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4.4.25 · Country Weekly

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Speaker 1: Well, now it's time to catch up with Country Weekly,
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where we dive into news and gossip from the world
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of country music. I'm your host, Ken Dawkins, and I
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will be reading from various sources found online now. As
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a reminder, RADIOI is a reading service intended for people
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who are blind or have other disabilities that make it
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difficult to read printed material. We'll begin with the first article,
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dated April first, from Savingcountry Music dot Com. The legendary
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Troy Seals has passed away. Many souls have contributed to
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country music in the last century. The company is more
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exclusive when you talk about the performers, musicians, and songwriters
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who if you remove their work from the country music canon,
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the genre would take a decidedly different track, and often
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not as compelling or as significant. Marvel that it was
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the same man who wrote or co wrote the songs
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Who's Going to Fill Their Shoes by George Jones, We
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Had It All by Waylon Jennings, Ten Feet Away by
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Keith Whitley, and Seven Spanish Angels, which became the biggest
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number one country hit for Ray Charles when he recorded
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it with Willie Nelson back in nineteen eighty five, and
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it went on to be nominated for the c m
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A Song of the Year. Overall, he wrote eleven number
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one hits and thirty top tens. Troy Seals was a
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seminent songwriter to country music's outlaw movement. He helped launch
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Conway Twitty's massive commercial run from the songwriting position and
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would go on to become so revered as a wordsmith.
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His songs would be recorded well outside of the country
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realm by folks like the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Joe Cocker,
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three Dark Knight, and the New Writers of the Purple Sage.
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Eric Clapton had a hit in nineteen eighty three with
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Troy's I've Got a Rock and Roll Hard but country
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music was the compass point for Troy Seals and where
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he made a name for himself and helped make a
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name for others, while his name remained in the fine
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print of the liner notes. Born here in Madison County, Kentucky,
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on November sixteenth, nineteen thirty eight, Troy's family moved to
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Cincinnati when he was eleven, and he began performing professionally
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by the age of seventeen. Seals didn't start out to
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be a songwriter, but a performer and a musician. His
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extended family included Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts Fame,
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Brady Seals of Little Texas, Dan Seals, That's England, Dan
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songwriter Chuck Seals, who wrote Crazy Arms, and Johnny Duncan.
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Early on, Seals Matt and eventually married rockabilly performer Joanne Campbell.
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The two recorded songs together and performed on American Bandstand
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and other programs. When Campbell retired, Troy Seals went to
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work in construction. They moved to Nashville in nineteen sixty nine,
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and while building the city's famed quadraphonic studio on music Row,
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Seals caught the music book again and started pursuing work
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as a session musician. As the Outlaws Sounds started to
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take over Nashville, Troy Seals started writing some of its
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most important songs. Sammy Smith recorded Troy's first top forty
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hit with Girl in New Orleans. Though we had it
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all by Waylon Jennings wasn't a big chart hit, it
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became beloved through country throughout country music, with Dolly Partner
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and even Tina Turner recording versions of it. It was
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really Troy's work with Conway Twitty in the mid seventies
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into the early eighties that turned both into hit machines.
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Twitty had number ones with their Honky Tonk Angel, Don't
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Take It Away, Redneck and love Making night Fallen You
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for years, and numerous songs from the Conway Twitty Loretta
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Lynn catalog like Feelin's and I Can't Love You Enough.
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Some of the other names who recorded Troy Seals songs
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were Charlie Pride, Alabama, David Allen Coe, Johnny Rodriguez, Merle Haggard,
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Ruba McIntyre, Glenn Campbell, Ronnie millsap Geene Watson, Hank Williams Junior,
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and the Oakridge Boys. His extended resume of contributions led
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to his induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
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back in nineteen eighty eight. Troy Seals also was recording
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artist and released a handful of singles and albums. He
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perhaps put together a strong enough resume for consideration by
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the Country Music Hall of Fame someday, but when he
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passed away back on March sixth, at the age of
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eighty six, the news didn't even make it out to
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the public, let alone to the press. I'm sure this
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is the first time all of you have heard it.
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It took Robert Orman breaking the news on April first
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before the public was made aware Troy Seals was one
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of those songwriters that did major work in the Shadows
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through George Jones. Troy compelled us to ask who's going
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to fill their shoes when it comes to the country
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legends who pass on. Now we must ask that question
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when it comes to Troy Seals next. Well saving Country
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Music's commentary, Morgan Wallen makes the least of his SNL appearance.
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Huh So, Morgan Wallen appeared on Saturday Night Live in
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its third controversy, and he didn't even really seem thrilled
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to be there or grateful for the opportunity. You don't say.
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This is the same guy who was named the CMA
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Entertainer of the Year in twenty twenty four, the highest
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honor in all of country music, and not only couldn't
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be bothered to be there to accept it, he's yet
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to evenly directly or publicly acknowledge the accolade or show
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any level of gratefulness for it. And now we're acting
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surprise that he seemed generally uninterested to be on SNL,
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which is, of course, Saturday Night Live. Morgan Wallen was
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Saturday Night Live's musical guest on March twenty ninth, and
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sang the songs just in Case and the title track
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to his upcoming album I'm the Problem. His performances were fine,
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says Saving Country Music, and in fact they underscored that
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even though many lump Morgan In with the worst excesses
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of bro country, that's kind of not his bag. There
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was no rapping aside from his drummer hitting a trigger pad.
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There weren't any machine beats or backing tracks, and as
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many pointed out, there wasn't a good reason to have
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five guitar players on stage with him. But whatever, if anything,
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the performances felt a little boring. A Morgan Wallen's song
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just never goes deeper than the surface. Wallin did seem
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generally engaged while on stage, but this was unlike all
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his appearances in the promos for the show all week,
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where he seemed completely uninterested. The biggest gripe many had
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was that Wallen ducked out during the long running Good
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Night's segment at the end of the show as the
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credits run after giving host Mickey Madison a limp shoulder hug.
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Morgan skipped off the stage toward the camera and was
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shortly on a plane heading south, saying on Instagram, get
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me to God's Country. Many folks are up in arms
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over the disrespect. Wallen showed and wondered if he got
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the cold shoulder from the cast since there was such
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a gulf between him and the cast members on stage
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during the Good Nights. But the abrupt Morgan Wallen walkoff
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feels like yet another Morgan Wallen nontroversy. That doesn't mean
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that there isn't any concern to be had over it,
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but ultimately, like all of Morgan Wallen's dumb moves over
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the years, nobody got hurt and nothing really happened, irrespective
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of its true significance of symbolism. Though the Morgan Wallen
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walkoff became the biggest topic on social media the day after,
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though some of Wallin's fans of praising him for sticking
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it to the libs for walking off the set in disgust.
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If this was the case, why did Wallan even agree
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to perform? If the whole experience was painful for Wallen,
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why did he do it? Publicity, sure, but it's undetermined
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if Morgan ingratiated himself to anyone else but his established fans. Meanwhile,
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the EW crowd on social media roasted him, and others
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thought he looked like a wing nut walking off stage.
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The somewhat formal explanation for the walk off is that
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Morgan Wallan simply thought it was time to go, and
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had exited that way off stage in rehearsals too. But
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as Wallen never seen Saturday Night Live, doesn't he know
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that everyone mills about afterwards on stage. What's perhaps more
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concerning is how Wallan borrowed the Tyler Childer's bit of
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having a console television on stage with him while he
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was performing. For Tyler, it's his actual papa's old TV
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that he has turned into a guitar amplifier. For Wallin,
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it was simply a facade that flashed the track names
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of his new album while he was performing. Perhaps no
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publicity is bad publicity, but it's not like Morgan Wallen
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is on the margins looking to break out. He's arguably
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the biggest artist in all of music, and that's why
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Lorne Michaels and SNL booked him. It was entirely transactional
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for both parties, with Wallen putting about as much passion
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in the appearance as the day laborer and SNL simply
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trying to cash in on the elevated ratings and street
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cred they'll get in the Trump era for letting Wallen
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back on the show after he duffed it in the
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first time. Yes, all of this feels dumb, but that
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was the reason this opportunity should have gone to someone else,
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such as Zach Bryan, Zach Topsira Farrell, etc. These decisions matter,
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and of Saturday Night Live isn't going to give these
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performances to artists that can significantly benefit from them. At
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least give them to people who will care and be grateful.
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Now we move over to countrynow dot Com with the
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first article dated March thirty. First, Lady Wilson celebrates wild Flowers,
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Wild Horses and four by four by You at Double
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Number one party. After wrapping the European leg up of
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her World Wind Tour Worldwide, That's the Whirlwind World Tour,
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Lady Wilson returned to the States and took a moment
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to celebrate the chart topping success of her seventh and
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eighth number one singles Wildflowers and Wild Horses and four
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by four by You during a special event hosted by
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BMI late last week. Wilson and her team chose the
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historic Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliett, Tennessee as the perfect
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setting to celebrate her number one singles. Nearly two hundred
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guests gathered at the iconic venue for the afternoon event,
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where the atmosphere felt like a close knit family reunion. Hugs, handshakes,
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and friendly conversation filled the room as attendees made their
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way into the celebration. Heartfelt speeches were made in a
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commemorative plaque of Multiple plaques were presented in honor of
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the two chart harpers. Prior to the official party, Wilson
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and her co writers reflected on the making of the
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songs and their journey to country radio success. With one
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of her four by four by You co writers, John
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desh Is, by her side, Wilson shared that they wrote
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the song in just forty minutes after finishing another track, Ringfinger,
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from her Whirlwind album. Deshs mentioned that he oftened Brainstorms
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song titles and had this one ready to go when
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Wilson expressed a desire to write a funny song. He
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suggested the idea in my experience, not that I have
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much experience, but the funny songwriter is the broke songwriter.
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So I was like, well, what about his here? And
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so you just jump on the tail of Landy Wilson's
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airplane and you write four by four by You, he
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said with a laugh. Wilson recalled feeling an instant connection
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to the idea and decided she was all in as
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soon as he said the hook. It was almost like
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we're all on the same page about what kind of
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song it needed to be. It needed to be one
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of a kind, anthemic, soaring type melodies, I guess you
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could say, she said. The song came together quickly and
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wound up being an anthem for Wilson during a somewhat
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challenging time of her life. This was during the time
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of my life that was constantly changing. During that time
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of my life, I felt like it was really important
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for me to hold on to the things that were
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helping me keep my feet planted on the ground, and
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that was keeping my people close, she explained. And that's
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what four by four by Us really is about. It's
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about keeping your people close and understanding the importance of
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the simple things in life and how important those moments are.
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The number one celebration happened to fall just hours after
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four by four by U was nominated for two ACM Awards,
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Song of the Year and Visual Media of the Year. Wilson,
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who earned a total of seven nominations in six separate categories,
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expressed her excitement for her co writers and shared how
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she loved seeing her friends succeed. I get very excited
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for my songwriting buddies. This is John's very first number
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one song and his first time being nominated for an ACM.
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You know what, when it's good When you write songs
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with people and you get to know them, you start
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becoming really good friends. So every time I see that
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they've got a win, it just hypes me up and
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makes me feel like it's my first time ever getting
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nominated when it's their first time. Next, Wilson was joined
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by Tranny Anderson and Paul Sykes to share the story
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behind Wildflowers and Wild Horses. They revealed that Anderson came
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into this songwriting session with the first two verses already written.
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I knew I love the melody love the space in
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it because modern music is so word heavy all the time,
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so just felt special to have that space and his
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story was about to unfold, Anderson shared, then Paul Sykes
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over here, he's one of the best guitarist in Nashville
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in my opinion, started doing that bluegrass picky thing. And
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then suddenly we were writing Laney's autobiography Five Generations. I mean,
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of those lyrics are very true to her story. Little
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did Wilson know just how accurately the lyrics would reflect
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her own life. After speaking to the lyrics being true
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to my story, without even knowing it, I had sent
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this song over to my mama, knowing it was pretty
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special immediately, and she's like, this is my favorite song
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you've ever written, and she said it reminds me of
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my family. And she ended up telling me, which is
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a fact I did not know that my great grandfather,
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her grandfather, caught one of the very last wild horses
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in Louisiana and farmed it with it for years. He
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also met my grandma while he was riding his horse
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into town and put her on the back and they
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rode off into the sunset. So really, I am from
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a family of wildflowers and wild horses and didn't even
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know it. As someone who consistently makes country music history,
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Wilson chose to celebrate these number one songs at Bradley's Barn,
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a legendary recording studio. What started out as a horse barn,
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Bradley's Barn was transformed into a recording studio by Country
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Music Hall of Famer Owen Bradley. Country music greats like
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Merle Haggard, George Jones, Brenda Lee, Loreda Lane, and Moore
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have recorded there, making it a true piece of country
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music history. Today, Owen's great grandchildren, John and Lillian Grace Bradley,
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have revitalized the historic space, offering live music and events
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while preserving its storied legacy. He got to hear the
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stories of this place, the history that has happened here,
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and on certain instruments in this room. It's just a
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feeling to it, and I just wanted to be something different,
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Wilson told it. The double number one party took place
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ahead of the launch of the US leg of Lady
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Wilson's Whirlwind World Tour, which is set to launch this summer.
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After a slew of festival appearances next. Jordan Davis announces
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twenty twenty five Ain't Enough Road Tour. Jordan Davis keeps
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the big announcements coming. Today he shared the news of
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his next headlining tour through yet another hilarious video that
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puts his acting skills in creativity on full display. Produced
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by Live Nation, the twenty twenty five Ain't Enough Road
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Tour will take the multi platinum singer songwriter across the
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US to several major markets and dream Come True venues.
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Davis will kick off the nationwide trek on Thursday, September
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eleventh and Greater Palm Springs, California at the Aquashore Arena,
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continue with stops in La New York, Phoenix, Saint Louis, Rosemont, Savannah,
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and Moore, before wrapping up on Saturday, October twenty fifth
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in Astero, Florida at the Hertz Arena. Mitchell Tenpenny and
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Vincent Mason join serve as special guests on the entire run.
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The I Ain't Saying singer started off the day by
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letting fans in on the big news he's been eager
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to share. He took to social media to debut a
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video featuring surprise cameos by sports legends Peyton Manning and
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Jim Nantz. The clip follows Davis as he attempts to
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show off his golf skills in a national Gold tour
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alongside his tour mates, who seem to share his lack
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of talent on the course. Thanks to some honest commentary
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from Manning, Davis realizes it wasn't the right kind of
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tour for him to be on. Instead, he decides to
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hang up his clubs and stick to doing what he
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does best, playing music for his loyal listeners. Jordan Davis
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also appeared on CBS Mornings to discuss the upcoming tour.
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The country star predicts that his twenty twenty five set
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list will include twenty to twenty four songs and he
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will be using a ton of energy each night as
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he intends to move around rather than just stand and
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play guitar for his fans in order to prepare. He says,
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the best thing to do is find your routine that
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works for you. You try to do some cardio and
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be in shape. You don't sleep great. We're on tour buses,
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so you just got to find your routine that works
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for you that gets me ready to play a show.
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He went on to explain the name of the Ain't
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Enough Road Tour stem simply from the fact that even
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after being out on the road for nearly ten years,
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he still finds himself having so much fun and wanting
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to play more venues and reach new fans. It feels
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like there's always new places to play, and I really
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am excited about the artists I'm taking out with us,
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so I feel like at the end of it, I'm
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going to wish that we had a few more dates.
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So I felt like that was a fitting name. The
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news follows the release of Jordan Davis's latest single, bar None,
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which is set to appear on his highly anticipated next album,
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expected to drop later this year. Plus, prior to all
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the career updates, he and his wife Kristen share their
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latest pregnancy announcement, revealing that they will be adding a
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fourth child to their family. Well on CBS, he admitted
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he still hasn't figured out how to balance family life
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and touring and stated that he stated that he happily
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accepting any time tips that anyone has to offer. Tickets
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for the Road Tour will be available starting this past Wednesday. Unfortunately,
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the nearest Show to Us will be in Dayton, Ohio next.
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Laura and r Lena gets feisty in new track Household.
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Laura and Lena may be pregnant and happily merry, but
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she's channeling an entirely different kind of energy in her
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feisty new release Household. The unapologetic track finds the standout
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vocalist questioning how much hell can a household as she
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details what appears to be an extremely toxic relationship filled
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with fights, secrets, lies, alcohol, abuse, and more. Elena struggles
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with the expectations of being a traditional housewife and does
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her best to hold things together, but it's evident she's
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on the verge of breaking household it together. Diamond ring
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around the Rosie forever. That's what good girls do. Yeah,
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that's what I've been told. I ain't a Barbie doll,
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He ain't no can these four walls about to cave in?
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Home Sweet Home never felt so cold? How much hell
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can a house hold? That's her singing in the chorus.
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The soon to be Mom co wrote the song with
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Casey Brown, Lydia Vaughan, and Parker Welling, and said she
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enjoyed getting into character while in the waiting writing room.
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Household is a perfect blend of Southern grit and Sas
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Elena shared, We've all been in a how much hell
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can household hold? Scenario? I wrote this song after listening
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to one of my best friends vent about her relationship.
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It may not reflect my own marriage, but I think
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it showcases my personality. Flawlessly. Produced by Joey moy, the
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song channels the rebellious energy of Miranda Lambert's early releases,
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blending fiery attitude with clever, catchy lyrics. Household, of course,
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follows the release of Elena's heartfelt Those Kind of Women.
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This song showcases a totally different side of her personality
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and is destined to be a radio hit. Already a
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fan favorite during her tour with Rascal Flats, it's evident
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that Household is a standout track. These tracks are expected
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to land on Elena's forthcoming new album, which is still
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in the works. Tease that she's leaning into her country
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roots on the project and that she plans to release
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a lot of new music ahead of the official project.
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We're still recording, we have new songs, she shared during
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an appearance on the Amazon music podcast Country Heat Weekly
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this year. Basically, the plan is to release a ton
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of music. We don't have a target dates specifically for
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the full length album, but we have a lot of
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things coming up in the meantime leading up to that.
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Laura Lane is expected to welcome her baby Girl on
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May twenty ninth, and fans can catch her touring with
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Rascal Flats until then. Now we open up wide and
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move over to hollocuntry dot com with the first article
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dated March thirty. First Shiboozi, Dasha, and Zach Top among
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the first time ACM nominees ahead of the twenty twenty
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five event. As a first for everything in, many of
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country music's latest stars are checking one more off their lists.
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Several of today's hottest acts have just received their first
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ACM recognition ahead of the twenty twenty five Academy of
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Music Country or Academy of Country Music Awards. Gavin Adcock, Dasha,
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Noah Kahan, Ella Langley, Jesse, Murph Muscadine, Bloodline, Shaboozie, Zach Topp,
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the Red Clay Strays, Treaty Oak Revival, and Tucker Wetmore
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of all NAB first time nods among them, Ella Langley
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marks the event's most nominated star, boasting eight knoms. Her
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smash hit with Riley Green, You Look Like You Love Me,
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is up for six of those nominations, including Single of
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the Year, Song of the Year, Music Event of the Year,
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and Visual Media of the Year. As an artist and director,
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she is also in the running for Female Artists of
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the Year as well as New Female Artists of the Year.
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Dasha and Jesse Murph are also both up for New
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Female Artists of the Year. The New Male Artist of
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the Year category welcomes first timers Shaboozie, Zach top Tucker Wetmoren,
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Gavin Adcock. Shaboozi is also being recognized in Single of
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the Year for his Megas successful of bar song Tipsy
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Top two is in the running for Album of the
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Year as major debut Cold Beer in Country Music, earning
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a tip of the hat. Muscadine Bloodline, Treaty, Yoak Revival
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in the Red City Clays are all being recognized in
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the Group of the Year categories. Noah Con is up
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for a win alongside collaborator Kelsey Ballerini their Cowboys Cry
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two duet in the running for Music Event of the Year.
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Should he win, it will be as both an artist
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and producer. The sixtieth ACM Awards will take place on Thursday,
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May eighth at eight pm Eastern Time. The event will
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stream live from the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas,
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exclusively on Prime Video. Next, Dylan Scott drops infectious new
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single I Hate Whiskey and announces third album, Easy Does It.
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Dylan Scott has returned with a brand new single, I
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Hate Whiskey, which is set to appear on the Can't
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Have Mine, Find You a Girl hit maker's third studio album,
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Easy Does It. The eagerly anticipated record continues the momentum
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following Scott's widely louded deluxe Living Me Best Life Still project,
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which arrived exactly a year ago. Easy Does It drops
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on May thirtieth, with Dylan Scott's cementing his status as
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one of the leading figures in the contemporary country scene
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through his addictive fusion of country and hip hop. It
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could be seen as a risk to release a country
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song titled I Hate Whiskey, given how pivotal this firewater
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is to the genre, but the track succeeds in flipping
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the classic trope on its head. The addictive new single
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finds Dylan Scott lamenting the fact that no matter how
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many bottles of jack he burns through, he can't get
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his old flame off his mind. Penned by Taylor Phillips,
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Michael Ray, John Kraft, Jackson Free, with Jacob Derrett taking
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the helm for the production, I Hate Whiskey insures expectations
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remaining sky high head of Easy Does It, with fans
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hoping Dylan Scott decides to treat us to another single
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or two before the full project's May thirtieth release date.
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In addition to I Hate Whiskey, Easy Does It, which
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is available to pre order now, will feature some standouts
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from Scott's expanded Living My Best Life project, including the
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powerful bittersweet What He'll Never Have and You Think I
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Was a Cowboy. With the pre order, fans can also
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immediately stream the rowdy, energizing earworms This Town's Been Too
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Good to Us and Country Till I Die. Along with
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these already out offerings, Easy Does It will include two
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rose tinted odes to Dylan Scott's wife, Blair Anderson Twice
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and Till I Can't I Will. The Louisiana singer songwriter
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teased both songs alongside the project's title track via Instagram
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earlier in the week, with fans clamoring for release as
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soon as possible. Dylan Scott has always struck a compelling
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balance between hell raising, muscled up anthems and heartwarming love
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struck ballads with My Girl. Crooner's ability to nimbly blur
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the lines between genres offering him more tonal versatility than many.
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For instance, Dylan Scott leans into his country roots with
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the fiery, electric guitar fueled Country Till I Die, which
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inspired the name of his twenty twenty five tour. While
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on the sleek You'd think I was a Cowboy, Scott
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flirts with a trap and R and B driven ambience.
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On the latter, he the ethereal whistling and Jack's a
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Wild West feeling into the track, again, consolidating the two
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time ACM Awards nominees genre flexibility. As a result, we
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can't wait to hear all eleven tracks on Easy Does It,
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including the never heard before back forty Smoke Follows Beauty
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and I Owe You One in a couple of months time. Now,
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we step on the gas with both feet to head
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on over to the boot dot Com with the first
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article published March thirty first, Luke Bryan has a hard
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time wrapping his brain around this career accomplishment. Among all
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the things that Luke Bryan has accomplished in his lengthy career,
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this one thing he struggles to wrap his mind around.
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I've tried to approach my career in the business to
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never take a day for granted, and to never take
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a hit song for granted, Brian admits to CMT in
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a recent interview. Still he can't believe how many number
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one songs he's achieved in his career. As the interviewer
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is telling the Star that he has just earned his
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thirty first number one hit in country music with Love
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You Miss You Mean It, Brian can't quite understand it.
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To hear you say thirty one is really hard for
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me to wrap my brain around, he says after a
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deep breath. It's a testament to the fans supporting me
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throughout the years, and whether I'm on stage or writing
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music or recording songs, I just try to always put
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them first. Brian's first big song happened to be his
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debut single, his first song out of the gate as
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a performer. All my friends say It only peaked at
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number five, but was on the charts for a whopping
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thirty weeks. Putting fans first is a huge part of
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the reason the Kick Dust Up hit maker has been
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so successful. He realizes that he is making music for
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his fans, not himself, so he caters to what they
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want and love from him. Brian says he always wants
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to make sure that he can do a song that
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relates to them. The fans kind of crazy, Brian admits
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still absorbing that he's number one thirty one time since seven.
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When all my friends say hit Radio, I look at
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the list of thirty one, it freaks me out. I
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don't want to keep talking about it because I'm afraid
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the streak's going to end. Doesn't seem that thirty one
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is the magic number either. Brian shows no signs of
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slowing down, especially when it comes to performing live for fans.
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This summer, he's on his country song Came On to
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Her with dates through September sixth in Mississippi. Next, Keith
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Urban spots I beat Cancer to hug Keith Urban's sign
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makes a fans dream come true. A woman in the
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crowd during a reason Keith Urban performance was holding up
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a sign that read I Beat Cancer to hug Keith Urban.
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The Country Star was singing live on stage at the
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Rieman Auditorium in March twenty sixth when he spotted it.
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Then he proceeds to really make the moment special by
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hopping off the stage to greet the fan on the
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crowd and carrying on a full conversation with her while
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the concert is on pause. WSAM Radio posted the special
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video to Instagram showing Urban on stage during the band
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as One Nashville concert for the Cure Trisha Yearwood and
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Friends benefit show. The event was a charity draw for
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Susan G. Coleman's breast cancer research efforts. A number of
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breast cancer warriors were in the audience when Urban makes
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his way to this fan, also a cancer survivor, as
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her sign says, she's visibly shaken that this is actually
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unfolding like she'd hoped. The Country Star hugs her for
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a solid five seconds. Not one to rush a warm interaction,
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Erbin asks her what her name is and where she's from.
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The two hug again. Is the fan thanks Erbin, and
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she flashes her million dollars smile fans in the comments
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section of the video loved what they saw, with one
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writing literally the nicest guy in Nashville, the real deal.
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Another notes the behavior of other fans in attendance and
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commends them. Kudos to the crowd they let this woman
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and Keith have their moment. It's inspiring to see a
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large group of people realize what is important and what
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is good and allow it to happen. More of this
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please America. Thanks to Erbin and other performers, the event
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pulled in seven hundred thousand dollars for cancer research. Well,
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this concludes the reading of Country Weekly for this week.
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on behalf of every one here at Radio Eye. This
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is Ken Dawkins, wishing you a great day.