and Jeff Sprung, but all assured fans their
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drummer was doing fine without further explanation. Well, that changed
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last week when Ramsey spoke to Bobby Bones for his
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Bobby Cast podcast. He has crippling social anxiety, the singer shares,
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about ninety seconds into the conversation, we had to come
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up with a new agreement within the band with him
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so that he could or could opt out of all
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that stuff. What tended to happen was interviewers Taste of
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Country included would work hard to get sellers to talk.
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When they noticed he was quiet, Shining a light on
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him would advance the problem. So at some point he
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came to the group and he just said, I can't
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do it any longer. So the new agreement is that
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if music needs to be played or faked as in
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a music video, or if it's more important promotional moment
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like an album cover photo shoot, then Sellers needs to
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be there. Other than that, he just needs to be
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there to play drums, which he one hundred percent still loves.
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Here's a list from Taste of Country the Music the
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country music tours schedule for the rest of twenty twenty
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five and into twenty twenty six. Well, even though we're
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talking about next year, there's still plenty of good country
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music to see live before June of next year. Lady
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Wilson and Eric Church and Scotty McCreary are three stars
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that stand out, and each is bringing a bunch of
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hot newcomers. Nineties country music icons like Phil Vassar and
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Clay Walker also scheduled tour dates prepared for the fall,
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while hitmaker Riley Green just announced his summer twenty twenty
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six plans. The Country. The tour dates from your favorite
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country artists are listed here. All ongoing tours are at
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the top of the comprehensive list, with those slated to
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start later will follow for twenty twenty five. Ongoing country
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music tours. Harty's twenty twenty five Jim Bob Tour runs
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through September twenty fourth, Jason Aldeane's Full Throttle Tour twenty
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twenty five through October fourth, Gabby Barrett's Life I'm Living
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Tour through October fifth, Thomas rehtz twenty twenty five Veteran
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Boots Tour through October ninth, Kane Brown's The High Road
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Tour through October tenth, Keith Urbans High and a Live
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World Tour through October seventeenth. Parker McCollum's tours also through
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October seventeenth. Jordan davis Ain't Enough Road Tour through October
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twenty fifth, Cole Swindell's Happy Hour Sad Tour through October
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twenty sixth, Phil Vasser's Five Years of Paradise Tour through
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the twenty sixth, Clay Walker's Drive Me Smooth Tour through
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November two, Riley Green's twenty twenty five Damn Country Music
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Tour through November second, Landy Wilson's twenty twenty five Whirlwind
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Tour through November eighth. Brett Young's Back to Basics World
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Tour through November sixth, Eric church Is Free the Machine
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Tour through November fifteenth, Zach Tops Cold Beer and Country
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Music Tour through November fifteenth, Warren Zeeders The Relapse Tour
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through November twenty second, Sam Barber's North American Tour through
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December fifth, Stephen Wilson Junior's Son of a Dad Tour
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through December eleventh, Larry Fleet's Hard Work and Holy Water
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Tour through December twelfth. Other tours Shaboozi's Great American Road
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Show Tour runs through October sixteenth and in October. Kitmore's
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Solitary Fall Tracks Tour runs through December twentieth, beginning in November.
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Brad Paisley's Truck Still Works World Tour through December thirteenth,
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Scotty McCrary and Dustin Lynches Two for the Road Tour
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through December sixth, and Chris Young's It Must Be Christmas
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Tour through December twentieth. Beginning in December. Zach Brownband will
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do the Love and Fear its Sphere residency through December
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thirteenth and then so Far in twenty twenty six. In January,
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Blake Shelton begins to Live in Las Vegas residency through
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the thirty first Rascal Flat's Life as a Highway tour
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through February twenty eighth. In February, Bailey Zimmermann Different Nights,
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Same Rodeo tour through June twentieth, and in April Riley
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Green's Cowboy As It Gets to Her through August twenty second,
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and finally, Kenny Chesney recording a new project that breaks
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away from country music. Kenny Chesney was spotted in a
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recording studio in front of a microphone recording a new
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project that breaks away from country music. The American Kids
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singer is right smack dab in the middle of recording
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his first ever audiobook, Heart Life Music, which comes out
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audibly and in book form on November fourth. Jesney admits
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it's actually been quite hard getting the vocal recording done,
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saying it takes a lot longer than I thought to
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record an audiobook, or maybe it's just I would get
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lost in seeing all the people and places along the way.
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The book takes you along the twenty five year Hall
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of Fame worthy ride that is Chesney's storied career, a
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career so enormous that the man himself got lost in
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the memories. The Superstar notes, in a way, it's what
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I did with my summer vacation, visit all these adventures
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I've had, because when I started to hear the stories,
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I felt like I was living them all over again.
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This book promises to connect all of the dots and
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reveal more than we might already know about Chesney, his
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life and his career. Jesney says, I got to live
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this crazy dream alongside so many heroes make great friends.
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Hearing it come out of my mouth, it's a lot
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to take in. I almost wouldn't believe it if I
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hadn't been there myself. Granted, there will likely be stories
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that have to be omitted, but the ones we do
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get to hear will take us back in our own
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heads as well to a time in our lives when
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things may have been a lot simpler. In October of
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this year, Kenny Chesney will officially get inducted into the
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Country Music Hall of Fame as part of the annual
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Medallion ceremony. And as you may know, Kenny Chesney is
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now fifty seven years old, having been born in March
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of nineteen sixty eight. 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 every one here
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at Radio Eye. This is Ken Dawkins's wishing you a
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great day