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3.14.25 · Country Weekly

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Speaker 1: Time now to catch up with Country Weekly, where we
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check out news and gossip from the world of country music.
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I'm your host, Ken Dawkins, and I will be reading
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from various sources found online. As a reminder, RADIOI is
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a reading service intended for people who are blind or
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have other disabilities that make it difficult to read printed material.
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We'll begin with the first article, dated March eleventh, from
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countrynow dot com. Kelsey Ballerini's Las Vegas show canceled without explanation.
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Fans seek answers. Kelsey Ballerini's fans are buzzing with concern
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after her March twenty eighth Las Vegas concert was unexpectedly
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canceled without any explanation. The five time Grammy nominee was
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originally scheduled to bring her twenty twenty five headlining tour
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Kelsey Ballerini Live to t Mobile Arena in Sin City
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on March twenty eighth. However, over the past twenty four hours,
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several TikTok users have made videos on the platform sharing
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their confusion after receiving an email from the venue informing
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them of the show's cancelation. One disappointed fan made a
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video directed at Ballerini, revealing that she is going through
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the five Stages of grief after seeing the disheartening news
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come across her inbox. This video is for Kelsey and
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Kelsey Ballerini only, girl. Please say like right now, Please
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say please. I'm supposed to see you in Vegas in
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two weeks. I don't know if you know this, but
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you just dropped some bangers. First of all, the users shared,
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I've been daydreaming about this concert for I don't know
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how long. I don't know why it's canceled. Please reschedule it.
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I'm stressed out. It was the only thing I was
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looking forward to this year. The user isn't alone and
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her frustration. Many fans shared her upset, especially those who
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had already booked non refundable flights and hotel stays for
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the event. Additionally, seeing as she just unveiled the deluxe
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edition of her Patterns album, her Sin City listeners were
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eager to celebrate the new tracks during her live show.
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No because I literally just got the same email and
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I'm freaking out. Another user shared, I'm so upset about this,
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said another, adding to the confusion. The March twenty eighth
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show no longer appears on Kelsey Ballerini's official website nor
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the T Mobile Arena calendar. However, tickets are still available
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for purchase on Ticketmaster, further fueling the speculation about the
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reason for this sudden cancelation. Some fans are hoping the
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concert might be moved to a different venue instead of
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being completely canceled or rescheduled to a later date. So far,
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Ballerini has remained silent on the matter, leaving fans anxiously
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awaiting an answer. Her silence is deafening and ghosting the
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Las Vegas ticket holders is odd, a user wrote. Ballerini
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was forced to cut one show short and reschedule two
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others last month after falling ill. While she tried her
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best to make it through every show in an attempt
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to not disappoint her fans, she ultimately realized she needed
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to take the time off to rest and recover. Once
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the new plans were made, she took a social media
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to give fans the update and promise to come back
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bigger and better. So we are rescheduling tonight Buffalo tomorrow,
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Pittsburgh in the next day, Toronto to the end of
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the tour April eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth, Ballerini shared, I
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will make them the best shows I've ever played in
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my whole life. The pattern singer has had a major
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start to the year as Kelsey Ballerini Live on Tour
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twenty five marks a very first arena tour. Whether going
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through a breakup, celebrating a new love, or simply honoring
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their friendship, this show has become a place for fans
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to come together and find solace in her vulnerable tunes.
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Ballerini's next schedule to take the stage at the Climate
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Pledge Arena in Seattle on March thirteenth. Next, Lone Star
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Jam announces hiatus for twenty twenty five after seventeen years.
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Lone Star Jam, known for being the biggest Texas country
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and red Dirt festival in Central Texas, will not offer
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its usual Memorial Day weekend event in twenty twenty five.
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The festival announced the news across their social media, stating
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that due to a series of new challenges that have
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arose this year, they have decided to take a temporary pause.
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The heartfelt statement was dedicated to the incredible Lone Star
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Jam family, who have shown unwavering support for the two
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day event since its inaugural year in two thousand and eight.
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Year after year, thousands of music lovers continue to take
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part in the tradition of uniting and enjoying performances by
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some of Texas best country artists. The Post indicated that
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despite all their efforts in seventeen amazing years, their best
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option at the moment is to take a break for
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the year and hopefully come back even better next year.
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We've made a difficult decision to pause Lone Star Jam
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in twenty twenty five. Rising production costs, logistical challenges, and
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the changing landscape of live music events have made it
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increasingly difficult to produce a festival at the level you deserve.
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We've worked tirelessly this year to curate a lineup that
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we were proud of, and we didn't think the options
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were good enough for our fans. Because you deserve the best,
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we felt pausing in twenty twenty five was the right decision.
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The festival may be on pause, but organizers tease the
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potential of other opportunities for fans to come together and
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celebrate their love for the Texas country music scene throughout
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the year. This is not goodbye. While Lone Star Jam
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is on pause, this year, we still plan to offer
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our fans unique opportunities to enjoy more live Texas country music.
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Stay tuned for more details as we work on keeping
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the spirit of l SJ alive this year. While the
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twenty twenty five Lone Star Jam lineup was never announced,
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last year's event was a memorable one as it was
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headlined by Lee Brice, Eli Young Band, Robert Earl Keene,
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and Casey Donahue. Over the years, the festival has welcome
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to stellar lineup of acts including Randy Rogers Band, Josh
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Abbott Band, Wade Bowen, Shane Smith, and many more. Next,
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Ashley McBride celebrates major milestone one thousand days sober. Ashley
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McBride is celebrating a huge personal milestone. Over the weekend,
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the Grammy Award winner revealed that she has officially been
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sober for one thousand days. McBride previously opened up about
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her journey to sobriety with people and reveal that she
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quit drinking alcohol in June of twenty twenty two. She
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kept things tight lipped about her decisions for about a year,
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and then on November twenty eighth of last year, the
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Grand Old Opry member celebrated being nine hundred days sober
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in her vulnerable Instagram post. At the time, McBride explained
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she'd come to the conclusion that she had two options,
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continue and die or stop and learn to live. Reflecting
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on the pain she'd caused herself and others, she knew
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it was time to take action, and it turned out
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to be the best decision she's ever made. Her commitment
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to sobriety has clearly had a profound impact on her life,
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and while it hasn't been an easy journey, every step
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was worth it to reach this incredible thousand day milestone.
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McBride's latest post featured a photo of her holding up
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a poster that read one thousand days Sober in bold
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black letters. The caption went on to list all the
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great things that have happened over the last thousand days
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as a result of her sobriety. Getting to this point
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has given McBride a new found appreciation and pride for
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anyone else who might be on a similar path and
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struggling to reach their goals. She made sure to encourage
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others to be proud of themselves and to keep moving forward,
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no matter how many steps backwards they may have to
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take along the way wherever you are in your journey,
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day one, day zero, day four hundred. It's worth it
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every day as a milestone. Every version of you is
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necessary to be who you are. You have to love them,
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she added in conclusion. The comment section of the post
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was filled with supportive messages, of course, from both fans
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and fellow country stars, commending her on the incredible achievement.
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Ashley McBride has a few dates left serving as special
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guest for Cody Johnson's twenty twenty five Leather Deluxe to her.
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In addition to these performances, she will also make a
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variety of festival appearances at Stagecoach, Country thid Under Arizona,
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Country Thunder Florida, and Country Thunder Wisconsin. Moving on, Bailey
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Zimmerman reflects on Houston Rodeo debut in front of sixty
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nine thousand fans. Bailey Zimmerman is on cloud nine after
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playing the biggest show of his career at the Houston
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Livestock Show and Rodeo on Saturday. The chart topping country
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star reflected on the magical night by sharing his iconic
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entrance into NRG Stadium with photos and his next level
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performance on social media, it was a milestone moment, and
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Zimmerman couldn't help but share the excitement with his fans.
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Reflecting on the night, Zimmerman shared, I played the biggest
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show of my life last night. He admitted to being
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insanely nervous as anybody would be before stepping on to
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the stage in front of seventy thousand people, but the
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show went on and Zimmerman couldn't be happier. Sixty nine
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thou one hundred and twenty four exactly showed up to
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scream my songs with me, and I wish I could
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say thank you to every one of you all. It
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was truly a dream come true and I'll remember it
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for the rest of my life life, he wrote alongside
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a crying face emoji. For his epic entrance, Zimmerman rolled
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in on the bed of massive jacked up pickup truck,
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shouting Houston makes some noise. As the truck neared the stage,
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the singer songwriter jumped up and down, pumping his hands
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in the air, which got the crowd even more excited
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for his performance. Dressed in a cowboy hat, a cut
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off shirt with IHA on the back, and cowprint pants.
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He made his way to the stage in style my instruments.
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My entrance to the Houston Rodeo felt like a movie,
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he captured in a video of the unforgettable moment. In closing,
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Zimmerman wrote, I love you Rodeo, Houston, can't wait to
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come back, and went on to encourage fans to chase
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your freaking dreams. Bailey Zimmerman's performance at the Houston Livestock
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Show and Rodeo comes just ahead of his twenty twenty
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five headlining tour, the New Country Tour, where he's set
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to headline some of the biggest venues of his career
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so far. Multiple stops sold out within minutes of the
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on sale, leaving the Holy Smoke singer almost at a
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loss for words. Reflecting on the sold out show, Zimmermann
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recently told us it gives you a lot of confidence.
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It was a really good feeling. Twenty twenty five is
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slated to be another massive year for the rising superstar,
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who also teased that new music is on the way.
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Fans can visit his official website for a full list
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of upcoming tour dates, which include stops at Country Thunder,
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Arizona and sand in My Boots Festival along with others
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whilst the season of festival announcements, so as we move
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over to Saving Country Music for news and commentary. First
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articles dated March eleventh, Born and Raised Festival on Vale's
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big line up for twenty twenty five. It will be
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a big time in Prior, Oklahoma for the twenty twenty
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five installment of the Born and Raised Festival September tenth
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and thirteenth headliners Cody Jinks, Parker McCollum and Treaty Oak
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Revival will make sure there's a rock edge to this
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country Red Dirt Festival with Jamie Johnson, BlackBerry Smoke, Randy
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Rogers Band forty nine, Winchester Old sixty and Gavin Adcock
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rounding out the top of the roster. Other big names
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in the lineup include Silverada, who should be headliners, says
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Saving Country Music. Braxton Keith and Hudson Westbrook are along
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with Wade Bowen and Jason Boland at a bunch of others.
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You have to go five lines down to find the
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first women on the line up, but there's actually quite
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a few of them, and good ones at that. Taylor Honeycutt,
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the Castellos Courtney Patton, Jamie Lynn Wilson, Maggie Antone, Gabriella Rose,
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Ashland Kraft, and Shelby Stone all make the list. Born
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and Raised is held on the Rock and Red Dirt
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ranch that's also famous for hosting the massive Rock Klahoma
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Festival each year. The festival was previously co owned by
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ae G before being bought by Danny Wimmer Presents in
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early twenty twenty four and then sold back to the
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original owners prior Creek Music Festivals in December of last year.
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Born and Raised is held on a very busy weekend
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for festivals. According to SABY Country Music's Festival Guide, Americana
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Fest and Bourbon and Beyond both also have and on
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that same weekend. Pre sale for Born and Ray starts
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at ten am Central on March twelfth. Next, Clay Walker
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to star and biopic film on the life of Randy Travis.
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What's for certain is that Randy Travis has lived one
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of the most wild, intriguing, entertaining, inspiring and heartbreaking lives
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in country music. The ups and downs, the twists and turns,
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from superstardom to virtual destitution thanks to his health and
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manipulations of his former wife manager Lib Hatcher. It's certainly
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fit for a movie. Now one is coming together and
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with the help of another country star. Announced this week,
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a biopic film on the life of Randy Travis as
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being developed, with Clay Walker on board as an executive
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producer and as the guy cast to play Randy Travis
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later in life. To be called Forever and Ever Amen.
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Like Randy's twenty nineteen memoir, it will follow Randy's life
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over many decades. Andrew Hyatt wrote the script for the
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film and will also direct it. Randy and his wife,
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Mary Travis will also be executive producers. Randy Travis is
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the voice of a generation and one of the greatest
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country singers of all time. I am truly honored to
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be part of this project and cannot believe I get
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to play one of my heroes, says Clay Walker, who
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will play Travis in his forties and fifties. They are
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currently casting the rest of the film, including looking for
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actors to play Travis around nine to twelve years of
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age and another at twenty to thirty years of age.
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The film production was announced on Wednesday, March fifth, at
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a special event at the Grand Old Opry House. In
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an event celebrating Randy. Travis, Sacred Art House and Trad
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Lively are also on board as producers. Since the production
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is still early on, there is no estimated time of
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release at this point. Despite Randy's health setbacks that have
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left him unable to perform, he continues to remain active
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in music, recently announcing new dates on his More Life tour,
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where performer James Duprie sings with members of Randy's original
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backing band. Travis is also now two AI assisted singles.
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More information will come through Saving Country Music when it
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becomes available next. Tyler Childers ghosted Ernest's and post Malone
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over Morgan Wallen affiliation. Tyler Childers apparently wanted to have
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nothing to do with Ernest and post Malone while they
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were hanging with Morgan Wallen, according to recent revelations by Ernest.
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According to Ernest, on the night that massive hit I
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Had Some Help was recorded that paired Morgan Wallen and
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post Malone together in the studio, Tyler Childers happened to
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be in Nashville as well and texted post Malone to
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see if he wanted to hang out. Tyler Childs was
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at a currently undisclosed bar in East Nashville at the time,
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but when it wasn't just Post Malone who showed up,
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but an entire entourage of pop country names childres fled as.
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Ernest tells the story on an Instagram video. The night
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we wrote I had some help. We were all in
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the studio, Post, Morgan, Me, Charlie Hansom, Ashley Gorley, Chandler Walters,
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and Tyler texted Post come meet us at a bar
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and he was like, all right, bring in the fellas.
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So we get to this bar, which was in East Nashville.
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I was already skeptical. We get to the bar. I
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walk in first, Post and Morgan are outside of the
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bar talking to fans. I walk in, tap Taylor on
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the shoulder. Hey, how's it going. I'm Ernest. Hey, Ernest,
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good to meet you. Hey, the boys are right behind me.
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They're coming in. He looks oversees them and then he
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leans over to his friend and says something. He goes, Hey, Ernest,
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you want to have a seat. I was like, yeah, sure.
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He gets up, gives me a seat, and then I
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turn around and he walks out the other side of
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the bar, not to be heard from or seen again,
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didn't text post back, none of that, just when am
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I A I get it politics. The caption Ernest included
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with the video said still love you Timmy ty Chylers,
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and he said later, let's be clear, I respect it.
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So clearly Ernest carries no bad blood. Where things stand
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between Tyler Childers and post Malone is undetermined. Especially over
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the last few years. Tyler has been a very private person,
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avoiding social media and not really meeting with fans or
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anyone else. He also got sober in twenty twenty, so
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even though he might have been hanging out in a
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bar in East Nashville, was unlikely he was drinking or
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wanting to socialize in a larger crowd. Childers and post
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Malone might know each other through Sturgel Simpson. Many people
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around Tyler Childers have confirmed he's taken a very from
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the bus to the stage stance in the last few
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years due to trying to remain sober and in a
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good state of mental health. That is why his openness
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with members of the Black Free Tribe in Montana at
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a benefit he headlined in twenty twenty four was so exceptional.
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Ernest decided to tell the story after first alluding to
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it on a Bustin with the Boys podcast episode that
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earlier in the week with Jelly Roll. It led to
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much speculation to what had happened, which inspired Ernest to
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tell the full story. Moving along, it's official. There are
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now four generations of Scruggs musicians. It's been proven time
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and time again country music that pedigree can be a
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real thing. That's most certainly the case when it comes
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to the House of Scruggs. The family's grand patriarch is,
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of course, Earl Scruggs himself, one of the most important
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banjo players of all time, so much so that he
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has his own banjo technique called Shrug Style named after him.
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Of course, and his time has gone on, the apples
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havn't fallen too far from the proverbial tree. Earl's two sons,
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Randy and Gary, were also big players in country music.
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Both were renowned session musicians, touring musicians, songwriters and producers
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who won Cmas, Grammy Awards, and accrude thousands of studio
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and songwriter credits between them. They also performed with their
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father and the Earl Scruggs Review. After their father left
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flattened Scrugs, and they played in their own band as well.
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Both also were considered instrumental to the Will the Circle
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Be Unbroken sessions with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The
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Scrug's name has been kept alive in today's country music
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thanks to the multi instrumentalist Chris Scruggs, who is the
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grandson of Earl and the youngest son of Gary. Chris's
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mother is also Gail Davies, the third generation Scrugs to
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come to prominence during the revitalization of Lower Broadway in Nashville,
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performing in the throwback country band b R five four nine.
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Chris has since become one of the most revered musicians
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and producers in Nashville, and is also a permanent member
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of Marty Stewart's Fabulous Superlatives. For a while, the young
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son of Chris Suggs Scruggs, has been seen on stage
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as well. Ben Scruggs, has been a fun feature as
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a cute kid who comes up on stage and says
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precocious things. Similar to his father and grandfather. He's grown
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up around the music, but now that Ben is ten
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years old, things are starting to get much more serious
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for the young man. Similar to Randy Gary and Chris,
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Ben Scruggs is finding his way in more vintage sounding music,
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but for Ben that comes in the form of rockabilly,
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though only available on CD at the moment, He's recorded
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a selection of Sun Records classics that he's been passing
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around and by all accounts, the young man has something.
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That's what Marty Stewart thought, and so did the Grand
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Old Opry who invited him to perform. So on Saturday,
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March first, Ben Scruggs officially made his Grand Old Opry debut,
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was a guest of Marty Stewart and the Fabulous Superlatives
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performing selections from his Rockabilly album and received not one,
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not two, but three standing ovations from the Opry audience.
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The fourth generation Scrug says he now wants to start
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recording more original material, hoping to make his way into
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a historic RCA studio B and make a serious career
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of making music. It appears the Scrug's name won't be
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fading from memory anytime soon. And speaking of Marty Stewart,
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his surf Guitar album is finally on the way. For
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years now, the indomitable Marty Stewart has been teasing us
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mercilessly about a surf guitar album or some sort of
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instrumental work that he's had in the can, but divulging
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only scant details and never giving a solid answer about
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when it would finally be released as a certified twanger.
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Among his many attributes, we couldn't wait to get more
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info on this elusive project as saving country music. Well,
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ladies and gents, here it is. Finally. Let's get the
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somewhat bad news out first, which is you won't be
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able to sit online waiting for midnight Eastern for this
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thing to populate on the release day. It's being released
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exclusively as part of Record Store Day on April twelfth
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via Snake Farm Records. At least initially, that means you'll
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have to change out of your pajamas, hoof it down
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to whatever passes for your Sam Goodie these days, and
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push past someone looking for Gloria's Stepan Live in eighty
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five or whatever other silly rs the exclusive to score
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your copy. The good news is that all indications are
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that Marty Stewart's double instrumental LP, officially titled Space Junk,
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will be completely badass. Instrumentals have always been a part
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of a fabulous superlatives repertoire, but this is the first
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completely instrumental album we've done. Largely inspired by two of
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my favorite bands from the sixties, The Ventures and Herb
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Albert and the Tijajana Brass, Stuart says they did some
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dangerously cool instrumental records. We've done bluegrass, gospel and country records.
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Our hearts just led us to this one. The fabulous
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superlatives of Marty Stewart's legendary backing band, of course, consisting
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mostly or most recently of cousin Kenny Vaughan on guitar,
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Harry Stinson on the skins, and Chris Scruggs on bass,
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Space Junk turned us back into kids with our first guitars.
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We thought the world needed a fresh instrumental album by
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a pretty good band, so we composed twenty instrumentals and
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took them to the microphones. Just like Marty Stewart's last
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two releases, twenty seventeen's Way Out West as well as
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twenty twenty three's Altitude, Space Junk is very much inspired
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by country music from the West Coast. The creative atmosphere
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of California always gives me the feeling that the sky
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is a limit, Stuart said. Space Junk is California music.
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If you want a specific sound, you go to certain
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places in the world for the California so it's capital.
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You've got the blue Skies, the legacy, the romance, and
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a lot of friendly ghosts. The atmosphere makes you do
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a little better. True to his word, Marty Stewart and
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its Fabulous superlatives recorded the album at Capitol Recording Studios
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in Hollywood. Other tracks were recorded in Nashville at the
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House of Blues Studio, which rests near the Woodlawn Cemetery
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where George Jones, Marty Robbins and others are buried. Specifically,
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that's where the song Graveyard from the new album was recorded.
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And of course, Marty Stewart spent much of the time
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playing legendary West Coast country picker Clarence White's famous nineteen
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fifty four b Bender guitar. It's the same guitar Stuart
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played on his twenty ten song Hummingbird that went on
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to win a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental. So yeah,
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Stuart knows how to entertain folks without singing. I hope
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Space Junk takes the listeners for a ride. Stuart says,
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it makes me forget my problems and remember why I
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play guitar and get to dress up in cowboy clothes.
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It reminds me I'm okay. I wanted to do the
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same for you. Mainly, I want to inspire some kid
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to go to the store, buy an instrument and make
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a difference. This concept was passed down to us from
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the old heroes. If we can serve the same role,
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mission accomplished. Only seventeen hundred of these puppies will be
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made according to Record Store Day and peppered around at
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local record stores, hopefully some in Kentucky. Happy Hunting. The
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track list, Graveyard, All the Pretty Horses, Catalina, Over the Moon, Slipnote, Serenade,
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Space Junk, el Joro, Coastline, The Ballot of Lonely Surfer,
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bat Patrol Till We Meet Again, Waiting on Sundown, La
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Tingo Tango, Rahapsidio, Sangre de cristro E, Major Showcake, Jody,
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the Fly, Malibu, Dn, The Surfing Cowboy, California point one,
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and Waltz of the Waves. Now we step on up
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to the boot dot Com with the first article dated
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March eleventh, Reba McIntyre gave the voice coach Michael Willblay
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the Country present Ever, Michael Bublay is leaning into his
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country side thanks to Reba MacIntyre showing off a new
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pair of custom piano boots gifted to him by the
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red headed Queen of Country herself. Bublay put on quite
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a show in Hawaiian board shorts and new kicks, his
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bare legs exposed in a video on social media. When
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Rebas sent me a pair of custom boots, I knew
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I had to up my game. Booblay writes. The boots
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show piano keys that are famously played by Bublay, and
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the boot brand Justin Boots commented to confirm that they
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made the now famous custom boots. Fans are having a
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lot of fun in the comments section, it's the shorts
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with the boots for me. One writes, you are too funny.
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O m G. You know once you break those in,
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you won't want to take em off cause they feel
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like wearing slippers and they're black, so they look good
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with a suit. Riba knows her boots, says another, be careful,
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Michael chokes some one else. Bublay is one of the
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current judges on The Voice, along with John Legend, Adam Levine,
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and Kelsey Ballerini. McIntyre stepped down from her The Voice post,
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she was a coach alongside Gwen Stefani and Snoop Dogg.
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Her gift to Boublet is more than likely to congratulate
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him on his continued role on the show. McIntyre left
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to continue working on her new sitcom, Happy's Plays and
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the Boot has a new list this week, fourteen country
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one hit wonders that deserved a second chance. If there's
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one thing to be learned from examining country music's one
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hit wonders, it's that the term isn't quite as simple
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as it seems. When people think one hit wonder, they
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think of an artist that came out of nowhere at
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least one big hit and were never heard from again.
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In reality, that's rarely the case. Most of the artists
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on this list of country music's one hit wonders or
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singers who had one big hit on country radio then
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veered off toward other musical styles or pursued more indie
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leaning fan bases. A couple of these one hit wonders
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did formally quit making music. After failing to follow up
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their big hit with another successful song. But without exception,
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those artists at least tried to mount a comeback in
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their careers. So this is a list of the boot's
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favorite one hit wonders in country music. Billy Ray Cyrus
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Achy Breaky Heart, perhaps one of country music's most famous
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one hit wonders. Billy Ray Cyrus scored a number one
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hit with that in nineteen ninety two, and he never
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again achieved that spot as a solo artist. James Otto
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Just Got Started Loving You a promising country newcomer in
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the late two thousands with a debut album co produced
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by Rascal Flats, Jay DeMarcus and Big and Rich's John Ridge.
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Burning House from Cam Cam took country radio by storm
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with Burning House in twenty sixteen, marking the only top
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ten country radio hit of her career. Jessica Andrews Who
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Am I I'm Sorry? Who I Am? Jessica Andrews Who
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I Am was her only single to crack the top twenty.
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You're the Best Break this Old Heart Ever had from
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Ed Bruce, who only saw mainstream recognition once as an artist,
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and You're the best break this Old hard ever had.
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But his legacy will be that of a songwriter Smoke
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from a Thousand Horses. They hit country radio pay dirt
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with Smoke, but they never again replicated the enormous level
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of commercial acclaim more one hit Wonders, Chuck Wicks Stealing Cinderella.
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Wick's debut singles Stealing Cinderella earned him number five slot
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on the country radio chart, but his next single's fizzled.
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What I Really Meant to Say from Cindy Thompson topped
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the charts in two thousand and one Heartland I Loved
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Her First. Their debut single was a hit at country radio.
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In two thousand and six, Bob Carlyle Butterfly Kisses. Contemporary
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Christian singer Bob Carlyle had a surprise breakout country hit
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with that song in Color from Jamie Johnson. Jamie Johnson
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is often referred to as a singers singer. Julia Roberts
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That's Julie Roberts break Down Here. Best known hit, Breakdown
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Here only reached number eighteen on the country charts, but
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it's still remembers as a hit and gem of country radio.
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Red Atkins Don't Get Me Started was technically his only
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number one hit, although In hindsight, he's probably best remembered
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for his other top five singles and Tucker Bethard rock on,
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the son of famed songwriter Casey Bethard. Tucker Betherert was
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one of country music's most promising young acts in the
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mid twenty tens. Well, this concludes the reading of Country
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Weekly for this week. If you have any comments or
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suggestions about our program, kindly call us at eight five
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nine four two two six three nine zero. Thank you
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for joining me. Then on behalf of everyone here at RADIOI.
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This is Ken Dawkins wishing you a great day.