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7.11.25 · 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 a few articles related to
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the devastating floods down in Texas, which of course has
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affected the country music community. First article, day to July eighth,
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from People dot com. Country country star Pat Green reveals
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family members died in Texas floods. Pat Green is mourning
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his loved ones amid the devastating Texas floods. In a
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statement posted on Instagram on Monday, the country singer revealed
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that his stepbrother, his sister in law, and two of
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their children all died as a result of the flooding
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in central Texas. John Burgess is green step brother. Per
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the Fort Worth Star Telegram, Burgess was staying with his wife,
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Julia Anderson Burgess, and their two sons in an RV
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camp in Kerr County. Per local media outlet KWTX, they
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were staying by the Guadalupe River, which rose over twenty
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five feet in less than an hour due to severe rainfall.
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On July fourth, Khou reported Juliet also died. As of
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the publishing, both sons are still missing. Over the weekend,
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during the devastating flooding that central Texas, my family, like
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so many others, suffered a heartbreaking and deeply personal loss.
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Green fifty three began were grieving alongside countless Texans whose
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lives have been upended by this tragedy. Right now, we
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ask for privacy and space as we mourned, support each other,
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and begin to process what comes next for our family. Burgess,
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his wife, and their sons were staying there overnight to
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pick up their daughter Jenna, from camp, which was not
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impacted by the flooding. K w t X reported Lorena Gullen,
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owner of the Blue Oak RV Park in Kerr County,
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So had Burgess tried to hold on to his sons
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and a tree simultaneously to stay alive. My husband was
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in the water trying to ask them, please throw me
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your baby. The man was holding tight to his babies
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and he just got swept away. You and said, per
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the New York Post, according to NBC. As of this recording,
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the death toll has risen past one hundred, including attendees
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and councilors of Camp Mystic, a major site of devastation
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from the deadly floods. Days before announcing the death of
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his family members, Green revealed that he was postponing his
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July fifth show in Lukenback, Texas, amid the unprecedented rainfall
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and subsequent flooding taking place sixty miles away in Kerr County.
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Our prayers go out to all the families affected by
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the floods in the Texas Hill Country, he wrote at
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the time. Meanwhile, Maren mars Leynon Delray and more musicians
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speak out in the wake of the deadly Texas floods.
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Musicians are raising awareness about the deadly Texas floods as
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the death toll has risen to over one hundred. Some
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of music's biggest stars, from Mary and Marris to Lana
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del Rey, are taking to social media with statements about
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the devastating natural disaster. Maris thirty five at Texas Native,
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posted to Instagram on July fifth with photos from throughout
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her time in the region. Thinking of my home state
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right now, the floods are devastating and people are still missing,
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She wrote. There are several places to donate, but I'll
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be donating to an incredibly impactful fund called the Texas
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Hill Country Community Foundation. They've set up a specific fund
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to support local efforts nonprofits, local government, first responders, and
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local shelters. Delray forty posted a note to social media
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platform as well. I want to say how sorry I
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am for so many people's losses in Kerr County and
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beyond in Texas began the singer, who isn't from the
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Lone Star State but has drawn inspiration from the region
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for songs, including twenty twenty three's Paris Texas. We've been
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thinking about you every day since the flood, she wrote.
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All of my prayers are with you every moment of
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the day this week, and meant all the angels be
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with Hugh as you search for even more lost love.
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One ones Billie Eilish posted a video of the floods
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that was originally shared by the official account of Texas
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Parks and Wildlife to her own Instagram stories. This is
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so sad, she wrote, sending love to Texas. Shakira posted
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to her ex account ahead of the July fifth performance
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at the Alamodome in San Antonio, and wrote our hearts
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and prayers with those affected by the flood in Central Texas. Meanwhile,
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Miranda Lambert and Mutt Nations support pet community and owners
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affected by the devastating floods. Miranda Lambert and Mutt Nation
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are helping those in need amidst the floods. On Saturday
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the fifth, the country star and Texas native posted on
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Instagram that she and her nonprofit are working supporting the
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pet community affected by the unprecedented rainfall and subsequent flooding. Hey,
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you all just wanted to jump on here and say
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how devastated we are to hear about the floods. I
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can't even come up with any words for the loss
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that everybody is suffering. Lambert, who's forty one, said, Mutt
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Nation Foundation is working really close with Kerrville Pets Alive
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as we speak to try to get more info and
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figure out where the needs are to support the pet
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community and pet owners and the disaster. We'll have more
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info as it goes, but I'll post everything that I
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know to post right now. She also shared ways to
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help the animals impacted by the floods. On her Instagram
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stories such as fostering, volunteering with transporting supplies and remote
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data entry, dropping off supplies at shelters, reporting missing and
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found pets, and donating. Fans can donate through Mutt Nation's
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website and Instagram with a goal of raising fifteen thousand dollars.
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As of this recording, the foundation has raised over fourteen
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thousand already permut Nation's website. The nonprofit has raised over
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eleven million dollars and assisted more than one thousand shelters
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since its founding back in two thousand and nine. Its
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mission is to support the adoption of shelter pets, advanced
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spay and neuter, educate the public about the benefits of
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these actions, and provide assistance to shelters during times of
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natural disaster. Lambert told people back in November about being
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able to share her passion for mutt Nation and with
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her mom, Beverly June Lambert, mutt Nation is something that
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brings us together on a human level. It's out of
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the glamour, out of the glitz. It's just about passion
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for doing good for the world and saving animals. Moving
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on to more positive stories, Sam Hunt welcomes baby number
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three with wife Hannah Sam Hunt's families grown by one more.
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The country singer, now forty, welcomed his third baby, a
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son named Wayman Allan Hunt, with his wife Hannah, on
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May twenty first. The Cedar Town First Methodist Church confirmed
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the happy news via Facebook. At the end of Bay,
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the newest member of the Hunt family entered the world,
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weighing eight pounds six ounces and measuring twenty and a
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half inches at birth. According to the Post course, that
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was over a month ago, so probably ways a little
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more than that now. During an exclusive interview with Tastes
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of Country, the musician gave an update on how his
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family's adjusting to the little one and gave a glimpse
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into his personality. They're good, the star told the outlet,
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a little sleep deprived. Our most recent child got here
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in May, so he's finally starting to sleep a little better.
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We got spoiled with the first two. They were fairly easy.
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But Weyman my third one. Weyman's name. He likes to
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beat his own drama. I guess you could say. The
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new edition joins daughter Lucy Louise three and son Lowry
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Lee twenty one months. Back in November, Hunter announced he
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was expecting his third baby with his wife, Hannah, sharing
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the news on Odyssey's Katy and Company podcast, It's about
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to get Real, he said, I'm elated and I can't wait.
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Aunt share that the couple's oldest daughter, Lucy, doesn't totally
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understand that she's getting a baby sibling, but is excited
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none the less. Aunt share that he's planning on slowing
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down on touring since he wants to spend more time
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with his family. I'm hopefully in the next couple of
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years going to take a break from touring, he said.
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The crowds have been so great, and I want to
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get out there and tour while my kids are really
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young and they're able to come with me, and while
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people are interested in coming to see us, because I
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don't want to take that for granted and may Hunt
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spoke with people at the iHeart Country Festival and shared
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that he's hoping to bring the entire family out on
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tour with him. Asked if having his kids with him
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on tour changes his pre show routines, Hunt said it
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allows him to do things he wouldn't normally do on tour.
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I go to bed earlier, I get up earlier. It
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gives me a lot more to do during the day,
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he explained. I go out and do things that I
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wouldn't necessarily, you know, museums and parks and that sort
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of thing. I've gotten to really experience more of some
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of these places that I've been hearing about but just
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really not have gotten out to get the experience. So
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I could find a little good little breakfast spot, or
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go to the local museums things like that. It's been
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a treat. I'm a proud dad. Now we move over
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to countrynow dot Com. With the first article dated July eighth,
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Jake Owen reflects on career reveals the one thing he
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would do differently. Jake Owen is looking back on his
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journey through country music and opening up about the one
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thing he changed if he could do it all over again.
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After a golf injury sidelined his original career path, Owen
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left Florida State University just nine credits, shy of graduating,
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and moved to Nashville. Back in two thousand and five.
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He quickly began writing songs, landed a publishing deal, and
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soon after signed with RCA. By two thousand and six,
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his debut single, Yeehaw, was making waves on country radio.
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Since then, Owen has scored ten number one singles, earned
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gold and platinum certifications, toured with the legends like Alan Jackson,
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Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney, and amast over two point
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five billion streams in the US alone. Now, as he
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prepares to release a new album this fall, with the
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lead single Dreams to Dream that'll be out this weekend,
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Owen took part in an Instagram Q and A where
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he shared a personal revelation. Probably not as hot headed
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as I once was, he admitted. I came to town
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Nashville excited, alone, scared, and full of dreams. It's a
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town of people way more talented than you and I'll
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ever be. I wanted to prove that I was worthy
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of being here. I think my insecurities came across us
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as arrogance, and I hate that. He continued with a
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candid message of growth. I know my worth, I know
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my value. That's just a way of doing it with grace,
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and I can't say I always did. In a recent
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interview with Country Now, head of his country thunder Florida Set,
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Owen reflected on his early days in Nashville and the
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lesson that's stuck with him most. No one will ever
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believe in you as much as you believe in yourself.
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So when I think back about the last twenty two years,
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if there's anything I'm proud of, I'm proud that I
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made that move, He continued. I'm proud that I got
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out of Florida and took the risks to make it
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because if I hadn't ha done that, I don't know
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what this would have meant to me. So you got
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to take a chance. In recent years, Owen has done
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a lot of self reflection. In September of twenty one,
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a moment he described as embarrassing led him to quit drinking.
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Now nearly four years sober, he says it's the best
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decision he ever made. I feel better than I have
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ever felt in my life, he wrote, I'm finally really living.
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Jacoben launched the Driftwood Rambler to her earlier this summer.
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Sure the Trek is set to continue through August twenty
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ninth in de Quine, Illinois. Next, Nate Smith cancels more
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shows as vocal struggles continue. Nate Smith's vocal struggles continue
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to sideline the rising country star, forcing him to cancel
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several more shows as he recovers. In an emotional exchange
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shared with fans late Monday afternoon, Smith revealed that his
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vocal rest has been extended and that he's unable to
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perform at several upcoming concerts. As you know, I've been
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laying low over the past month on strict vocal rest.
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I truly thought I could hit the ground running, but
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after the first show back in Rushville, Illinois, you all
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were amazing by the way, the reality is I'm not
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one hundred percent yet and need more time to stay
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on the road to recover, he wrote. Smith apologized to
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fans for missing his scheduled performance at Summerfest and announced
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the cancelation of four more shows in Quebec, Craven, West Salem, Wisconsin,
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and Rhinelander, Wisconsin. I'm so sorry that I couldn't perform
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at Summerfest. It broke my heart and sad to say
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that I've needed to cancel my next four shows Canada, fam,
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I love you. I'll be back soon, I promise, char
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topping singer went on to thank fans for their support
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and patience during this challenging time. The news comes after
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Nate Smith's June fourth message to fans, where a reveal
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that he was going to have to cancel all shows
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and appearances planned through the end of June. This included
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his shows on his Dream tour with Jason Aldean. We've
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all come to the decision that the best way to
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get my voice fully back is to rest it for
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the first time in almost five years. Breaks my heart
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knowing that I won't be there to see all of
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you if all goes according to Plant, Smith is expected
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to return to the road on July seventeenth in Tulsa
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first show with Jason Aldean. The California native is currently
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climbing a charts at country radio with his latest hit single,
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fix What You Didn't Break. Next, Ella Langley penns sentimental
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message in honor of her first solo number one. Ella
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Langley is celebrating a major career milestone as her heart
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pounding single Weren't for the Wind has officially reached number
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one on country radio. This marks Langley's second career chart topper,
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after You Look Like You Love Me featuring Riley Green,
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and her first solo as artist, Overwhelmed with Gratitude. The
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rising country powerhouse took to social media to commemorate the
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achievement with a heartfelt message dedicated to the people who
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helped her get there. In her initial post, announcing that
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the tune has hit the top spot on the chart,
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she wrote, Weren't for the Wind is number one on
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Country Radio. Baby so proud of the song everything that
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it's done and continues to do. Thank you all for
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love In this song. Ella goes on to honor the
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people who also made the song possible, including her co
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writers joy Beth Taylor and Johnny Clausen, as well as
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the song's producer Will Bundy. She capped off the celebration
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with a second, deeply emotional post, debt to dedicated to
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her sister in song, Joy Beth and the friendship that
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fueled their shared dream. Sentimental post is incoming. There's no
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telling how many hours me and joy Beth Taylor put
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into having this moment together. Since that day on my
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back porch, the day we wrote our first song, we've
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dreamt about getting a number one together. Sure, there have
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always been many days that it seemed pretty much impossible,
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but we always believed. Always. Hella rode alongside a carouselo
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photos documenting highlights of their friendship and journey. She continues
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to gush over Joybeth's and Meth's talent and dedication to
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her songwriting craft, noting that she inspires me daily. At
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the very end of the post, ACM New Female Artist
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of the Year admitted that she had tears flowing out
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of her eyes while reflecting on the fact that they've
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finally achieved a feat that she and Joybeth have talked
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about for so long, and the best part is they
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get to share this moment together, making the victory all
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that more special. Weren't for The Wind was penned in
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the midst of Langley's opening run on John Party's twenty
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twenty three Mister Saturday Night World Tour. At the time,
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she was driving through Wyoming and admiring the beautiful scenery
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along the road. She channeled exactly what she was feeling
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among the Western plains and in no time wrote her
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next single. The song, which appears on her eighteen track projects,
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Still hung Over, officially impacted air waves in the beginning
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of twenty twenty five and slowly rose its way to
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the number one spot. Since its release, Langley has performed
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the story of finding Power in her independence on countless stages,
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including at the sixtieth a c M Awards and the
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c M A Fest twenty twenty five. With new music
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in the works, Ella Langley continues her Still hung Over
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to or throughout the year, with opening dates with Morgan
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Wallen and Riley Green scheduled in between. Now we check
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in with Saving Country Music with the one story date
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of July fifth, Jimmy Swagger dead at ninety his close
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ties to country music. Well known eighties televangelist and eventually
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disgraced preacher, Jimmy Swagger died on July first, at the
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age of ninety, known for his pentecostal crusades in the eighties,
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his fiery sermons, and eventually his I have sinned speech
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when he had to admit his massive congregation discrete indiscretions
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with a prostitute back in nineteen eighty eight. You probably
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don't immediately think of him when you think of music
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or country music specifically, but says Saving Country Music. There
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is a reason that in nineteen ninet eighty two, Newsweek
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dubbed Swaggert the King of Hockey Talk Heaven. Jimmy Swaggert
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was very active throughout his career recording Southern gospel songs
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and albums. He placed four albums in the top forty
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of the Billboard Christian Albums charts, specifically nineteen eighty four's
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Living Waters, nineteen eighty four's Jesus Just the Mention of
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Your Name, nineteen eighty five's Sweet Anointing, in nineteen eighty
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six as It's Beginning to Rain. Swaggert was also nominated
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for a Grammy for his nineteen eighty album Worship. Even
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without his ministry, Swagger's passing would have been notable in
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the gospel world. He sold fifteen million albums worldwide before
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he passed away. On June thirtieth, he was announced he
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would be inducted into the Southern Gospel Hall of Fame
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as part of the Class of twenty twenty five. However,
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Swaggert had no love for Christian rock music that also
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came to popularity in the eighties with bands like Striper.
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He co authored a book called Religious Rock and Roll,
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A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing in nineteen eighty seven, a
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year before his teary Eyed I Have Sinned speech. This
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might have put him at odds with one of his
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closest relatives who had strong ties to both rock and
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country music. In fact, Swaggart had not one, not two,
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but three cousins in the country. In rock realm, Swaggart
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very well could have become a country music performer or
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part of the original stable of Sun Records artists under
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slightly different circumstances. Jimmy Swaggert was the cousin of Country
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Music Hall of Famer and rock and roll pioneer Jerry
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Lee Lewis. They both grew up in the small impoverished
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town of Faraday, Louisiana, and were born only six months apart.
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They would grow up singing and performing music together. Sometimes
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they were joined by another cousin born the year after them,
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country legend Mickey Gilly, though younger by a decade. They
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were also related to Jerry Lee's younger sister, Linda Gale Lewis,
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who also has a career in vintage rock and roll
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and country. Jimmy Swaggert married at seventeen in nineteen fifty
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two to a woman he met in church while singing gospel.
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They shortly had a son, and as Swaggert pursued becoming
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a preacher throughout rural Louisiana, the young couple struggled living
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in the basements of churches and the homes of fellow pastors.
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At the same time, Jerry Lee Lewis was making a
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reported twenty thousand dollars a week as one of the
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biggest artists on Sun Records. The story goes that Sam
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Phillips's son wanted to start a gospel line of music
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and wanted Jimmy Swagger to be his first in flagship artist.
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It couldn't have been easy to turn the Sun opportunity away,
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but Swaggert felt he was called to preach the gospel
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and turn the opportunity down, only returning to singing gospel
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music once his televangelism career took off. Swagger would eventually
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find his audience. He would become a multi millionaire with
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millions of television viewers, and, along with his gospel music career,
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author fifty books. But it all came crashing down after
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numerous prostitution scandals and alleged cocaine news though even after
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the scandal, Swagger continued to preach. In twenty twenty two,
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cousins Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swagger got together and
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recorded a Southern gospel album themselves called The Boys from Faraday.
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Maybe Newsweek was being a bit hyperbolic and presumptuous when
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they called Jimmy Swagger the King of honky Tonk Heaven,
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but he certainly had a history in music and familiar
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tize with multiple country stars. Just as Mickey Gilly and
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Jerry Lee Lewis came into the world the same year,
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they also left, with McKey Gilly passing away in May
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of twenty twenty two and Jerry Lee passing in October.
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Now their cousin Jimmy will join them in hanky Tonk Heaven,
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whether he should be considered the king of it or not.
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Now we stomped down on with both feet into the
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boot dot com with the first article dated July eighth,
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Chris Young reveals new I Didn't Come Here to Leave album.
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Chris Young is ready to reveal the new music he's
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been working on that till the Last One dies. Singer
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has announced his next studio album coming this fall. I
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Didn't Come Here to Leave will be his tenth career
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album and first on Black River Entertainment. Young announced that
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he'd signed with Black River last December, talking to Taste
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of Country Nights. He said he was previously familiar with
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members of his new label team and liked how they
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said they needed a king to sit alongside their queen,
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Kelsey Ballerini. Till the Last One Dies as a love
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song written by Ben Hayslip, Seth Moseley, and Jordan Walker.
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Fans can expect Young's new album to drop on October seventeenth.
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It will include fourteen songs, eleven of which he helped write.
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Earlier this year, he mentioned he was considering a couple
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of collaborations for the project, but stopped short of spilling
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any details. Young has been very successful with collaborations in
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the past. Back in twenty twenty one, he released a
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pair of chart topping duets with friends Kane Brown and
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Mitchell Tenpenny. Prior to that, he had number one songs
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with Vince Gill Sober It's Saturday Night and Cassidy Pope
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Think of You. Lifetime, Young has eleven number one hits
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on the Billboard Country Airplay Chart. I had been at
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Sony for almost nineteen years, Young said. This spring, my
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deal was actually up, so I was like, I get
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to play a free agent for once. I was just
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going to take a whole bunch of meetings. My very
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first meetings with Black River Entertainment, sat with them for
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three hours, played the new music. They loved all the songs.
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They gave me everything I asked for and more. October
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seventeenth is already a special day for Young, as that's
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the anniversary of his induction into the Grand Old Opry,
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which he joined in twenty seventeen. Speaking of Kane Brown,
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he says his dark days before his health journey were
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worse than we realized. Kane Brown has released music is
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on his mental health struggles in the past, but in
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a vulnerable new track that he teased on Instagram stories
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on Tuesday, he shares his darkest and most personal message yet.
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The ballad, which spotlights Brown's rich and emote of voice,
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gets honest about a tough time that the singer went
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through earlier this year. In its lyrics, he wonders what
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life after death would be like for him. He envisions
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the people and only looks ahead toward the afterlife he
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might be stepping into, which sounds like it's still mostly
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a big question mark. Could I go back in time?
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Who would say goodbye to? Who would I run back to?
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Brown sings when the sun shines down, all my friends
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gather round underneath that weeping willow. Who would see? Who
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would I be? Where would I go? This was during
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my dark days, before these last couple of months of
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my life turning around. Brown explained as he shared the song,
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I wondered if when I was gone, if I would
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be in the spirit world, or what I would do?
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He continues, who would be at my funeral at the
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end of the day After all of this? Brown has
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written music about mental health ruggles in the past. Is
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duet with Black Bear. Memory is about among the songs
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he's released that touches on the topic, but most fans
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don't know that the singer's twenty twenty five health journey
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was spurred by a low point in his mental health.
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It sounds like it was serious and very recent. The
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Country Stars posted some of the accomplishments in milestones from
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his moves toward a better health and wellness, which he
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kicked off in early April. The real fight is with yourself,
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the singer reflected in one recent before and after shot.
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Every time I want to quit, I keep going, and
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the next day I push even harder. If I slip
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I hold myself accountable and come back stronger. Most of
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his posts about his journey have focused on the physical
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side of things. In late April, he said he'd lost
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sixteen pounds. That's after fast than two to three weeks
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of clean eating and no gluten or sugar. But brown
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Is also emphasized that physical health and mental health are interconnected.
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Once you start seeing results, there's no turning back. He says.
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You feel better, look younger, sleep deeper in your moodshifts, discipline,
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builds everything. Let's keep going Next post Malone will return
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to the stage with Jelly Roll in twenty twenty six.
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Post Malone and jelly Roll will once again share the
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stage next year. The Poor mea Drink singer share the
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news during his San Francisco tour stop. While delivering an
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impromptu monologue between songs as he introduced Jelly Roll to
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the crowd for their live rendition of their collaboration, Losers
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Malone revealed their future plans. Whenever you book a tour
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like this, you think about who's going to come on
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stage and sing every night with you, explains ladies and gentlemen.
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The label sent me a long list of names. I
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knew in the bottom of my heart there was only
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one mother that I wanted to do this with. It's
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unclear this will be an extension of the Big A
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Stadium Tour, which is likely, or something entirely new. Jelly
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Roll could be doing his own tour and extending the
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invite to Malone to join him as a thank you,
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or they could be planning a joint co headlining The
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San Francisco stop on July first, marked the last of
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the US leg of Malone's Big Gas Stadium Tour. The
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crew will now load up and head overseas for a
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slew of dates in Europe. The trick will Hopscotch through
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a Romania, Germany, France, Denmark, Lithuania and several other countries
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between August eighth and September fourteenth. Jilly Roll, a former felon,
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has been given the green light to perform at the
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London shows. He'll serve as the opener for the back
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to back shows scheduled at Tottenham Stadium September seventh through
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the eighth. It's a big deal for the Heart of
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Stone singer given his criminal background. They let me come
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to England. Baby, it's happening. He shared ecstatically on social
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media when he first received the good news. Next Ray
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Stephens suffers a heart attack, undergoes surgery. Ray Stephens suffered
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a mild heart attack on July fourth, According to a
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statement from his publicity team, the singer was admitted to
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a hospital in Nashville after he began experiencing chest pain
25:59
and to win a heart cathorization procedure that confirmed that
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he'd had a heart attack. On Monday, he underwent surgery
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to address the conditions that led to the heart attack,
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and he is currently recovering. In light of his medical events,
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Stevens has canceled all scheduled performances through July. He had
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planned several concerts at his West Nashville cabaret showroom. Those
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shows were scheduled to promote his new comedy album, Ray
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Stevens Say What. Stevens performed what he initially said was
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his final run of shows back in twenty twenty four,
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but in twenty twenty five, he came out of retirement
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to book a new run of shows in support of
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the Saywa album. Stevens is eighty six and known both
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for his country hits and for novelty recordings. Including the streak.
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His song Everything Has Beautiful won him a Grammy Award
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for Best Contemporary Male Vocalist in nineteen seventy one, and
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he won another Grammy for Misty Back in nineteen seventy six.
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He is a member of the Grand Old Opry, the
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Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, That George Music Hall of Fame,
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and the Christian Music Hall of Fame. In twenty nineteen,
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Ray Stevens was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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In the short time I have left, it's only fair
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that we talk about the twenty five most important country
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women of the last twenty five years. Last week we
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did the Men. Can't talk about two thousands country music
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without spending time on these twenty five women. Each is
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a trailblazer with an original voice and perspective. Number twenty
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five Leanne Rhymes Cam would be number twenty four, says
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the Boot, Faith Hill number twenty three, Maren Mars would
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be number twenty two, Number twenty one Ashley McBride. Sarah
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Evans is number twenty says the Boot. Nineteen Leanne Womack,
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eighteen Mattie and Tay Mickey Geiton comes in at number seventeen,
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then Kelsey Ballerini sixteen, Carly Pierce fifteen, Shania Twain number fourteen,
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Brandy Carlyle thirteen, number twelve, Trisha Yearwood number eleven, Ritchen
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Wilson number ten, Martina McBride number nine, The Chicks as
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a group, of course, Lanny Wilson comes in at number eight,
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number seven, Dolly Parton, Alison Krause number six, Casey Musgraves
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number five, Reba McIntyre number four, and Taylor Swift number three,
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Miranda Lambert number two and number one says the boot
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carry Underwood. Well. This concludes the reading of Country Weekly
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for this week. If you have any comments or suggestions
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me and on behalf of everyone here at RADIOI. This
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is Ken Dawkins, wishing you a great day,