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A Very Josie Christmas : Part Three · The Scene Projects

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  One at a time, and then we're gonna get a big photo so you guys won't go anywhere.
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  Awesome.
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  I'm gonna flip the page for all the other CMO.
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  Are you cold?
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  Yeah.
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  Free time.
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  Liv, how you doing?
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  Good.
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  How are you?
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  I saw you in Deadwood for, like, three seconds, and then you were gone.
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  I know I had
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  to What a wild weekend that is.
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  Yes.
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  Is it wilder than this?
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  No.
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  I didn't get to play Wild West on the
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  Easter wedding.
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  But next year is my call.
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  Yeah.
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  I'm excited.
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  This is Well, I have an inn.
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  So maybe I can get you on the local one.
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  I would really love
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  it.
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  Oh my god.
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  This is fun.
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  They would love to have it.
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  That would
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  be great.
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  Yes.
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  That's a good You had quite the journey too.
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  Yes.
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  Yeah.
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  Yes.
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  I
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  And then it lands you here in Nashville.
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  Like, what?
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  What an interesting after my my week in the wild.
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  So yeah.
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  So I I'm a smile.
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  I love I love Nashville and San Diego.
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  Yeah.
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  I'm excited to be here with y'all too, and I can't wait to party with everybody tonight.
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  Give me your autograph.
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  It's cool.
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  I think it's So good to see you.
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  Fellow Midwest CMO artist, Liv McHair.
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  Thank you so much.
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  We'll see you soon.
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  Get on in here, buddy.
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  How are Oh, man.
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  We just keep touching each other on the red carpet.
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  I can get used to this.
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  I love it.
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  Yeah.
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  You look fantastic.
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  I saw you and May got in yesterday.
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  You did the JMA.
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  Tell me a little bit about the JMA Fest at the Bel Air Mansion.
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  Oh, gosh.
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  It was it was was actually pretty pretty wild.
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  You used to learn so much and really get to use the word.
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  Yeah.
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  Which
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  we need.
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  Right?
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  As independent artists, it's hard to find that education base.
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  Obviously, that's why we started the Midwest Original Music Organization and and to educate
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  more about what we know, but you can always learn more.
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  Right?
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  And I learn from you every time we get on the phone together.
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  So a a pleasure to see you out there knowing that you're getting more information to feed
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  all of us small timers.
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  I'll teach you.
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  Yeah.
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  I know you will.
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  Tyler, nominated tonight.
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  How many?
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  Five.
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  Five nominations tonight, brother.
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  Congratulations.
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  Yeah.
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  Which how much is it gonna mean to you to bring one of these on You know, honestly, think if
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  you just validate all the hard work,
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  those sleepless nights, those those nights that I was I'm like pumped for the last couple of
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  years.
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  I suck at bring anything home.
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  We'll meet so much, not just to me,
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  but to
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  the fans.
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  Yeah.
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  Work so hard to
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  do this.
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  And to the family too.
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  About Yeah.
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  Your beautiful life here with you, May.
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  You guys have become such good friends, and I'm so I'm so proud of you, Tyler.
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  Yeah.
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  And I'm really looking forward to celebrating and win with you behind that.
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  I love you too, man.
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  Let me get your autograph before you go.
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  Like you don't already have it.
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  Yep.
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  Well, can't have enough of them, especially if they're worth something one day.
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  Right, May?
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  I gotta give your beautiful wife a hug too.
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  Come here, sweetie.
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  I don't see you guys the rest of the night.
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  That was That's why I leave it running all the time.
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  Come in here, sweetie.
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  Hi.
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  How are you doing?
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  I'm doing great.
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  You look great.
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  Yes.
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  Fantastic.
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  Belle, are you nominated tonight?
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  But you're hanging out.
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  Yeah.
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  That's fantastic.
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  Everyone, this is Belle Modine.
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  Hi.
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  She's a new star of Nashville, I will say, a Belmont University Bruin.
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  You are just tearing this town up.
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  Well, thank you so much.
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  Yeah.
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  Thank you.
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  So what are you looking forward to the most tonight?
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  Oh Oh my gosh.
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  Meeting so many different people and meeting my friends from Midwest.
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  It's
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  nice to look out and see familiar faces too.
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  Yes.
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  I just love the national area of the Aubrey.
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  Oh my gosh.
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  It's such a fun experience.
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  Yeah.
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  Have you been here since you lived here?
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  I have.
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  I've been here twice.
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  Okay.
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  Been the exact same experience as
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  I've been here.
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  And this will be a little bit different tonight.
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  It's not the show.
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  Right?
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  It's not the Opry show, but it's a little different.
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  We might see some of our friends go home with some hardware.
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  How cool is that?
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  Awesome.
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  Well, Belle, let me get your autograph before you disappear on it.
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  Oh my gosh.
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  Perfect.
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  A little hard for you.
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  Yeah.
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  Thank you.
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  Give me a hug, sweetie.
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  It's good to see you too.
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  You take care.
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  We'll see you inside.
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  Yes.
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  Get that jacket back on.
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  Yeah.
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  Hey.
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  Hey.
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  I was just talking about you.
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  Oh, I
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  bet things
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  I hope.
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  Yep.
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  Well, sorry about that Maverick award.
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  I know they got an outlaw award here.
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  No.
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  I was like, that ain't got nothing on a Maverick.
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  No.
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  No.
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  Maverick is is true
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  Yeah.
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  True uniqueness.
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  Yes.
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  It is what it is.
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  Everyone, Samantha Grimes.
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  Samantha, you're nominated tonight.
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  Yes.
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  For two awards.
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  Two awards?
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  Yes.
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  Fantastic.
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  What are your nominations?
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  Americana Artist of the Year and Fans' Choice Women.
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  There you go.
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  That's gotta feel pretty good to know that your fan showed up for you and got you nominated for
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  an extra one.
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  Right?
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  Yep.
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  I I think it means the most because you are someone who you put out a lot of music, but you
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  play a lot of shows.
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  Yes.
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  You're meeting people where they're at.
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  Right?
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  And your shows aren't like Opry shows usually.
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  Right?
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  They are bar and grill.
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  You're out on the patio playing, so you really have dedicated fan bases around you.
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  I know you're in Wisconsin now, but in Minnesota, they interview for a lot in that
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  area.
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  You have people that love you.
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  Right?
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  You're not just a a face on a Spotify playlist that comes up.
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  They adore you, and I adore you too.
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  So congratulations again on your nomination, sweetheart.
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  Thank honey.
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  I'm so looking forward to watching you come home with some hardware here and celebrating
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  the rest of the night with you.
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  So
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  awesome.
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  There you go.
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  There you go.
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  A Samantha Grimes.
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  Now I just
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  Our maverick.
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  Clothes back on.
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  Yeah.
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  Come on.
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  Yeah.
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  You look great.
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  How are you doing?
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  You give
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  me a
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  hug too.
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  Alright.
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  What's your name?
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  You're also famous.
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  Marina?
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  Yeah.
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  It's Marina.
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  That's it.
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  Okay.
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  We call
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  it Janae.
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  Awesome.
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  Are you nominated tonight?
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  I'm quite a president.
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  But I'm here.
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  I have our superpower.
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  Yeah.
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  It's like
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  a top
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  of the year.
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  No.
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  Was That's huge.
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  And you're a very yeah.
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  Well, you're a very new artist as well.
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  So to have three nominations out here is incredible.
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  Where are you from?
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  Originally from Schaumburg, Illinois.
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  Okay.
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  I know Schaumburg well.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  And then I went to school in Princeton, Nebraska.
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  Okay.
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  Awesome.
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  Go Big Red.
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  Yeah.
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  You got it.
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  Well, I live not too far from the Nebraska border, and I work with a lot of guys that are
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  big fans.
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  So fantastic.
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  Congratulations on your nomination and good luck tonight.
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  Can I
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  get your autograph before you go?
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  You can do whatever you want to.
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  Yeah.
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  Artistic expression.
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  I'll have such a great time tonight.
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  Love you.
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  My aunt used to live in Schaumburg.
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  We'd go stay with her all the time.
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  It's a great place.
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  Yeah.
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  I grew up in Joliet, Romeoville, Crest Hill area.
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  So, yeah, we know the South Suburbs.
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  Yep.
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  We know the South Suburbs very well.
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  So congratulations to you and have fun tonight.
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  Enjoy it.
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  Bye.
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  We're
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  on the scene, probably.
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  That's okay.
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  Doing, brother?
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  Roberts.
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  Nice to meet you, Tristan.
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  Hey, man.
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  You're one of our Texas boys.
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  Yes, sir.
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  Fantastic.
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  Well, I know that Cynthia is gonna be thrilled to see us on camera together.
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  Tristan, what are you nominated for tonight?
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  I'm I'm nominated for four awards.
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  I'm up to Young Artisan Year, Solid Year, Male's Fan Choice, one other.
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  Doesn't matter.
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  You don't have to remember them all, man.
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  They're they're gonna have what they are on them when you're walking out of here with them.
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  So Tristan, you're a young man, but you've already done a lot of damage in the Texas music
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  scene.
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  You're a member and you were a winner, correct, of the Texas songwriter championship?
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  Yes, sir.
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  Awesome.
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  Well, a big shout out to Cynthia with the Texas songwriting.
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  Now she has an Illinois songwriter competition and an Iowa one coming up.
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  So we're down here promoting that a little bit.
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  Are you sticking around in town for a couple of days?
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  Yeah.
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  We leave Tuesday morning.
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  Okay.
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  Well, we're gonna get together.
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  We're gonna interview with you on the bus.
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  Okay?
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  Perfect.
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  Awesome, Tristan.
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  On your nomination.
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  Let me get your autograph before you disappear on me.
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  Awesome.
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  Right here?
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  Yeah.
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  That'll work here.
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  Slide this out.
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  Yeah, man.
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  Yeah.
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  I'm stacking up.
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  Sorry, girl.
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  Sweet.
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  Getting so cold the pen doesn't wanna work.
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  I know.
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  Seriously.
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  Look at it.
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  I love that jacket.
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  There you go.
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  Yeah.
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  I hope it's working.
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  Tristan, pleasure, man.
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  Thank you so much.
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  We'll see you soon, man.
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  I'll catch up with you.
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  I got your
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  info.
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  Awesome.
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  I don't know why it's supposed to go now.
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  Nice nature.
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  Meet you, man.
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  We'll see you inside, hopefully.
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  Yeah.
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  It's gonna be Awesome.
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  How are doing, young man?
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  I'm here.
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  Awesome.
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  You too.
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  What's your name?
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  Dylan Reese.
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  Dylan Reese.
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  The pledge to meet you above starts with the scene projects.
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  You nominated tonight?
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  Yes, sir.
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  Yeah?
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  What's your nomination?
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  Young Artist
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  Young Artist of the Year.
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  That's fitting.
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  Thank you.
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  Your first time at the Josie's then?
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  Yes.
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  Fantastic.
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  You've been to the opera before?
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  Nope.
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  Nope.
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  Me neither.
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  My first time as well.
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  Where are you from?
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  Houston, Texas.
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  Okay.
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  Another Texas boy.
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  I love it.
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  We got we got a good thing going on down there with some friends of the Texas Songwriting
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  Championship.
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  I was talking with Tristan.
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  You a member there yet?
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  Not yet.
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  We're gonna get you in, buddy.
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  They got a great contest, and I think you'd be an excellent addition to that.
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  But so you're excited for tonight?
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  Yeah.
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  I
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  am.
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  It's it's gonna be a
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  good time.
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  Yeah.
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  Is it is it cold enough here in Tennessee for you Texas boys?
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  Yeah.
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  But I think I don't think it's
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  gotten below 90 yet
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  over there.
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  Yeah.
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  No.
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  I visited Texas twice this year.
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  It was 98 with a 98% humidity both times.
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  So, hey, pleasure to meet you.
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  Let me get your autograph before you disappear off me.
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  It's cold, man.
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  I'm from South Dakota.
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  What he target is a heat wave.
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  Come on in, sweetie.
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  You look fantastic.
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  How are you?
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  What's your name?
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  It's Peyton
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  Riley.
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  What's Peyton
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  Riley.
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  Bubba Starks.
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  Nice to meet you.
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  Are you nominated tonight?
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  Nice.
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  That's great.
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  Well, you just saw me with all my Midwestern country music people.
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  Right?
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  It's nice to share this experience with people too.
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  Right?
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  Impressive.
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  Were you kinda solo last year and one of the only Texans up here?
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  That I do.
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  Yes.
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  Yeah.
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  Yes.
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  Right.
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  And now all your friends are here as well, and you get to celebrate with them, and hopefully,
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  you're celebrating a big win tonight.
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  Peyton, thanks for asking.
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  Before you go?
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  Sorry.
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  What's wrong
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  with this?
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  You're okay?
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  I barely feel my hands.
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  Yeah.
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  I understand.
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  I wish I was in Texas right now.
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  I'm actually saying that right now.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  One of seven.
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  Yeah.
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  I'm here.
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  Fantastic.
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  Thank you for being here.
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  Yeah.
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  We'd love to have you on the show some other time.
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  We do them on stream here at the zoo all the time.
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  Fantastic.
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  Good luck tonight.
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  I used to walk blue too as a child.
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  You.
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  Awesome.
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  Who's next?
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  Hi.
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  Hey, gorgeous.
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  How are you doing?
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  I love your dress.
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  Thank you.
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  What's your name?
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  Chloe Ray.
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  Chloe Ray.
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  So nice to meet you.
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  Nice to you.
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  Are you nominated tonight?
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  Yes.
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  I am for social impact video of the year.
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  Awesome.
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  What was the video?
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  It's called Thank You for the Music, and I'm partnered with an organization called the Texas
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  Music Project, which brings music therapy in the children's hospitals and schools and
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  communities all
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  over the so cool.
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  Good for you.
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  Thank you.
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  Good for you.
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  Are you excited about tonight?
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  I'm very excited.
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  Yeah.
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  Have you been to the Opry before?
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  I have.
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  Last year, I was here.
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  Okay.
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  That's great.
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  Well, let me get your autograph for you.
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  You can sign right there below Peyton.
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  Oh, awesome.
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  Well, have a great night.
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  Get yourselves inside and get warm.
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  Nice to
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  meet you, Claudia.
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  Ty, nice to meet you too.
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  Nice to you, sir.
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  How are you doing?
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  Good.
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  Ty Smith.
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  Ty Smith.
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  Bubba Sartz.
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  Nice to
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  meet you.
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  You nominated tonight?
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  Yes, sir.
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  I'm young artist of the year.
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  Fantastic.
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  Group of the year, best ever.
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  Awesome.
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  You got a band here with you?
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  Not with me.
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  No?
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  So you're not Blue solo.
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  Yes, sir.
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  That's how you do it.
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  Leave the band at home.
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  Go ahead.
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  I'm just kidding, guys.
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  I'm just kidding.
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  Awesome.
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  You excited?
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  Your first your first Yosi's?
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  Yeah.
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  Second.
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  Second.
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  Okay.
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  Fantastic.
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  First time nominated?
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  Second.
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  Okay.
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  You're used to this.
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  Nice stuff.
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  Yeah.
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  It's always fun.
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  Probably got to
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  bring our whole
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  group in Texas.
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  There you go.
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  It looks awesome, man.
• 11:34
  Let me get your autograph for you now.
• 11:35
  We're gonna roll over on a new page here.
• 11:36
  Just I was starting to do it.
• 11:38
  Yeah.
• 11:39
  You got it.
• 11:40
  See if we can Nice to see Texas well represented here at the Josie's.
• 11:44
  You know, for me, there's really two two homes of country music, and that's Texas and
• 11:49
  Tennessee.
• 11:49
  So fantastic.
• 11:50
  Appreciate you.
• 12:23
  Yeah.
• 12:24
  I heard.
• 12:24
  I actually got some friends that are down that way that are on a cameraman, so I got
• 12:28
  connections.
• 12:28
  I love it.
• 12:29
  Well, the excitement is building now, isn't it?
• 12:32
  Yes, sir.
• 12:32
  Yeah.
• 12:32
  Awesome.
• 12:33
  First time here, so pretty excited.
• 12:35
  It should
• 12:36
  be fun.
• 12:36
  Me too, buddy.
• 12:37
  I came all the way from South Dakota for this.
• 12:38
  Let me get your autograph before we go.
• 12:40
  Alright.
• 12:40
  Whoo.
• 12:46
  We got it.
• 12:46
  Ain't getting any warmer, is it?
• 12:51
  Thank you, sir.
• 12:52
  Yes, sir.
• 12:52
  Hey, Star.
• 12:53
  Come on in.
• 12:53
  It's Star.
• 12:53
  Pleasure meeting you.
• 12:54
  Pleasure to meet you too.
• 12:55
  What's your name?
• 12:55
  My name is Austin Chapman.
• 12:56
  Austin Chapman.
• 12:57
  You're from?
• 12:58
  Where are you from?
• 12:59
  Take take a wild guess.
• 13:00
  I'm give you two guesses and I can leave one.
• 13:02
  Texas.
• 13:02
  Yep.
• 13:02
  There you go.
• 13:03
  There we go.
• 13:03
  I've been living Nashville the last four years.
• 13:05
  I'm a
• 13:05
  senior over at Belmont University.
• 13:07
  Fantastic.
• 13:07
  Well, I have my friend Belle just with me here shortly.
• 13:10
  She's a freshman now at Belmont.
• 13:11
  There you go.
• 13:12
  About you guys.
• 13:13
  It is it is wonderful.
• 13:14
  For college now,
• 13:15
  but I wish I would've known about I think
• 13:16
  you can still get a pretty good job.
• 13:17
  Yeah.
• 13:17
  You know what?
• 13:18
  Maybe I can get one of those fundraisers.
• 13:19
  I don't wanna do all the work on.
• 13:21
  No.
• 13:21
  That's fair.
• 13:21
  Yeah.
• 13:22
  Know.
• 13:22
  You don't have to go for all the science class.
• 13:23
  I had a psych test last week.
• 13:24
  It was it was ugly.
• 13:25
  It was it was a whole mess.
• 13:26
  Yeah.
• 13:26
  So tell me about Nashville.
• 13:28
  You've been here for four years, went to college and everything.
• 13:30
  What's it like to be a student, but also musician here on the surface?
• 13:34
  No.
• 13:34
  Absolutely.
• 13:35
  I mean, it's been a dream.
• 13:36
  Seriously, that's what I always say is that I'm just the luckiest person alive.
• 13:39
  I'm a saw a bunch of major over there, so getting to go to class and then go do chits
• 13:42
  down Broadway town, Brown Ridge, go tour during the summer.
• 13:45
  It's it's a lot, but I would have so rather be busy than a boy.
• 13:48
  Yeah.
• 13:48
  I'm a songwriting major over there too, so I gotta hopefully win a couple more of these
• 13:52
  before I have to set up a Starbucks application.
• 13:54
  But, you know, we'll be alright.
• 13:55
  There you go, anyway.
• 13:56
  We're gonna get you up for some gigs in South
• 14:12
  Make sure though.
• 14:13
  Don't put that on eBay.
• 14:14
  You're gonna have to pay me till I take that.
• 14:15
  Appreciate it, sir.
• 14:16
  Thank you so much.
• 14:17
  Thank you.
• 14:17
  Thank you.
• 14:18
  Come on in.
• 14:20
  How are you?
• 14:20
  How are you?
• 14:21
  Fantastic.
• 14:22
  What's your name?
• 14:22
  McKenna Faith Winter.
• 14:24
  Give me a hug, girl.
• 14:25
  So nice to meet you.
• 14:27
  Nice to meet
• 14:27
  too.
• 14:28
  Yeah.
• 14:28
  You look fantastic.
• 14:29
  Thank you so much.
• 14:30
  Awesome.
• 14:31
  Are you excited for tonight?
• 14:32
  I'm very excited.
• 14:33
  Yeah.
• 14:33
  Yeah.
• 14:33
  They got some amazing suit on.
• 14:35
  I do.
• 14:35
  I'm the senior.
• 14:36
  Arts of the year, 19, and music video here
• 14:39
  for myself.
• 14:39
  How huge that?
• 14:40
  That looks so huge.
• 14:41
  Oh my goodness.
• 14:42
  Well, a pleasure to meet you in person.
• 14:44
  You've been a guest on the same projects before.
• 14:46
  What is it to you to be here at the Joseph's Yeah.
• 14:58
  Yeah.
• 14:58
  You got a way big head, sir, on me.
• 15:00
  I'm almost 20, hon.
• 15:01
  So congratulations to you.
• 15:03
  Good luck on your nomination tonight.
• 15:05
  Let me I have a feeling you're gonna shorten that autograph by one time.
• 15:24
  MSW.
• 15:24
  Nice to meet you.
• 15:25
  Nice to meet you too.
• 15:26
  Is this your mom?
• 15:27
  Yes.
• 15:27
  It is.
• 15:27
  Awesome.
• 15:28
  Well, I met dad on the podcast episode, so nice to meet you.
• 15:30
  What's your name?
• 15:31
  Awesome.
• 15:32
  Hey.
• 15:32
  Nice to meet you, sir, in person.
• 15:34
  Hey, man.
• 15:35
  It's great.
• 15:35
  I'm trying to love my cousins.
• 15:36
  Yeah.
• 15:37
  Come on in here.
• 15:38
  How you doing?
• 15:39
  Good to see you.
• 15:39
  Oh my goodness.
• 15:41
  It's good to see you too.
• 15:42
  It felt like yesterday that we were together all quiet.
• 15:44
  I know.
• 15:45
  Everybody.
• 15:46
  Well, for everybody that doesn't know who you are, go ahead
• 15:48
  and tell them.
• 15:49
  I'm Heather Cooper.
• 15:50
  Yeah.
• 15:51
  Heather.
• 15:52
  So from Texas.
• 15:53
  That's alright.
• 15:53
  It's a theme here right now.
• 15:55
  It's great.
• 15:56
  So I brought my duo partner as well.
• 15:59
  Okay.
• 16:00
  We're gonna talk to her in just a second.
• 16:02
  Sneak on in here.
• 16:03
  Awesome.
• 16:03
  What's your
• 16:04
  name?
• 16:04
  Oh, nice to you.
• 16:06
  Riley, so nice to meet you.
• 16:07
  Bubba Stars.
• 16:08
  Yeah.
• 16:08
  Bubba Stars.
• 16:08
  I love your guys' outfits.
• 16:10
  You are dressed for the cold.
• 16:11
  You look great.
• 16:12
  You excited for the awards tonight?
• 16:14
  Oh, yes.
• 16:15
  Yeah.
• 16:15
  Now you've been here before.
• 16:16
  Correct?
• 16:17
  I have.
• 16:17
  I have.
• 16:17
  I'm for you.
• 16:18
  Yeah.
• 16:19
  So you're a former winner.
• 16:20
  You kinda know what it's like to come here.
• 16:21
  Have you been to the Opry?
• 16:22
  Were you here last year?
• 16:23
  I was here last year.
• 16:24
  Okay.
• 16:25
  So you were.
• 16:25
  Riley, have you been here before?
• 16:27
  A newbie.
• 16:27
  You're a newbie.
• 16:28
  Me too.
• 16:29
  I love you.
• 16:30
  Yeah.
• 16:30
  I'm having a blast.
• 16:31
  I've never even been to Nashville before, so this whole weekend's just like a blur.
• 16:35
  But so you got a duo song of the year or duo of year?
• 16:39
  What were you nominated for?
• 16:40
  So us together, we're for my solo, for also solo artists.
• 16:52
  I have four nominations.
• 16:55
  This could be a huge night for you.
• 16:57
  How are you gonna carry your life?
• 16:58
  I I won't.
• 17:00
  I mean,
• 17:00
  you gotta at least get one.
• 17:01
  And, like, one.
• 17:02
  Right?
• 17:02
  The odds are real good.
• 17:03
  Well, ladies, I need your autograph before you disappear on me.
• 17:06
  So nice to meet you in person and for the first time, Riley.
• 17:10
  Good luck to you.
• 17:12
  Yeah.
• 17:12
  Yeah.
• 17:13
  I actually came down in George Jones' old tour bus, a friend of mine arms in.
• 17:17
  I'm from South Dakota.
• 17:18
  I actually drove to Wisconsin to get on the bus for another twelve hour trip to Nashville.
• 17:22
  We're doing it right.
• 17:23
  Very nice.
• 17:24
  Yeah.
• 17:24
  I went to North Dakota one time.
• 17:26
  Okay.
• 17:26
  Never again.
• 17:27
  Yeah.
• 17:27
  No.
• 17:28
  I mean, especially if you went in, like, January.
• 17:46
  Thank you, sir.
• 17:47
  Appreciate it.
• 17:47
  Thank you.
• 17:48
  Yeah.
• 17:49
  Yeah.
• 17:49
  How you doing?
• 17:51
  How you doing, bud?
• 17:52
  Fantastic.
• 17:52
  How are you?
• 17:53
  I'm doing.
• 17:53
  What's your name?
• 17:54
  Jack Ridler.
• 17:55
  Jack Ridler.
• 17:55
  Nice to meet you.
• 17:56
  Nominated tonight?
• 17:57
  I am.
• 17:58
  Fantastic.
• 17:58
  What's your nomination?
• 17:59
  Marathon of FolkArts.
• 18:00
  There you go.
• 18:01
  So what kind of music do you play?
• 18:03
  Marathon of Folk?
• 18:04
  Yeah.
• 18:04
  And rock?
• 18:05
  What does that sound like?
• 18:06
  I don't sound like anybody else.
• 18:08
  Alright.
• 18:08
  I like that.
• 18:09
  I'm gonna have to check you out, man.
• 18:10
  Give me our autograph on here.
• 18:11
  We're gonna connect into a long form interview down the road here.
• 18:14
  I can already tell that we got a lot to talk I can't.
• 18:16
  Yeah.
• 18:17
  A minute or less is not gonna not gonna justify.
• 18:19
  We can't even talk about that beard.
• 18:21
  I know.
• 18:21
  Yeah.
• 18:22
  Fantastic, man.
• 18:23
  Good luck tonight.
• 18:23
  Thank you.
• 18:24
  How are you?
• 18:26
  On in.
• 18:27
  Oh.
• 18:28
  Oh, Shamitj Tuoh.
• 18:29
  That's alright.
• 18:30
  Come on in.
• 18:31
  You're good.
• 18:33
  What's your name?
• 18:34
  I'm Linda Linda Purrs.
• 18:36
  Love to start.